Politics with Cokie Roberts

By Cokie Roberts

Published February 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

In their weekly political discussion, host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the shuttle Columbia tragedy and how it might affect other major issues facing the nation, including whether and when the United State might go to war against Iraq and the budget blueprint, which the White House releases today.

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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