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Face The Nation.07.05.09 \| 07/05/2009 CBS News Political Consultant John Dickerson sits in for Bob Schieffer as host of "Face the Nation." Today's show features Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen on Afghanistan, North Korea, Iraq and the state of the U.S. military. Plus a look at health care reform with two Senators central to the negotiations, Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York.
Face The Nation.06.28.09 \| 06/28/2009 Today's show focuses on Iran, whose leaders have clamped down hard on opposition forces who still claim the election was rigged. Is it over? Where do we go from here? Can we deal with this government? We'll ask UN Ambassador Susan Rice. Then we'll turn to the scandal in South Carolina involving Governor Mark Sanford.
Face the Nation.06.21.09 \| 06/21/2009 Today, Arizona Republican Senator (and former Presidential candidate) John McCain talks about President Obama's response to the demonstrations in Iran. At least 10 people were killed and more than a hundred injured as the protests grew more violent. The Iranian leader is telling the U.S. To keep hands off but what are America's options?
Face The Nation.06.14.09 \| 06/14/2009 On this week's Face The Nation, Bob Schieffer speaks with Senator Mitch McConnell and Senator Dick Durbin on President Obama's health care plan.
Face the Nation: 06.07.09 \| 06/07/2009 CBS News "Early Show" Anchor Harry Smith sits in for Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer as host of "Face the Nation. " President Obama makes an historic speech in Cairo, but will the two sides in the Middle East conflict come to the table?
CBS.Face The Nation.05.31.09 \| 05/31/2009 Today features the Supreme Court Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor She has a great life story but is that enough to get her to the Supreme Court? Among the guests are two influential Senators on the Judiciary Committee: Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and Jon Kyl, Republican of Arizona.
Face The Nation.05.24.09 \| 05/24/2009 Today's show features an exclusive interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Guantanamo, torture and the soul of the Republican Party. Is President Obama putting the nation's security at risk? Former Vice President Cheney says yes.
Face The Nation.05.17.09 \| 05/17/2009 CBS News Correspondent and "Early Show" Co-Anchor Harry Smith substitutes for Bob Schieffer as host of "Face the Nation." At issue: should the Guantanamo detainees be tried on U.S. soil, plus the tribunal tempest and the Presidential reversal on the release of thousands of pictures of prisoner abuse.
Face The Nation: 05.10.09 \| 05/10/2009 Today's show features an interview with Former Vice President Dick Cheney. His old boss George W. Bush has left town and is keeping quiet, but Mr. Cheney is not. He's speaking out, and we'll get his take on the future of the Republican Party, the controversial interrogation techniques, Iraq, Pakistan, and the Administration of President Obama.
Face The Nation.05.03.09 \| 05/03/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." The broadcast leads with a segment on swine flu. How fast is it spreading? Why are so many in Mexico dying, and is a world wide epidemic imminent? All questions for the Obama administration team dealing with the disease. Then we'll turn to Senator Arlen Specter, who switched parties and became a Democrat this week. What does his move mean for the Republican Party and for the Democratic agenda?
Face The Nation.04.26.09 \| 04/26/2009 Today's show deals with the question of torture in interrogations of suspected tertrorists. Does it work? Should it have been used on terror suspects after 9/11?
Face The Nation.04.19.09 \| \| 04/19/2009 CBS News Correspondent Harry Smith, anchor of the "Early Show," subs for Bob Schieffer in moderating today's "Face the Nation" On the broadcast: White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod on President Obama's trip and the economy, plus a debate on the assault weapons ban between Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association.
Face The Nation.04.12.09 \| 04/12/2009 President Obama heads to Mexico this week: How can he help them win their violent war against the drug cartels? Among the guests is the Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan. Then Schieffer talks about President Obama's trip abroad and the rest of the week's news with David Sanger of The New York Times, Syndicated Columnist Kathleen Parker, and Rajiv Chandrasekeran of The Washington Post.
Face The Nation.04.05.09 \| 04/05/2009 Today's broadcast features an interview with Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner on topics including the economy, executive bonuses, the auto industry bailout and banks. Schieffer will also talk about the rest of the week's news, including North Korea's rocket launch last night.
Face The Nation.03.29.09 \| 03/29/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." Today's show features Schieffer's exclusive White House interview with President Barack Obama. Much of the focus was on the US-led mission in Afghanistan.
Face The Nation.03.22.09 \| 03/22/2009 The House voted Thursday to tax bonuses at financial firms after it was revealed that employees of embattled Insurance giant AIG received millions in bonuses after their bailout. Will the Senate go along? We'll ask House Banking Committee Chairman Barney Frank, and Senator Charles Grassley.
Face The Nation.03.15.09 \| 03/15/2009 The economy is again the key topic. President Obama's top economic advisor, Lawrence Summers said last week that America's economy would improve. Question is when? What about these bonuses to AIG executives?
Face The Nation.03.15.09 \| 03/15/2009 The economy is again the key topic. President Obama's top economic advisor, Lawrence Summers said last week that America's economy would improve. Question is when? What about these bonuses to AIG executives?
Economy \| 03/08/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." Today's key issue is the economy. It seems as if every time the Obama administration announces a specific effort to help the economy, Wall Street tanks. Why? And is a second stimulus package in the works? We'll ask the White House budget director. And if Republicans don't like what President Obama is doing, what's THEIR plan to lift the economy? We'll ask the head of the House Republicans.
Face the Nation.03.01.09 \| 03/01/2009 Today's show features an exclusive interview with Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff. Last week President Barack Obama submitted a $3.6 trillion dollar budget, marking the biggest shift of resources since the Reagan days, an increase Republicans say will expand the size of government by one third in one year. But can he get it through Congress?
mortgage bailout plan; stimulus package \| 02/22/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." Today's key topic is President Obama's mortgage bailout plan. President Obama came out with a multi-billion dollar foreclosure bailout plan last week, and a lot of people who can't afford their mortgages are wondering if it will help them. We'll ask Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan. Then we'll turn to the states and the stimulus package.
FACE THE NATION.2.15.09 \| 02/15/2009 This week on FACE THE NATION, CBS News Correspondent Bob Schieffer talks to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the $787 billion dollar stimulus package. Also today, Schieffer discusses bank failures with Senator Richard Shelby and Congressman Barney Frank.
Face the Nation.02.08.09 \| 02/10/2009 President Obama's massive economic recovery plan, which gets a boost in the Senate, but there's a fight ahead not just with Republicans but with Democrats as well. Guests incoude the bill's leading opponent, Arizona Senator John McCain... and the top Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad of North Dakota. We'll also hear from Christina Romer, Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers.
Face The Nation.02.01.09 \| 02/01/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation" A key topic on today's show: Another Obama cabinet pick is in trouble over taxes..and what IS Congress going to do about the Administration's enormous economic recovery plan?
Face The Nation.01.25.09 \| 01/25/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation. Today's show features Joe Biden's first interview as Vice President, from Wilmington, DE. The new administration is not even a week old, but it's moving quickly -- outlawing torture, announcing plans to close Guantanamo, and laying the groundwork for a huge plan to get the economy going.
CBS.Face The Nation.01.18.09 \| 01/18/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosats "Face the Nation," today from Capitol Hill. Two days before the Inauguration an exclusive interview with President-elect Barack Obama's top economic advisor, Larry Summers. The new President will be left to solve the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Summers will be his top advisor in that effort. Then we'll get perspective from Georgetown University historian Michael Eric Dyson and John Dickerson of Slate Magazine.
Face The Nation.01.11.09 \| 01/11/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." At issue today: Roland Burris: Is he or isn't he the new Senator from Illinois? We'll talk with him this morning AND we'll talk to Democratic Majority Whip Dick Durbin, about whether or not Democrats will try to block Burris from taking Barack Obama's old senate seat.
Face The Nation.01.04.09 \| 01/04/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." On today's show: An exclusive interview with outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney. He's been called the most powerful vice president in history..AND the most controversial.He has been praised and denounced..today we'll ask him how he feels it went as he prepares to leave office.
Air Strikes, Israeli, Palestinian \| 12/28/2008 CBS News Correspondent Chip Reid sits in for Bob Schieffer as host of "Face the Nation." What does President-elect Obama think of the situation in Gaza, where Israeli air strikes killed at least 225 Palestinians? Does his new administration face a new Mideast crisis, along with everything else? Can Illinois legislators force Governor Rod Blagojevich out of office? If so, how soon?
Face The nation.12-21-08 \| 12/21/2008 At issue on today's show: Caroline Kennedy: Should she be New York's next Senator? We'll talk with one of Kennedy's best friends, Joel Klein, the New York City Schools Chancellor; Republican Congressmen Tom Reynolds and Peter King; Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman, and former Vice-Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro. Then we'll get analysis from Dominic Carter, Political Anchor for NY1 (New York One).

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Face The Nation.07.05.09 \| 07/05/2009 CBS News Political Consultant John Dickerson sits in for Bob Schieffer as host of "Face the Nation." Today's show features Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen on Afghanistan, North Korea, Iraq and the state of the U.S. military. Plus a look at health care reform with two Senators central to the negotiations, Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York.
Face The Nation.06.28.09 \| 06/28/2009 Today's show focuses on Iran, whose leaders have clamped down hard on opposition forces who still claim the election was rigged. Is it over? Where do we go from here? Can we deal with this government? We'll ask UN Ambassador Susan Rice. Then we'll turn to the scandal in South Carolina involving Governor Mark Sanford.
Face the Nation.06.21.09 \| 06/21/2009 Today, Arizona Republican Senator (and former Presidential candidate) John McCain talks about President Obama's response to the demonstrations in Iran. At least 10 people were killed and more than a hundred injured as the protests grew more violent. The Iranian leader is telling the U.S. To keep hands off but what are America's options?
Face The Nation.06.14.09 \| 06/14/2009 On this week's Face The Nation, Bob Schieffer speaks with Senator Mitch McConnell and Senator Dick Durbin on President Obama's health care plan.
Face the Nation: 06.07.09 \| 06/07/2009 CBS News "Early Show" Anchor Harry Smith sits in for Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer as host of "Face the Nation. " President Obama makes an historic speech in Cairo, but will the two sides in the Middle East conflict come to the table?
CBS.Face The Nation.05.31.09 \| 05/31/2009 Today features the Supreme Court Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor She has a great life story but is that enough to get her to the Supreme Court? Among the guests are two influential Senators on the Judiciary Committee: Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and Jon Kyl, Republican of Arizona.
Face The Nation.05.24.09 \| 05/24/2009 Today's show features an exclusive interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Guantanamo, torture and the soul of the Republican Party. Is President Obama putting the nation's security at risk? Former Vice President Cheney says yes.
Face The Nation.05.17.09 \| 05/17/2009 CBS News Correspondent and "Early Show" Co-Anchor Harry Smith substitutes for Bob Schieffer as host of "Face the Nation." At issue: should the Guantanamo detainees be tried on U.S. soil, plus the tribunal tempest and the Presidential reversal on the release of thousands of pictures of prisoner abuse.
Face The Nation: 05.10.09 \| 05/10/2009 Today's show features an interview with Former Vice President Dick Cheney. His old boss George W. Bush has left town and is keeping quiet, but Mr. Cheney is not. He's speaking out, and we'll get his take on the future of the Republican Party, the controversial interrogation techniques, Iraq, Pakistan, and the Administration of President Obama.
Face The Nation.05.03.09 \| 05/03/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." The broadcast leads with a segment on swine flu. How fast is it spreading? Why are so many in Mexico dying, and is a world wide epidemic imminent? All questions for the Obama administration team dealing with the disease. Then we'll turn to Senator Arlen Specter, who switched parties and became a Democrat this week. What does his move mean for the Republican Party and for the Democratic agenda?
Face The Nation.04.26.09 \| 04/26/2009 Today's show deals with the question of torture in interrogations of suspected tertrorists. Does it work? Should it have been used on terror suspects after 9/11?
Face The Nation.04.19.09 \| \| 04/19/2009 CBS News Correspondent Harry Smith, anchor of the "Early Show," subs for Bob Schieffer in moderating today's "Face the Nation" On the broadcast: White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod on President Obama's trip and the economy, plus a debate on the assault weapons ban between Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association.
Face The Nation.04.12.09 \| 04/12/2009 President Obama heads to Mexico this week: How can he help them win their violent war against the drug cartels? Among the guests is the Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan. Then Schieffer talks about President Obama's trip abroad and the rest of the week's news with David Sanger of The New York Times, Syndicated Columnist Kathleen Parker, and Rajiv Chandrasekeran of The Washington Post.
Face The Nation.04.05.09 \| 04/05/2009 Today's broadcast features an interview with Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner on topics including the economy, executive bonuses, the auto industry bailout and banks. Schieffer will also talk about the rest of the week's news, including North Korea's rocket launch last night.
Face The Nation.03.29.09 \| 03/29/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." Today's show features Schieffer's exclusive White House interview with President Barack Obama. Much of the focus was on the US-led mission in Afghanistan.
Face The Nation.03.22.09 \| 03/22/2009 The House voted Thursday to tax bonuses at financial firms after it was revealed that employees of embattled Insurance giant AIG received millions in bonuses after their bailout. Will the Senate go along? We'll ask House Banking Committee Chairman Barney Frank, and Senator Charles Grassley.
Face The Nation.03.15.09 \| 03/15/2009 The economy is again the key topic. President Obama's top economic advisor, Lawrence Summers said last week that America's economy would improve. Question is when? What about these bonuses to AIG executives?
Face The Nation.03.15.09 \| 03/15/2009 The economy is again the key topic. President Obama's top economic advisor, Lawrence Summers said last week that America's economy would improve. Question is when? What about these bonuses to AIG executives?
Economy \| 03/08/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." Today's key issue is the economy. It seems as if every time the Obama administration announces a specific effort to help the economy, Wall Street tanks. Why? And is a second stimulus package in the works? We'll ask the White House budget director. And if Republicans don't like what President Obama is doing, what's THEIR plan to lift the economy? We'll ask the head of the House Republicans.
Face the Nation.03.01.09 \| 03/01/2009 Today's show features an exclusive interview with Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff. Last week President Barack Obama submitted a $3.6 trillion dollar budget, marking the biggest shift of resources since the Reagan days, an increase Republicans say will expand the size of government by one third in one year. But can he get it through Congress?
mortgage bailout plan; stimulus package \| 02/22/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." Today's key topic is President Obama's mortgage bailout plan. President Obama came out with a multi-billion dollar foreclosure bailout plan last week, and a lot of people who can't afford their mortgages are wondering if it will help them. We'll ask Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan. Then we'll turn to the states and the stimulus package.
FACE THE NATION.2.15.09 \| 02/15/2009 This week on FACE THE NATION, CBS News Correspondent Bob Schieffer talks to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the $787 billion dollar stimulus package. Also today, Schieffer discusses bank failures with Senator Richard Shelby and Congressman Barney Frank.
Face the Nation.02.08.09 \| 02/10/2009 President Obama's massive economic recovery plan, which gets a boost in the Senate, but there's a fight ahead not just with Republicans but with Democrats as well. Guests incoude the bill's leading opponent, Arizona Senator John McCain... and the top Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad of North Dakota. We'll also hear from Christina Romer, Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers.
Face The Nation.02.01.09 \| 02/01/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation" A key topic on today's show: Another Obama cabinet pick is in trouble over taxes..and what IS Congress going to do about the Administration's enormous economic recovery plan?
Face The Nation.01.25.09 \| 01/25/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation. Today's show features Joe Biden's first interview as Vice President, from Wilmington, DE. The new administration is not even a week old, but it's moving quickly -- outlawing torture, announcing plans to close Guantanamo, and laying the groundwork for a huge plan to get the economy going.
CBS.Face The Nation.01.18.09 \| 01/18/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosats "Face the Nation," today from Capitol Hill. Two days before the Inauguration an exclusive interview with President-elect Barack Obama's top economic advisor, Larry Summers. The new President will be left to solve the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Summers will be his top advisor in that effort. Then we'll get perspective from Georgetown University historian Michael Eric Dyson and John Dickerson of Slate Magazine.
Face The Nation.01.11.09 \| 01/11/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." At issue today: Roland Burris: Is he or isn't he the new Senator from Illinois? We'll talk with him this morning AND we'll talk to Democratic Majority Whip Dick Durbin, about whether or not Democrats will try to block Burris from taking Barack Obama's old senate seat.
Face The Nation.01.04.09 \| 01/04/2009 CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer hosts "Face the Nation." On today's show: An exclusive interview with outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney. He's been called the most powerful vice president in history..AND the most controversial.He has been praised and denounced..today we'll ask him how he feels it went as he prepares to leave office.
Air Strikes, Israeli, Palestinian \| 12/28/2008 CBS News Correspondent Chip Reid sits in for Bob Schieffer as host of "Face the Nation." What does President-elect Obama think of the situation in Gaza, where Israeli air strikes killed at least 225 Palestinians? Does his new administration face a new Mideast crisis, along with everything else? Can Illinois legislators force Governor Rod Blagojevich out of office? If so, how soon?
Face The nation.12-21-08 \| 12/21/2008 At issue on today's show: Caroline Kennedy: Should she be New York's next Senator? We'll talk with one of Kennedy's best friends, Joel Klein, the New York City Schools Chancellor; Republican Congressmen Tom Reynolds and Peter King; Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman, and former Vice-Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro. Then we'll get analysis from Dominic Carter, Political Anchor for NY1 (New York One).