"Face the Nation" transcripts 2012

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May 20, 2012
Guests include Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Mark Warner (D-VA). A roundtable on foreign policy includes Thomas Friedman and CBS News' Clarissa Ward. A political discussion with CBS News' John Dickerson and Norah O'Donnell round out the show.

May 13, 2012
Guests include Gov. Deval Patrick, D-Mass., former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson; Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council; former Bush political adviser and Newsweek contributor Mark McKinnon; Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry; "American Idol" singer and activist Clay Aiken; Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.; and a Mother's Day panel with Republican strategist Bay Buchanan, former Obama communications director Anita Dunn, Melinda Henneberger of the Washington Post, and CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell.

May 6, 2012
Guests include former former Republican presidential candidates former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. Then the Democratic take with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean. Zbigniew Brzezinski on the Chinese dissident situation, and a politics panel on Campaign 2012.

April 29, 2012
Guests: Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour; Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; and Governor Jerry Brown, D-Calif. Also: A roundtable of terrorism experts, including journalists Graham Allison and Peter Bergen, The Washington Post's David Ignatius and CBS News' John Miller; and CBS News' John Dickerson hosts a Google+ Hangout on immigration.

April 22, 2012
Guests: Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., former Secret Service Director Ralph Basham, Sen. Tom Coburn R-Okla., Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas on the April 22nd edition of "Face the Nation." Stephanie Cutter and Eric Fehrnstrom also appeared. Panelists included Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Major Garrett, Melinda Henneberger, Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson.

April 15, 2012
Guests: Rep. Darrell Issa, Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Senator John McCain, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee; and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Also: A roundtable on politics including CBS News' Norah O'Donnell and the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus; and Time Magazine's Toure and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson discuss the Trayvon Martin case.

April 8, 2012
Guests: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Catholic Church; Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Ethnic Commission; Luis Cortes Junior, president of Esperanza; Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles; Sally Quinn, founder and head of The Washington Post on Faith website; and Newsweek magazine's Andrew Sullivan. Also: A report on how the Internet is changing how people worship; and Morley Safer on the passing of legendary journalist Mike Wallace

April 1, 2012
Guests: Vice President Joe Biden; Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul; and a roundtable featuring Romney strategist Kevin Madden, PBS's Gwen Ifill, and CBS News' legal analyst Jan Crawford and political director John Dickerson

March 25, 2012
Guests: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum; Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Guest host: CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell

March 18, 2012
Guests: President Obama's senior campaign adviser David Axelrod; Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee; and a roundtable with CBS News correspondent Norah O'Donnell, former head of the RNC Ed Gillespie, and National Review editor Rich Lowry

March 11, 2012
Guests: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; President Obama's senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs; and a roundtable with CBS News correspondents Norah O'Donnell and David Martin

March 4, 2012
Guests: Governor Mitch Daniels, R-Ind.; presidential candidates Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas; and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Feb. 26, 2012
Guests: Governor Chris Christie, R-N.J.; and Governor Marin O'Malley, D-Md.

Feb. 19, 2012
Guests: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum; and a roundtable with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson, the Detroit Free Press' Todd Spangler and Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post

Feb. 12, 2012
Guests: Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, R-Texas; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; and White House Chief-of-Staff Jack Lew. Also: CBS News foreign correspondent Clarissa Ward

Feb. 5, 2012
Guests: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich; former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani; Boston Globe reporter and co-author of "The Real Romney," Michael Kranish; and CBS News' Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson

Jan. 29, 2012
Guests: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich; Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Rep. Allen West, R-Fla.; Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.; former presidential candidate Donald Trump; humorist Dave Barry; Marc Caputo of The Miami Herald; and CBS News political director John Dickerson

Jan. 22, 2012
Guests: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss.; Wall Street Journal columnist Kelly Evans; and Time Magazine columnist Joe Klein

Jan. 15, 2012
Guests: GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum; Senator Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; and journalist Jodi Kantor, author of "The Obamas"

Jan. 8, 2012
Guests: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta; General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

Jan. 1, 2012
Guests: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Former Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla.; Former Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo.; David Yepsen, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; Mike Allen, Politico chief White House correspondent; Norah O'Donnell, CBS News chief White House correspondent; and John Dickerson, CBS News political director

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