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Major Garrett  is an American journalist, reporter, correspondent, author and a political commentator. Major Garrett is more than a famous personality in the field of political journalism. He has been in the field of media and news since the 1990’s. Garrett has been the reporter of many high profile news which included the attempted impeachment of <a href="/biography/bill-clinton">President</a> <a href="/biography/bill-clinton">Clinton</a>.

Background 
Major Elliot Garrett was welcomed in this world on August 24, 1962 in San Diego, California. Major Garrett attended the University of Missouri and got two Bachelor's Degrees from his college days. He has one in Journalism and other one in Political Science. He was a member of the fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta.

In an interview with The Hill, Major talked about what he wanted to be when he was a young <a href="/biography/major-garrett">child</a>, “ First an <a href="/biography/major-garrett">oceanographer</a>. Second, a Major League Baseball player. Third, an actor. And fourth, a journalist. By the time I was 13-and-a-half I realized I couldn’t do the other three. And what I realized then was that my fascination in the news and politics was the one constant thread in my life as I dreamed of doing all those other things. And then it sort of dawned on me that I should probably pay attention to the thing that had been the constant thread while I had these <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mitty">Walter Mitty</a> dreams of all these other things.”

Journalism Career 
Garrett’s work mainly lies in the sphere of political issues. Presently, he is the Chief White House Correspondent for the news network CBS News, a correspondent with the National Journal and a substitute anchor for 'Face The Nation'. Although Major Garrett's career is still progressing, his life includes many interesting facts that are related to being a successful political journalist.

Major Garrett's career began advancing in the 1990s, when he started out as a senior editor for U.S. News and World Report and as a congressional reporter for The Washington Times. At this point of his life, he had become rather popular among the masses of political readers.

Prior to his career in television, Garrett had worked as a reporter for various magazines such as The Houston Post, Amarillo Globe News, and tehe Las Vegas Review-Journal. In addition to having worked for various magazines, his articles have also been featured in the Washington Monthly, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones_(magazine)">Mother Jones</a> and The Weekly Standard.

By the early 2000s, Garrett had worked his way to become a part of CNN's White House Team. In 2002, he assumed the role as a general assignment reporter and congressional correspondent at the well known news network Fox News Channel. While Garrett was working with the Fox News Channel, he provided substantial coverage of the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns, White House events, Congress hearings, wars, terror attacks and the impeachment attempt of <a href="/biography/bill-clinton">President</a> <a href="/biography/bill-clinton">Clinton</a>. The high profile coverage made his work significant and noticeable.

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Garrett left Fox News in October 2010 to work on print journalism. He was employed by the National Journal where he still continues to contribute to today. Garrett's career took another step in 2012 when he joined the CBS News Network. There, he has reported a comprehensive amount of information on the Ebola virus crisis, ISIS, Iran, U.S-Russia affairs, presidential actions, the health care system, criminal justice reform and racial strife. Garrett has had the chance to travel many locations around the world with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama">Obama</a> and he was present with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush">George Bush</a> in Florida on September 11 during the terrorist attacks.

Living and working in the nation’s capital has given Major a unique perspective, “I love the work. And if I’d say there’s anything I dislike about D.C., it’s the volume of work. There is a constancy to the work of either government or politics because when one ends, the other begins. For example, covering a presidential campaign, when the final votes are tabulated, that’s not when you get to rest because that’s when a transition begins. And that is a whole different degree of work. So when you’re most tired as a reporter, and interestingly as a president-elect, that’s some of when you have to do your hardest work. That’s the great, intoxicating part of D.C. for me, but it’s also the part that grinds you down.”

In addition to all of his reporting and journalistic work, Major Garrett is also the author of three books, 'Common Cents' (1995), 'The 15 Biggest Lies in Politics' (1999) and 'The Enduring Revolution' (2005).

Personal Life 
Major Garrett likes to keep his personal life private. His wife is Julie Kirtz whom he married in 1990, making their marriage long and prominent. She works as a general assignment reporter for the Fox News Channel. Together, they both have three kids who are also successful in their fields of interest.

Garrett's salary has not been disclosed but his net worth is estimated to be approximately $3 million dollars. He and his wife currently live in Washington, D.C. They are glad to be working the same field together. Some couples want to leave their work in the workplace but Major and his wife are so passionate about their profession that they continue the fun even when they are home.

Although Major has a very busy schedule he still finds time to enjoy his hobbies, “I would say nature photography is my hobby. I’m constantly stopping the people I’m with with my iPhone, or I’ll wake up early and take my Nikon out and shoot a bunch of stuff. And I do a lot of stuff on the campaign trail, too. I have an Instagram account [@MajorCBS] where I put a lot of stuff up.”

Even at his old age, Major has claimed that he has not had a very memorable or embarrassing moment yet. He expects that he will experience one of them before he gets too old and passes away. He did mention that he has had some memorable experiences in his career but his philosophy is that he ins ever the story. He doesn’t ever want to be the highlight of his reporting. He prefers that the story he presents is what people remember. When pressed for an embarrassing moment, he avoided the question and said that someone else should be the judge of that.

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