Cokie Roberts

By Cokie Roberts

Published January 13, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Cokie Roberts joins host Bob Edwards for their weekly discussion about the latest in news and politics.

Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts was one of the 'Founding Mothers' of NPR who helped make that network one of the premier sources of news and information in this country. She served as a congressional correspondent at NPR for more than 10 years and later appeared as a commentator on Morning Edition. In addition to her work for NPR, Roberts was a political commentator for ABC News, providing analysis for all network news programming.

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