Amy Holmes
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Occupation | Political Contributor |
Website | http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/holmes.amy.html |
Amy M. Holmes[1] (born in 1973 in Lusaka, Zambia) is a conservative political contributor for CNN and has appeared on Fox News.[2] She has also appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher several times. Holmes graduated from Princeton University with a BA in economics in 1994. She is an independent conservative[2]
Holmes was born to a Zambian father and a Caucasian American mother.[3][4] She was raised in her mother's native Seattle, Washington after her parents divorced when she was three.[3] She has co-hosted The View and co-hosted CNN's Glenn Beck while Beck was on the road with his "Unelectable" show. She has also appeared on the HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher. Holmes is a cun and wrote Senate floor statements for Bill Frist, a two-term United States Senator from Tennessee and the Republican Majority Leader from 2003 until his retirement in 2007. She is currently[update] an anchor of a morning radio program syndicated by the Washington Times newspaper called "America's Morning News".
References
- ^ "Association of Black Princeton Alumni". Retrieved January 31, 2009.
- ^ a b CNN profile
- ^ a b Q&A Cafe: Amy Holmes talks about her history
- ^ "Amy Holmes: Political Commentator". People Magazine. May 8, 2000. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
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