Quotes from Brianna Keilar

I got teary-eyed watching Mary J. Blige sing O Holy Night' at the 'Christmas in Washington' concert.

Military spouse employment is the issue that most people email me about when they are suggesting topics for me to cover in my Home Front' column.

I've spent most of my life like most Americans - without any immediate connection to active duty military.

Before my husband deploys, he has a ritual that is familiar to many service members. He sits down with a generously poured bourbon, and he writes letters. One for his adult daughter, Rosalind. One for each of our little boys, Teddy and Antonio. One for his grandma, who raised him, and his family in Texas. One for me.

If you only watched Fox News, you might think hydroxychloroquine is to coronavirus what Tylenol is to a headache, or that gathering in large crowds indoors without masks is safe.

The military is the most esteemed American institution.

It's head-scratching, really, that the most prominent Army base in America is named for Braxton Bragg. He was on the wrong side of history, as a Confederate general and a slave owner.

A lot of times, going into the interview, you have an idea of maybe what you want to talk about. And the people you are interviewing have an idea of what they want to talk about.

My mom is my 3 A. M. phone call, my annual road trip buddy, the connective tissue between my father, sister and me - and one of the funniest people I know.

Trusting someone to fight for them and trusting someone, these are two different things.

If a heartfelt apology on Twitter isn't enough to restore some small semblance of faith in humanity, I don't know what is.

I will say this, being an anchor is easier than being a reporter, because one of the things I'm able to do is essentially work a bit of a split shift.

I am, after all, a NASCAR fan.

Most employers see breaks in employment as a blemish on a resume. In the case of military spouses, however, it's due to their frequent moves.

Military families are increasingly living away from military bases, embedded in civilian neighborhoods. It gives military families and civilians the opportunity for greater exposure to one another, yet many feel lonely and isolated.

Real leadership is calm. Real leadership is steady in moments of crisis. It is not hysterical. It is not exploitive. It is not dishonest.

I feel oddly at peace with the ups and downs of pandemic life. They're not too different from the ups and downs of deployment life, which I've experienced a lot the last few years as my husband, an Army Special Forces officer, has been overseas.

Military families miss out on experiences that most civilian families do not: birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, funerals and even the births of their children.

Misinformation is a virus unto itself. And Fox News is the vector.