KATE O'BEIRNE

Kate O'Beirne is the most recent addition to CNN's distinguished The Capital Gang. O'Beirne is also National Review's Washington editor. In her column, "Bread and Circuses," she writes principally about Congress, politics and domestic policy. Before joining National Review, O'Beirne was vice president of government relations at The Heritage Foundation, responsible for keeping Washington policy makers abreast of Heritage proposals and research findings in all areas of the Foundation's study, while serving as a contributing editor for the magazine.