Jamie McIntyre is a former Senior Pentagon

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 correspondent for CNN

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. He held this position from 1992 to 2008. Before joining CNN he was host and senior writer for WUSA-TV in Washington D.C.

McIntyre was inside the Pentagon when a plane crashed into it during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

He received a Bachelor's degree in broadcasting from the University of Florida

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, and in 2002 he was honored as a distinguished alumnus.

In July 2009, McIntyre joined the editorial team at Military.com where he blogged at "Jamie McIntyre's Line of Departure," Military.com's Media and National Policy Journal.