Jennifer Hansler - CNN State Department Producer
Jennifer Hansler
CNN State Department Producer
Jennifer Hansler is a State Department producer for CNN. Hansler tracks the daily and long-term developments from the department for CNN's broadcast and digital platforms.
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Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war
Apr 15, 2024
As Sudan marks the grim anniversary of a year-long conflict, aid agencies have warned that the country teeters on the edge of collapse, facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has largely been ignored by the rest of the world.
USAID administrator says it is ‘credible’ to assess famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza
Apr 11, 2024
The top US humanitarian official said Wednesday it is “credible” to assess that famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
US preparing for significant Iran attack on US or Israeli assets in the region as soon as next week
Apr 5, 2024
The US is on high alert and actively preparing for a “significant” attack that could come as soon as within the next week by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Monday’s Israeli strike in Damascus that killed top Iranian commanders, a senior administration official tells CNN.
Exclusive: State Department officials told House investigators they created Afghanistan withdrawal plans from scratch
Apr 4, 2024
Hours of closed-door testimony from three top State Department officials shed new light on the “unprecedented” situation in the final days of the US presence in Afghanistan as the officials were rushed to the country with virtually no time to prepare and no established emergency evacuation plan in place when they arrived.
Antony Blinken had yet another problem with his Boeing plane. He had to go in a car instead
Apr 3, 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the latest person dealing with problems with a Boeing jet.
US has not yet seen operational plans from Israel on Rafah strategy
Apr 1, 2024
The Biden administration has yet to see operational plans from the Israeli government detailing what a major military operation into Rafah would look like, including how Israel would try to protect the more than one million civilians in the Gazan city, a US official told CNN on the heels of a virtual meeting of senior American and Israeli officials Monday.
Biden administration set to greenlight $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel
Apr 1, 2024
The Biden administration is close to approving the sale of as many as 50 American-made F-15 fighter jets to Israel, in a deal expected to be worth more than $18 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter.
American journalist Evan Gershkovich marks one year in Russian detention
Mar 29, 2024
American journalist Evan Gershkovich marked the grim milestone of one year in Russian detention on Friday as US efforts have yet to secure his release.
Wife of American detained by Taliban fears for his well-being
Mar 28, 2024
The wife of an American detained in Afghanistan is deeply concerned about her husband’s well-being, and pleading for the chance to tell President Joe Biden about the urgency of his case.
Formal talks to end war in Sudan may restart in mid-April, US special envoy says
Mar 26, 2024
Formal talks aimed at ending the war in Sudan may restart in mid-April, US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello said Tuesday, as the conflict nears its one year mark.
Blinken warns of stakes of Rafah offensive as Netanyahu again vows to press ahead
Mar 22, 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emerged from meetings in Tel Aviv emphasizing his clear warning to the Israeli government about the perilous stakes of an incursion into Rafah, but with little evidence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to heed his words.
Blinken says negotiations on ceasefire, hostage release ‘getting closer’
Mar 21, 2024
Negotiations to secure an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza tied to the release of hostages held by Hamas are “getting closer” to a deal, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.
More Americans evacuate Haiti on US-chartered helicopter flight and a Florida plane. Additional trips expected, officials say
Mar 21, 2024
More Americans evacuated from Haiti Wednesday, some on a US-chartered helicopter flight and others on a Florida-organized plane that landed in Orlando – marking the latest of what officials have said will be multiple trips to get US citizens out safely as the Caribbean nation sinks into chaos amid rampant gang violence and political instability.
About
Jennifer Hansler is a State Department producer for CNN. Hansler tracks the daily and long-term developments from the department for CNN’s broadcast and digital platforms. She writes regularly for CNN’s website and works closely with CNN’s national security team.
She was previously a digital producer for CNN Politics, where she was responsible for programming, maintaining and writing content for the CNN Politics website and social media platforms.
Prior to CNN, Hansler worked at ABC News as a production assistant.
Hansler is an Ohio native, now living and working in Washington, D.C. She graduated from University of Rochester with a dual degree in communications and Spanish.