Latest Fox Hire: American Sniper Widow Taya Kyle

She will provide military and family commentary.

8.1.2016

Chris Kyle is an American hero known as one of the country's deadliest snipers, whose life was taken while trying to help a fellow veteran. Now the views of his widow Taya will be heard across the airwaves of Fox News, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Taya Kyle, founder of the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation, a support network for military families, "will provide military and family commentary across FNC’s daytime and primetime programming," according to a statement Monday from the cable news channel.

Kyle made her first appearance as a contributor on Fox & Friends on Monday morning, weighing in on the debate about whether retired senior military officials should publicly endorse presidential candidates. Two retired generals who spoke at the DNC and RNC political conventions drew criticism from former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, who said high ranking officers should be kept "off the stage."

Taya defended the generals and their ability to speak out, noting that those that appeared at both conventions were retired. Kyle pointed out that these men in uniform spent their lives defending freedom of speech and that once they are out of the service they should be free to exercise that hard-earned freedom.