Background
Garrett was born in San Diego, California.
Garrett was born in San Diego, California.
He graduated in 1984 from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science.
Major is his proper name, not indicating a military rank. Prior to joining the National Journal he was the senior White House correspondent for the Fox News Channel. He covered the 2004 presidential election, the War on Terror, and the 2008 presidential election where he covered the Democratic Party presidential primaries and later Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee.
In the 1990s, Garrett was a senior editor and congressional correspondent for United States. News & World Report and a congressional reporter for The Washington Times before joining Cable News Network"s White House team in early 2000 and Fox News in 2002 as a general assignment reporter.
There, he covered the 2004 election and served as the network"s congressional correspondent. He has also been a White House correspondent for Cable News Network and an award-winning reporter across the country for Houston Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, and Amarillo Globe-News.
He currently lives with his family in Washington, District of Columbia Garrett covered President Barack Obama"s presidential campaign. On January 13, 2009, Garrett became the senior White House correspondent for the Fox News Channel.
Garrett left Fox News on September 3, 2010, to join National Journal.
His final day on Fox News was on America Live with Megyn Kelly. He is also a frequent guest commentator on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company and on Columbia Broadcasting System"s Face the Nation. lieutenant was announced on Face the Nation on November 18, 2012, that Garrett would be joining Columbia Broadcasting System News as Chief White House Correspondent.
In July 2015, Garrett made headlines when he asked Obama during a press conference why he was "content" with the Iran Nuclear Deal that left four Americans—Amir Mirza Hekmati, Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini, and Robert Levinson—trapped in Iran.
The President, thinking Garrett was implying he was content with their status, admonished Garrett with "..that"s nonsense, and you should know better.".
He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta.