Aug 5, 2008 4:45 pm US/Eastern
CBS' Bob Schieffer To Host Presidential Debate
'Face The Nation' Host To Helm Final Debate on Oct. 15 From Hofstra University
WASHINGTON (CBS) ―
Bob Schieffer, host of CBS 'Face The Nation' will host the final Presidential Debate on Oct. 15 from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., according to a press release from the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).
Other hosts include, PBS' Jim Lehrer and Gwen Ifill and NBC's Tom Brokaw.
ABC News will not be hosting a debate.
Each debate will have a single moderator and last for 90 minutes. In the first and third presidential debates and the vice presidential debate, the candidates will be seated with the moderator at a table.
The second presidential debate will be held as a town meeting in which citizens will pose questions to the candidates.
Here is the debate schedule:
First presidential debate Friday, Sept. 26, at Ole Miss
Jim Lehrer, Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS
Vice presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 2, Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Gwen Ifill, Moderator, Washington Week, PBS
Second presidential debate (town meeting) Tuesday, Oct. 7, Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.
Tom Brokaw, Special Correspondent, NBC News
Third presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
Bob Schieffer, Host, Face the Nation, CBS News
Each debate will begin at 9:00 p.m. ET.
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