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Margaret Brennan

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Margaret Brennan

@margbrennan

Face the Nation Moderator, CBS Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Boy Mom & USMC wife, UVA alum, retired 🇮🇪 dancer, contact: [email protected]

Washington, DC

Joined June 2009

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Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Jun 7
There are six Americans detained in Iran and KNOWN to the US government according to my sources. You can listen to one of them - journalist Reza Valizadeh - plead for help from behind bars in Evin prison. An exclusive recording obtained by CBS is linked below. Kamran Hekmati is
CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil
@CBSEveningNews
Jun 5
As Iran partially lifted its nationwide internet blackout, CBS News' @margbrennan heard an American journalist's plea for help. Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who the U.S. says is wrongfully detained inside a notorious prison, is one of six Americans being held by
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Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Aug 20, 2020
From CBS' Pat Milton: Steve Bannon was taken into custody today by US Postal Service agents. He's expected to be arraigned today before a US magistrate. @SDNYnews alleges he had a role in defrauding donors as part of an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall”
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Jul 15, 2022
President Biden while standing in East Jerusalem: “…the background of my family is Irish American. And we have a long history not fundamentally unlike the Palestinian people, with Great Britain and their attitude toward Irish Catholics over the years for 400 years.”
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Apr 4, 2020
"The American public owe a phenomenal debt of gratitude to these people," Dr. Fauci says of healthcare workers. He calls them "brave warriors" against the #coronavirus who put themselves & their families at risk every single day.
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Jan 15, 2025
I spoke with House intel chair Mike Turner (R-OH) who told me that Speaker Johnson has fired him as chair of the committee overseeing the intelligence community. Johnson cited "concerns from Mar a Lago" as justification for the removal. Rep Jim Himes (D-CT) tells CBS that this
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Feb 14, 2021
We offered invitations to 2 dozen Senate Republicans following their votes to acquit former President Trump. No one accepted.
Face The Nation
@FaceTheNation
Feb 14, 2021
A note to our viewers:
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Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Jan 20, 2025
30,000 people just had their appointments for immigration interviews - legal pathway - cancelled as CBP one app taken offline by Trump admin. A campaign vow.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez
@camiloreports
Jan 20, 2025
Replying to @camiloreports
The Biden administration had scheduled roughly 30,000 appointments via CBP One for migrants to enter the U.S. in the next 3 weeks. Those have now been cancelled. cbsnews.com/news/270000-mi…
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Apr 12, 2017
If you're wondering why the US press doesn't have pictures of Secretary Tillerson at the Kremlin, that's because he ditched his press pool
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Jan 16, 2021
This is the last weekend of the Trump presidency.
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Oct 26, 2024
US intelligence assesses that Russia was behind fake video of individual tearing ballots in Pennsylvania. US intel warns Russia plans more media content in coming weeks to erode trust in US systems & divide Americans.
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Dec 11, 2022
Notable: Fiona Hill confirms that Russia asked the Trump administration to swap Viktor Bout & another Russian for Paul Whelan following the 2018 arrest of the US Marine vet. She says the President Trump was not “particularly interested.” Good context.
Face The Nation
@FaceTheNation
Dec 11, 2022
There was a potential prisoner swap raised during the Trump administration of Marine veteran Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout, former National Security Council Russia specialist Fiona Hill says. But, Pres. Trump wasn't "particularly interested" in Whelan's case though, Hill adds.
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Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Oct 10, 2020
"Trump might be ridiculous for the rest of the world, but he is sane and wise man for the Taliban," a Sr Taliban member told @SamiYousafzai of hope for a Trump 2020 win. @TimMurtaugh told @CBSNews that the campaign rejects the endorsement. #campaign2020
The Taliban on Trump: "We hope he will win the election" and withdraw U.S. troops
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Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Nov 19, 2019
Volker’s testimony essentially describes @RudyGiuliani as the most influential person shaping the views of @realDonaldTrump regarding Ukraine.
Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Feb 1, 2020
“Mr. Trump is the only president in the history of Gallup polling who has never had the support of a majority of Americans for even a single day, a troubling indicator for re-election.”
Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt
Feb 1, 2020
Scaramucci on an emboldened acquitted Trump: "He is going to ratchet it up to another level now. He’s going to be Trump to the 3rd power now. He’s not going to be exponential Trump because that’s not enough Trump. It’s going to be Trump to the 3rd power.” nytimes.com/2020/02/01/us/…