Bob Beckel
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Bob Beckel, 2011
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Robert Gilliland Beckel November 15, 1948 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wagner College, BA (fine arts) |
| Occupation | Political Pundit, Fox News commentator |
| Home town | Lyme, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Leland Ingham (1992–2002) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Graham Beckel (brother) |
Robert Gilliland "Bob" Beckel (born November 15, 1948) is an American political analyst and pundit, and a former political operative. He is currently an analyst and commentator on Fox News Channel. He had previously been a commentator on the Fox News Channel, where he co-hosted The Five until he was released in 2015 after being absent for several months while recovering from back surgery. After departing Fox News in 2015, Beckel became a commentator for CNN. On January 16, 2017, he returned to Fox News as a co-host of The Five.
Beckel was born in New York City and grew up in Lyme, Connecticut. He is the son of Cambridge Graham Beckel, Jr. (author of Workshops for the World: The United Nations Family of Agencies) and Ellen Gilliland Beckel. He is the older brother of actor Graham Beckel.
Beckel has a BA from Wagner College in Staten Island. While in college, he played football and worked for Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968.
After college, Beckel served in the Philippines as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1971 to 1972, and later was a graduate school professor of politics at George Washington University.
In 1977, Beckel joined the United States Department of State as deputy assistant secretary of state for congressional relations, becoming the youngest deputy assistant secretary of state in the Carter administration. In that role he helped to shepherd the Panama Canal Treaty through Congress to ratification. The following year was appointed special assistant to the president for legislative affairs, working on ratification of Salt II and Mideast treaties.
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