Marie Elizabeth Harf (born June 15, 1981) is an American political commentator for the Fox News Channel[1] and former deputy campaign manager for policy and communications for the Representative Seth Moulton (D-Mass.)

[5] Harf began her career at the Directorate of Intelligence at the CIA as an analyst focusing on Middle Eastern leadership issues.

[6] After Obama's re-election to a second term of office, Harf was the press spokesperson for Chuck Hagel during his confirmation to be Secretary of Defense.

[5][6] Harf attracted controversy for an interview she gave on Hardball with Chris Matthews on February 16, 2015 following the release the day before of a video by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.

We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it's a lack of opportunity for jobs, whether ..." Her critics ridiculed her on social media with the hashtag "#JobsForISIS", which became a top 10 trending topic on U.S.