Bob Lloyd Schieffer was born on February 25,1937 and is an American television journalist.
29 Facts About Bob Schieffer
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Bob Schieffer is known for his moderation of presidential debates, where he has been praised for his capability.
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Bob Schieffer has interviewed every United States President since Richard Nixon, as well as most of those who sought the office.
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Bob Schieffer has been with CBS News since 1969, serving as the anchor on the Saturday edition of CBS Evening News for 20 years, from 1976 to 1996, as well as the Chief Washington Correspondent from 1982 until 2015, and moderator of the Sunday public affairs show, Face the Nation, from 1991 until May 31,2015.
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From March 10,2005, to August 31,2006, Bob Schieffer was interim weekday anchor of CBS Evening News, and was one of the primary substitutes for Katie Couric and Scott Pelley.
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Bob Schieffer co-authored a book about Ronald Reagan, The Acting President, with Gary Paul Gates, that was published in 1989.
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Bob Schieffer was named a living legend by the Library of Congress in 2008.
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Bob Schieffer is currently serving as the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center.
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Bob Schieffer was honorably discharged and joined the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as a reporter, with one of his key assignments being a trip to Vietnam to profile soldiers from the Fort Worth area.
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Bob Schieffer was the first reporter from a Texas newspaper who reported from Vietnam.
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Shortly after President Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, Bob Schieffer was in the Star-Telegram office and received a telephone call from a woman in search of a ride to Dallas.
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Bob Schieffer later joined the Star-Telegram's television station, WBAP-TV in Fort Worth, before taking a job with CBS in 1969.
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Bob Schieffer was anchor of the CBS Sunday Night News from 1973 to 1974, the CBS Sunday Evening News in 1976, and of the Saturday Evening News broadcast for twenty years from 1976 until 1996.
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Bob Schieffer assumed that job on March 10,2005, the day following Rather's last broadcast.
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Schieffer closed the gap with ABC's World News Tonight when co-anchor Bob Woodruff was injured in late January 2006.
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Bob Schieffer made his last CBS Evening News broadcast on August 31,2006, and was replaced by Katie Couric.
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Bob Schieffer was a substitute anchor for Couric and Scott Pelley when he became anchor of the evening news in June 2011.
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On October 13,2004, Schieffer was the moderator of the third presidential debate between President George W Bush and Senator John Kerry in Tempe, Arizona.
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On October 15,2008, Bob Schieffer moderated the third presidential debate between Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain at Hofstra University in Uniondale, New York.
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Bob Schieffer moderated the third debate of the presidential candidates in 2012, between President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, on October 22, in Boca Raton, Florida.
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In 2013, Bob Schieffer won the National Association of Broadcasters Distinguished Service Award and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.
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Bob Schieffer departed after working in journalism for 52 years, 46 of those years with CBS.
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Since leaving the anchor desk at CBS Evening News in 2006, Schieffer has entertained his longstanding interest in songwriting by collaborating with musicians in New York and Washington, DC His latest efforts have resulted in four songs with the Washington area band, Honky Tonk Confidential, all of which appear on their CD, Road Kill Stew and Other News.
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Bob Schieffer married Patricia Penrose in 1967; they have two daughters and three granddaughters.
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On March 2,2009, Tom Bob Schieffer announced he was forming an exploratory committee that will allow him to seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas.
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Bob Schieffer was diagnosed in 2003 and has been cancer-free since 2004.
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Bob Schieffer has been diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes, and is on insulin therapy.
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Bob Schieffer had a cameo appearance beside Harrison Ford in the 2010 film, Morning Glory, along with his CBS News colleague Morley Safer as well as MSNBC's Chris Matthews.
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Bob Schieffer had a cameo appearance on television series Madam Secretary in the episode named "Face of Nation".