American - Journalist | February 25, 1937 -
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.
Bob Schieffer
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I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun.
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The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better.
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.
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Any time you get into a presidential campaign and the stakes are so high, all candidates - they want to be in complete control whenever they can. And you can't blame them for that.
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If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good.
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I mean, you know, God knows everything, but I'm not quite that good. Every once in a while, something will slip by me.
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