Bob Schieffer likes to say that he is more than just a sibling to his younger brother, Tom. "Hell, I raised him," Mr. Schieffer said in a recent interview, his eyes watering as he recalled the years immediately after their father's sudden death, which left a 20-year-old Bob and his mother to care for a 10-year-old Tom.
But the bonds, and bounds, of that familial intimacy are about to come into play as never before. Tom Schieffer was recently nominated by President Bush - his friend and former business partner in the Texas Rangers baseball team - to be ambassador to Japan, and Bob Schieffer, the longtime host of "Face the Nation" on CBS, will soon become interim anchor of "CBS Evening News."
What would Bob do if he had to introduce a segment on the evening news about how Japan and the United States are confronting North Korea? And how would Tom respond to CBS inquiries about classified data concerning not only North Korea's suspected nuclear arsenal but also American economic strategy in Asia?
No problem, both of them say.
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CBS News executives say Bob's connections to the Bush administration through his brother - including the fact that Bob got to know the future president well during "dozens" of baseball games that he attended with him, before Mr. Bush was even governor of Texas - played no role in his being tapped to succeed Dan Rather.
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