Veteran CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer signs off
After 46 years with CBS News, Chief Washington Correspondent and "Face the Nation" anchor Bob Schieffer retires after his last broadcast Sunday, May 31, 2015.
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Bob Schieffer reporting from the convention floor at the the 1980 Republican National Convention.
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Twenty-year-old Bob Schieffer interviews a police officer for KXOL.
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Bob Schieffer asks a question at a press conference with President Jimmy Carter.
Schieffer is one of the few journalists to have covered all four major Washington national assignments: the White House, the Pentagon, U.S. State Department, and Congress.
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Bob Schieffer at a live shot location covering President Jimmy Carter.
Schieffer worked in journalism for fifty years.
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On a press plane, Bob Schieffer poses a question to Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird.
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Bob Schieffer covering the war in Vietnam for the Fort Worth Star Telegram before he joined CBS.
Schieffer was the first reporter from a Texas newspaper to report from Vietnam.
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Bob Schieffer interviews President Gerald Ford at the White House with Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid, April 21, 1975.
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Bob Schieffer with President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff Don Regan.
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Robert Goralski, Roger Peterson, and Bob Schieffer covering the Pentagon.
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Bob Schieffer interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at N.I.H.
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Bob Schieffer, CBS newsman and moderator of the third presidential debate, faces U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Democratic challenger John Kerry (L) at Gammage Auditorium, Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, October 13, 2004.
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Bob Schieffer on the set of "Face the Nation", May 27, 2012.
In 2011, "Face the Nation" went to an hour-long format in most parts of the country.
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Vice President Joe Biden with Bob Schieffer during an interview for "Face the Nation"
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CBS News' "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer arrives for the funeral for former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow at the Basillica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC., July 17, 2008.
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Bob Schieffer and his wife, Patricia, arrive for the formal artist's dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors at the United States Department of State December 4, 2010 in Washington, D.C.
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Moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS appears on stage prior to the debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson World Performing Arts Center at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, October 22, 2012.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) stands on stage with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (L) and moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, October 22, 2012.
Schieffer has moderated three presidential debates in 2004, 2008, and 2012.
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Julián and Joaquín Castro appear on the set of "Face the Nation" January 20, 2013.
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Bob Schieffer and fellow journalist Gwen Ifill share a laugh behind the scenes of "Face the Nation" on October 6, 2013.
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Bob Schieffer prepares for an interview for "Face the Nation" in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 2012.
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Bob Schieffer interviews Luci Baines Johnson, the younger daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, Texas, Saturday, November 16, 2013.
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Bob Schieffer with his Emmy Award November 16, 2014 for the 2013 "Face the Nation" program covering the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Schieffer won Emmy Awards in his career, was named Broadcaster of the Year in 2002, and entered the National Academy of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2008 he was named a living legend by the Library of Congress.
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President Barack Obama participates in a CBS "Face the Nation" interview with Bob Schieffer in the Oval Office, Nov. 7, 2014.
Schieffer has interviewed every president since Richard Nixon.
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Bob Schieffer on "Face the Nation" on April 7, 2013.
"Face the Nation" was the highest-ranked Sunday talk show for the third consecutive year in 2014. Schieffer anchored the program for 24 years.