Based in Washington, Jen managed Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage from 2013 to January 2024.
Prior to taking on the Executive Editor role, Jen was Aviation Week's Congressional Editor. Jen came to Aviation Week in March 2011 from Politico, where she covered the intersection of defense and politics. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Defense Daily, Inside the Army, The Other Paper and The Columbus Dispatch.
Jen received a Master’s degree in journalism as a Kiplinger Fellow at the Ohio State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is again calling on Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole to commission an independent study of the health effects of passenger screening machines. Pistole had told Collins during a Nov. 2 Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing that he would start a study of the backscatter Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines, said Collins. But Pistole then told the Senate Commerce Committee–and CNN–that a Homeland Security Inspector General report would suffice.
Without a deal from the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, lawmakers are already scrambling to limit damage to defense that may already be set in motion. Members of the so-called “super committee” met Nov. 21, the day they needed to deliver a deal to the Congressional Budget Office in time to score the proposal before the official Nov. 23 deadline. But that afternoon, lawmakers conceded they failed to reach an agreement on at least $1.2 trillion in reductions to the federal deficit.
