Margaret Brennan Named Host of ‘Face the Nation’ on CBS<br />She succeeds John Dickerson, who left “Face the Nation” in January after less than three years to replace Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning.”<br />Along with mainstays like NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week,” “Face the Nation” features interviews with prominent lawmakers and White House officials<br />that often make news, and can forge Washington’s political agenda for the week ahead.<br />WASHINGTON — Margaret Brennan, the senior foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, will be the next moderator of “Face the Nation,” the network’s prestige Sunday morning public affairs show<br />and one of the most influential venues in American politics.<br />Her new role, announced by CBS on Thursday, makes Ms. Brennan, 37, the only woman<br />currently serving as a solo anchor of a major Sunday political affairs show.<br />Ms. Brennan, whose debut is set for Sunday, joined CBS News in 2012 after a decade in financial<br />journalism, working as an anchor and correspondent at Bloomberg Television and CNBC.<br />Martha Raddatz of ABC News was named a co-anchor of “This Week” in 2016, although<br />the program’s branding remains focused on the lead host, George Stephanopoulos.<br />She said in an interview on Thursday that she hoped “Face the Nation” would offer a dose of civility in a highly charged political moment.
