Major Elliott Garrett (born August 24, 1962) is an American journalist who is chief Washington correspondent for CBS News.

[1] Prior to joining National Journal, he was the senior White House correspondent for Fox News.

Garrett was born and raised in San Diego, California, where he attended James Madison High School.

He has also been a White House correspondent for CNN and an award-winning reporter across the country for the Houston Post, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the Amarillo Globe-News.

It was announced on Face the Nation on November 18, 2012, that Garrett would be joining CBS News as Chief White House Correspondent.