Steve Harrigan is a television news

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who worked on foreign assignments for

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before joining

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as a

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in October 2001.

Career

Harrigan graduated from Duke University and holds a Ph.D. in

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. He is fluent in the Russian language.Steve Krakaue

Fox News Biography In 2010, Harrigan reported on

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and its aftermath on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. He reported on Hurricane Katrina from

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; Operation Enduring Freedom in

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; and conflicts between

Israelis Israelis ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵלִים‎, translit=Yīśrāʾēlīm; ar, الإسرائيليين, translit=al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel. The country's populace is composed primarily of Je ...

and

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

s. Before working at Fox, he was at

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in Moscow "where he reported from inside the Kremlin when then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned in 1991, and covered the Chechen War". CNN's Moscow bureau received the Peabody Award,

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, and Overseas Press Club David Kaplan Award for excellence in reporting while he was with the network. Harrigan reported from

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when it was involved in combat with Russia in 2008 and had to run to escape after being targeted by gunfire at one point. Harrigan reported from Haiti in 2010 after a major earthquake. He has also reported on Hurricane Harvey. Harrigan has filed reports from 80 countries—more than any other Fox News correspondent.

Libya controversy

On March 21, 2011

foreign correspondent

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criticized Harrigan's coverage of Operation Odyssey Dawn and allegations that the Libyan government had used foreign journalists as human shields against a coalition air-strike on Mummar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli. The controversy arose when Harrigan refused to take part of a trip organized by the Libyan government to inspect the site of the attack. According to Robertson, the

team sent a non-editorial member of their staff instead of Harrigan.

Personal life

His home is in

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External links

Fox News Biography

References

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