Kimberly Halkett is a Canadian journalist who has covered the White House and American news since 1998, first for Global Television, then for

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when it launched its English channel.

Early life

Halkett was born in

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. She graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now

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) in 1992.

Career

Halkett previously worked as White House correspondent for Canada's

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. She started to work for

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. Since then she has covered the White House for this organization. She has reported on the Clinton,

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, and

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administrations. She is currently covering the administration of Joe Biden. Topics she covers include U.S. politics, human rights, Middle East, religion, justice, intelligence, and security.

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