Topic: Bob Schieffer
Quotes
If I would decide to run, I will run as a Republican
Iraq critic Hagel eyes presidential run Jan 21, 2007
There has been, for the last six years, a Republican-dominated Congress that has not exercised its prerogative constitutionally and had hearings on Iraq; had hearings on the Medicare program, it isn't working as well as it should; education; on what's going on with health care in this country, generally
Reid: Congress to get proactive in future Nov 12, 2006
It will be enforced because member states have an obligation to enforce it
Rice says U.N. defeated North Korea Oct 15, 2006
I'm the luckiest guy in the world that I got a chance to do, as an adult, what I wanted to do as a young person
Schieffer set to pass 'News' on to Couric Sep 01, 2006
When he was anchor and you did a good job, Walter would call you and say, 'I thought you did a good job on that one, my friend
Colleagues: Cronkite 'consummate newsman' Jul 17, 2009
Face the Nation Moderator (1991–present)
Bob Lloyd Schieffer (pronounced /ˈʃiːfər/; born February 25, 1937) is an American television journalist who has been with CBS News since 1969, serving 23 years as anchor on the Saturday edition of CBS Evening News from 1973 to 1996; chief Washington correspondent since 1982, moderator of the Sunday public affairs show Face the Nation since 1991, and, between March 2005 and August 31, 2006, interim weekday anchor of the CBS Evening News.
Schieffer is one of the few journalists to have covered all four of the major Washington national assignments: the White House, the Pentagon, United States Department of State, and United States Congress. His career with CBS has almost exclusively dealt with national politics.
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