Stephen F. Hayes

Stephen F. Hayes
Hayes in September 2011.
Born	1970 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma mater	DePauw University Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Occupation	Journalist

Stephen F. Hayes (born 1970) is an American journalist and biographer. He is a former senior writer for National Journal. He is now Editor in chief of The Weekly Standard. He is the author of three books.

Stephen Hayes was born in 1970 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He graduated from DePauw University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He went on to study journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Hayes is a journalist. His work has appeared in the New York Post, Washington Times, Salon.com, National Review, and Reason. He has been a commentator on CNN, The McLaughlin Group, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, and C-SPAN.

Hayes is the author of three books. His first book, The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein has Endangered America, was published in 2004. It postulated an operational relationship between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist organization called . His major source was a leaked memo from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith to the U.S. Congress on 27 October 2003. His other books were biographies of Paul Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney.