Name Stephen Hayes Role Columnist | Nationality American | |
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Books The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America Similar People Bret Baier, Jonah Goldberg, Juan Williams, Charles Krauthammer, A B Stoddard Profiles |
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Stephen F. Hayes (born 1970) is an American journalist and biographer. He is a former senior writer for National Journal. He is now Editor in chief of The Weekly Standard. He is the author of three books.
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- Reaction to juan williams fired by npr stephen f hayes of fox news
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Bibliography
- References

Early life

Stephen Forrester Hayes was born in 1970 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He graduated from DePauw University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He went on to study journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Career

Hayes is a journalist. His work has appeared in the New York Post, Washington Times, Salon.com, National Review, and Reason. He has been a commentator on CNN, The McLaughlin Group, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, and C-SPAN.

Hayes is the author of three books. His first book, The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein has Endangered America, was published in 2004. It postulated an operational relationship between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist organization called . His major source was a leaked memo from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith to the U.S. Congress on 27 October 2003. His other books were biographies of Paul Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney.
Personal life

Hayes resides on the Chesapeake Bay with his wife and two children.
In September 2014, Hayes' name was added to the United States Department of Homeland Security's Terrorist Watchlist after receiving additional scrutiny on several airline flights.