Greta Van Susteren
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Van Susteren in Manchester, New Hampshire, January 8, 2008
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| Born |
Greta Conway Van Susteren June 11, 1954 Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Education |
University of Wisconsin (B.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Television presenter, news anchor, commentator |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Television | Burden of Proof, The Point, On the Record, For the Record |
| Spouse(s) | John P. Coale (m. 1988) |
Greta Conway Van Susteren (born June 11, 1954) is an American commentator and television news anchor for NBC News, anchoring For the Record with Greta on the network's cable news channel, MSNBC. Van Susteren was formerly employed at Fox News, where she hosted On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren. A former criminal defense and civil trial lawyer, she appeared as a legal analyst on CNN co-hosting Burden of Proof with Roger Cossack from 1994 to 2002, playing defense attorney to Cossack's prosecutor. In 2016, she was listed as the 94th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes, up from 99th in 2015.
Van Susteren was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. Her father, Urban Van Susteren, was of Dutch descent. Her mother, born Margery Conway, was a homemaker of Irish descent. Van Susteren's father was a longtime friend of future U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy was best man at Greta Van Susteren's parents' wedding. Urban Van Susteren, an elected judge, served as a campaign strategist for McCarthy, although Urban later broke with him.
Van Susteren's sister, Lise, is a forensic psychiatrist in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2006, Lise was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate. Her brother, Dirk Van Susteren, was a journalist and long-time editor of the Vermont Sunday magazine, jointly published, until folding in 2008, by the Rutland Herald and the Barre Montpelier Times Argus.
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