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Fox News correspondent returning to The Villages for benefit for Wounded Warrior 

Jennifer Griffin of Fox News.

Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin will be returning to The Villages next month for a benefit for Wounded Warrior she has befriended.

Griffin will headline a Villagers for Veterans event on Nov. 18 at SeaBreeze Recreation Center. The event will feature a meet-and-greet with Griffin at 5:30 p.m. as well as a presentation at 7 p.m.

Griffin has bonded with veteran John Peck who lost all four limbs in combat in Afghanistan.

John Peck 

You can learn more about the upcoming event and purchase tickets at http://www.villagersforveterans.org/events.html

Griffin appeared at an event in 2015 in The Villages that raised $120,000 for veterans.

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