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Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts, better known as "Cokie Roberts" (b. December 27, 1943, New Orleans, Louisiana) is a journalist and author, best known for her commentary on National Public Radio. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (362nd in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City 350. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ...

She also appeared on the Sunday morning ABC News program This Week with David Brinkley, along with Sam Donaldson and George Will. She and Donaldson co-hosted the show as This Week after David Brinkley retired. ABC News logo ABC News is a division of ABC television and radio networks (ABC), owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... This Week Current Logo This Week is one of the U.S. Sunday morning political talk shows It has aired on Sunday Mornings on the ABC since 1981 and has been hosted by George Stephanopoulos since September 2002. ... Samuel Andrew Donaldson (born March 11, 1934 in El Paso, Texas) was a news anchor for ABC News, known for his persistence in questioning senior government officials up to and including the President of the United States. ... George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, conservative American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author. ... David Brinkley David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American television newscaster for NBC and, later, ABC. From 1956 through 1970 he co-anchored NBCs nightly news program The Huntley–Brinkley Report with Chet Huntley. ...

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She is the daughter of the late Hale Boggs and his wife Lindy Claiborne Boggs. Boggs was Majority Leader in the House of Representatives at the time the twin engine aircraft in which he was traveling crashed over a remote section of Alaska. The site of the crash has never been located, and the bodies of Boggs and the three other men on the plane with him have never been recovered. Her mother subsequently replaced her father in Congress and served there for many years. Her sister, the late Barbara Boggs Sigmund, was mayor of Princeton, New Jersey and a candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey, and died of cancer. Her brother Tommy Boggs - who coined the nickname "Cokie," because he couldn't say "Corinne" - is an influential Washington, D.C. attorney and lobbyist. Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. ... Lindy Boggs Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Lindy Boggs (born March 13, 1916) is a United States political figure who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as ambassador to The Vatican. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... Categories: ... Nassau Street, Princetons main street. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government. ...

In 1966, Cokie married fellow journalist Steven V. Roberts, formerly with The New York Times. He is Jewish and she is Roman Catholic, so they had to wed after sunset on a Saturday evening in order not to conflict with either of their religion's sabbaths while still conducting their wedding on a weekend. Cokie and Steve Roberts lecture and have written books together, most recently From This Day Forward in 2000. They have two children: a son, Lee, and a daughter, Rebecca; and six grandchildren. Steven V. Roberts Roberts was in hired in 1964 by the New York Times as research assistant to James Reston, then the papers Washington bureau chief. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... This article concerns the Sabbath in Christianity. ...

A 1964 graduate in political science from Wellesley College, Roberts received a 1985 Distinguished Alumnae Achievement Award in recognition of "excellence and distinction in professional pursuits." She is the recipient of over 15 honorary degrees and was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. Wellesley College is a womens liberal arts college that opened in 1875, founded by Henry Fowle Durant and his wife Pauline Fowle Durant. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

In June 2002, Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was treated by lumpectomy, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy and has remained cancer-free since. Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ... Lumpectomy is a common surgical procedure designed to remove a discreet lump (usually a tumour, benign or otherwise) from an affected womans breast. ... Radiation therapy (or radiotherapy) is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to be confused with radiology, the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis). ... Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. ...

Roberts has won numerous awards at NPR, including the highest honor in public radio, the Edward R. Murrow Award. She was also the first broadcast journalist to win the highly prestigious Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for coverage of Congress. Roberts is the recipient of numerous other broadcasting awards, including a 1991 Emmy Award for her contribution to the ABC News special, "Who is Ross Perot?" April 8, 1956: CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow talking to reporters during a stop in Wiesbaden, Germany. ... An Emmy Award. ... Ross Perot speaking to U.S. Army infantry in 2006 Henry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930), is a billionaire American businessman from Texas best known as an outsider candidate for the office of President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. ...

She is the author of the national bestseller We Are Our Mother's Daughters as well as Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation. The latter book, published in 2004, explores the lives of the women behind the men that wrote the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. U.S. Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ...

A native of New Orleans, Roberts' childhood home on Bourbon Street, in which her mother still lives, suffered moderate damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The famous sign of Bourbon Street in New Orleans. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ...

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