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Usual Suspects to Host Debates

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 5, 2008 1:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – The moderators for the three presidential debates have been announced, and none of them are particularly gasp-inducing, the Swamp reports. Tom Brokaw, interim host of Meet the Press, Jim Lehrer, of PBS’ News Hour, and Bob Schieffer of CBS’ Face the Nation, will each host a debate, while Gwen Ifill, also of PBS, drew the single vice-presidential face-off. The first debate will be September 26.



Jim Lehrer, from PBS' Newshour, will host one of the presidential debates.
Jim Lehrer, from PBS' "Newshour," will host one of the presidential debates.   (AP Photo/PBS)
Meet the Press executive producer Betsy Fischer, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Gwen Ifill of PBS appear on Meet the Press during a taping June 15, 2008.
Meet the Press executive producer Betsy Fischer, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Gwen Ifill of PBS appear on "Meet the Press" during a taping June 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Meet The Press, Alex Wong)
Tom Brokaw sits on stage during a taping of NBC's 'Meet the Press' on location at Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club  in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, June 28, 2008.
Tom Brokaw sits on stage during a taping of NBC's 'Meet the Press' on location at Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, June 28, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Meet the Press, David J. Swift)
News Anchor Bob Schieffer arrives at the 2007 Glamour Magazine Women of the Year awards, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 in New York.
News Anchor Bob Schieffer arrives at the 2007 Glamour Magazine "Women of the Year" awards, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 in New York.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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