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The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.

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Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
Bob Schieffer
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But with 9/11, we found that people tended to come back to the networks and the people who had been our core viewers in the past came back and they have stayed with us.
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Bob Schieffer
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Bob Schieffer
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We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise.
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I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
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And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.
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My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.
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I want to try to talk like normal people talk, not just stand there and bark at the camera.
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