Brianna Keilar Quotes

Brianna Keilar

Profession : Journalist

Birth : September 21, 1980

Negative public opinion of a conflict and the politicization of the military can negatively affect service members and contribute to PTSD.

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What I've tried to do is focus on either my job or being a mom, and just go really hard on that so that I can feel like I'm doing my best job at both roles.

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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.

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Well, Dr. Siegel is more of a sycophant than a doctor. And he's not President Trump's coronavirus guide.' President Trump appears to be his.

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On average, military spouses are significantly more educated than their civilian counterparts, but much more likely to be unemployed or underemployed.

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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.

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As any parent knows, sharing diaper duty sure beats changing them all yourself.

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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.

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Service members are more likely to have PTSD, but it's common in the general population as well.

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Military families become familiar with trying to contort their lives around deployments and separations.

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The day after my mom died I fly back to California and spend the three weeks before the California primary making arrangements for her cremation, planning and getting the house ready for a memorial service and covering political rallies in Southern California. The normalcy of work helps.

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

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In military families, the service member is frequently the breadwinner. Constant moves make steady employment a challenge for non-military spouses.

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Members of the military appear to be on this President's mind only when they serve a purpose. In Trump's case, that's popularity by association.

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

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One of the reasons my husband and I connect is our shared value of service. It's why he went off to West Point at age 17 and never looked back. It's why I got into journalism in college.

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

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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.

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The military is the most esteemed American institution.

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If you let things devolve into a shouting match, then it's really difficult to have a discussion, a serious discussion.

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