Editing Bob Schieffer (section)

==Retirement from broadcasting==
[[File:DIG13833-020.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Schieffer in January 2016]]
On April 8, 2015, Schieffer announced his intention to retire as host of ''Face the Nation'' while speaking at his alma mater, Texas Christian University. Schieffer departed after working in journalism for 52 years, 46 of those years with CBS.<ref name="schieffer">{{cite web|title="Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer to retire this summer|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-host-bob-schieffer-retire-this-summer/|periodical=Face the Nation|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=April 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/business/veteran-cbs-newscaster-bob-schieffer-announces-plan-to-retire.html|title=Veteran CBS Newscaster Bob Schieffer Announces Plan to Retire|first=John|last=Koblin|date=8 April 2015|work=The New York Times}}</ref>  On the April 12 broadcast of the program, he announced that [[John Dickerson (journalist)|John Dickerson]], the political director for CBS, would succeed him, beginning in June 2015.<ref>John Dickerson Will Succeed Bob Schieffer on 'Face the Nation' [http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/334881/john-dickerson-will-succeed-bob-schieffer-on-face-the-nation/ Poynter.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412181240/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/334881/john-dickerson-will-succeed-bob-schieffer-on-face-the-nation/ |date=2015-04-12 }} Retrieved April 12, 2015.</ref>

As he prepared to retire from ''Face The Nation'', Schieffer reflected on the acclaim that came his way during the latter stages of his career. "The interesting thing about my life — a lot of the recognition I got was after most people retired," he told ''The New York Times'', going on to add, "I think that people just became familiar with me just because I had been there and others had come and gone."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/business/media/bob-schieffer-of-face-the-nation-prepares-to-sign-off.html|title=Bob Schieffer of 'Face the Nation' Prepares to Sign Off|first=John|last=Koblin|newspaper=The New York Times |date=29 May 2015}}</ref>

Schieffer's final broadcast as moderator of ''Face the Nation'' was on May 31, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcripts-may-31-2015-jeb-bush-john-brennan/|title=Face the Nation Transcripts May 31, 2015: Jeb Bush, John Brennan|work=CBS News|date=31 May 2015 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>