At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.

S. He also noted a rare off-camera appearance in the Sunday comics. TACT!.

On October 13 2004 he was the moderator of the third presidential debate between President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry in Tempe Arizona. Schieffer is one of the few journalists to have covered all four of the major Washington national assignments: the White House the Pentagon United States Department of State and United States Congress.