Jennifer Griffin vs Pete Hegseth: Why Trump's Defense chief lashed out at Fox journalist
The Pentagon boss said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from US strikes. "I'm not aware of any intelligence that I've reviewed that says things were not where they were supposed to be, moved or otherwise," he said.
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Griffin asked Hegseth about the movement of enriched uranium from the Fordo site. The former Fox host did not answer the question, but instead attacked the correspondent.
Pete Hegseth also ripped into the media, saying: 'Because you cheer against Trump so hard, in your DNA and in your blood, cheer Against Trump because you want him not to be successful so bad, you have to cheer against the efficacy."
'Are you certain none of that highly enriched uranium was moved?' Griffin asked Hegseth. The defense chief was quick to respond, saying: 'Jennifer, you've been about the worst. The one who misrepresents the most intentionally.'
'I take issue with that,' the Fox reporter noted. Who is Jennifer Griffin?
Jennifer Griffin is a veteran American journalist and Fox News Channel's chief national security correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. Born in 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland, Griffin grew up in a military family, with her father serving in the US Navy.
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She graduated from Harvard University in 1992 with a degree in comparative politics. Griffin began as a reporter for the Sowetan newspaper in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1994. She later worked as a freelance correspondent in the Middle East, reporting from Israel and Gaza for outlets like NPR and US News & World Report.
Joining Fox News in 1999 as a Jerusalem-based correspondent, Griffin covered major conflicts, including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. She became chief national security correspondent in 2007.
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