Personal Profile About Margaret Brennan
Margaret Brennan is an American journalist and television news anchor, best known as the host of CBS News' Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. In February 2018, she was appointed as the program's moderator, becoming the second female to helm the long-running Sunday morning public-affairs program. She is also CBS News' chief foreign affairs correspondent and also joins 60 Minutes.
Brennan was born in Stamford, CT on March 26, 1980, and graduated with highest honor from the University of Virginia in 2002, majoring in foreign affairs and Middle East studies, and minoring in Arabic. She has also studied Arabic in Jordan, as a Fulbright-Hays Scholar.
Prior to coming to CBS News in 2012, she was with CNBC and Bloomberg Television and covered financial markets and economic news. She did extensive reporting on U.S. politics, national security and foreign policy at CBS and interviewed most of the world's leaders and presidents.
Yado is married to Margaret Brennan and they have two sons. She lives with her family in Washington, D.C.