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Appearing on CBS program Face the Nation on Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham warned the House health reform legislation that passed Saturday night is a "disaster" for private choice, adding that he hopes and prays Democrats' reforms do not become law.

At the end of Sunday's Face the Nation on CBS, host Bob Schieffer offered commentary on the cause of the mass shooting at Fort Hood: "That doctor [Major Nidal Hasan] should not have been at Fort Hood.

The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Obama as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House of Representatives has nowhere to go in the Senate.

Republican political consultant Ed Rollins and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., on "Face the Nation," November 8, 2009.

The president's top political adviser, David Axelrod, told CBS News that Abdullah Abdullah's withdrawal from the Afghan runoff election was a "political decision" and that the White House would "deal with the government that is." Axelrod added that President Obama would make a decision on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan "within weeks." ...

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., on "Face the Nation," November 1, 2009. Senator Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said Sunday that anyone supporting a government-backed health insurance plan is not only "wrong," but is jeopardizing the passage of any reform of health care.

While analyzing the off-year elections across the country on Tuesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith asked Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer about the New York 23rd congressional race: "...this notion that an insurgent conservative, orthodox conservative, would come in and really unseat the party's choice for nominee there ...is this a ...

Rush Limbaugh's tough criticisms of President Barack Obama on Fox News Sunday 'broke' the White House's truce with Fox News, Bob Schieffer suggested during an interview with Obama's Senior Adviser, David Axelrod, on Face the Nation.

This summer, the Obama administration announced that it would spend more than $2 billion to buy enough H1N1 flu vaccines to inoculate every American and said that companies could have up to 80 million ready by October.

Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman says he would prefer doing nothing to passing a health care bill that includes a public option, and he is making clear that, if health care reform doesn't pass, he plans to put the blame on supporters of the public option.

We told you late yesterday David Plouffe will be joining David Gregory on "Meet the Press" this Sunday.

Showing that the media sees every act by the Obamas as an historic achievement, at the end of Sunday's Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer was amazed by the romping of First Lady Michelle Obama: 'Michelle Obama took it to another level as she set records as the first First Lady to run barefoot across the White House lawn.

Following reports that President Obama was "actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as part of health care reform," White House Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer wrote on the White House blog that " those rumors are absolutely false ." "President Obama ...

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on "Face The Nation," Oct. 25, 2009. Senator John McCain said today the United States should not delay withdrawing American troops from Iraq, even in light of this morning's twin car bomb blasts which killed 136 and wounded scores more and his own prediction that such violence will continue.

CBS' Bob Schieffer doesn't have a stake in "Goatee Gamble," the National League Championship Series bet between NBC's Chuck Todd and ABC's Jake Tapper , but he's growing a beard anyway.

We told you Friday that ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg would be swapping networks to join her pal Bob Schieffer at CBS News.

It's been a good week for George Stephanopoulos . He was the only TV newser to make GQ 's "50 Most Powerful People in DC" list, his show "This Week" took second place in the Sunday show ratings, and just now ABC announced Stephanopoulos will be Diane Sawyer 's primary substitute anchor of "World News" come January.

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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on "Face The Nation," October 11, 2009. Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell called the Obama administration's possible move to find accommodation with the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan "troubling." As originally reported by the Washington Post on Friday, some in the White House see the Taliban as a ...

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., on "Face The Nation, October 11, 2009. Democratic Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, who has been in support of the administration's strategy for Afghanistan, said it cannot be assumed that Taliban control in Afghanistan would confer greater influence for al Qaeda.