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Encyclopedia > The Charlie Rose Show

Charlie Rose is a television interview show, with Charlie Rose as executive producer, executive editor, and host. The show is syndicated on PBS. Rose interviews well-known thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists, and other newsmakers. Rose sits with his guests in the stillness of his studio, across his trademark round, oak-hewn table and silhouetted against a distinctive, and oft-imitated, inky-black background. A new one-hour episode airs nearly every weeknight. According to its website, only Charlie Rose and his guests are allowed in the studio during taping. This page is about the journalist; there is also a Charlie Rose (congressman) from North Carolina. ... PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...

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Guests

A sampling of guests from the fall/winter of 2003-2004:

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (born 1924) became the King of Saudi Arabia on August 1, 2005. ... Gamal Mubarak (Arabic: جمال مبارك ), or Gamal-u-dinn Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak (Arabic: جمال الدين محمد حسنى سيد مبارك ) , is the youngest of the two sons of current Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Mrs. ... Clint Eastwood in the 1960s Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Condoleezza Condi Rice, (born November 14, 1954), is the second United States Secretary of State in the administration of President George W. Bush. ... Dan Rather, from a telecast in October 2004. ... George Soros George Soros (born August 12, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary as Soros György) is a Hungarian-born American businessman. ... Madeleine Korbel Albright née Marie Korbel (born May 15, 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic), American diplomat, served as the 64th United States Secretary of State. ... Tony Hawk (born May 12, 1968 in Carlsbad, California) is often regarded as the most skilled and best-known skateboarder today. ... Robert McNamara in 1964 Robert Strange McNamara (born June 9, 1916), American was a businessman, politician, and United States Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968. ... Abdullah II April 5, 2001 King Abdullah and Queen Rania His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein (Arabic: عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين) (born January 30, 1962) is the current King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since February 7, 1999. ... Thomas L. Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist, columnist, and author, currently working as an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times. ... Shultz in his official D.O.L. portrait. ... L. Paul Bremer The Honorable Lewis Paul Bremer III, known as Paul Bremer and Jerry among his friends, (born September 30, 1941) was named Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq following the Iraq War of 2003 replacing Jay Garner on May 6, 2003. ... Sir Richard Branson during the announcement of the Virgin Express airline which would compete with Ryanair and EasyJet. ... José María Aznar López (born February 25, 1953, in Madrid, Spain) was Prime Minister of the Spanish government from May 5, 1996 to April 17, 2004. ... Colin Luther Powell, (pronounced koh-lihn, born April 5, 1937) was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 26, 2005 under President George W. Bush. ... Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (born May 27, 1923 as Heinz Alfred Kissinger) is a German-born American diplomat and statesman. ... Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. ... Bill Gates William Henry Gates III, KBE (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is an American businessman and a microcomputer pioneer. ... William Rehnquist Chief Justice William Hubbs Rehnquist (born October 1, 1924) is an American jurist and former law clerk and Assistant Attorney General. ... Archbishop Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born October 7, 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. ... Kofi Atta Annan (born April 8, 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat and the seventh and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. ... William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ...

About the Show

The show premiered on September 30, 1991. It is presented by WNET, where it first aired as a local program. September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WNET (Thirteen/WNET) is an American television station licensed by the FCC to serve Newark, New Jersey. ...


Funding for the show is provided by The Coca-Cola Company, J.P. Morgan Chase, Bloomberg, and other sources. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is an international beverage and food manufacturer whose headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America. ... J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ... Bloomberg L.P. is a Financial Media Company founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1982. ...


Awards

Emmy Awards: An Emmy Award. ...

1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was convicted of murder in what became known as the Tate-La Bianca case, named after Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca —victims in two separate mass murders carried out by Mansons followers. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Discovery Channel is an American cable TV network, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that has a variety of science programming, particularly documentaries and nature shows. ...

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Interview on the Charlie Rose Show (6112 words)
CHARLIE ROSE: Regarding Nicholas Burns talking to a U.S.-European group in Brussels on May 26th, he said: "The greatest change we will see in the next three or four years is a new American focus on South Asia, particularly in establishing a closer strategic partnership with India.
CHARLIE ROSE: It is also said that this deal marks a recognition by the United States that A, India will be a global power, and B, that it has to shift the focus of its foreign policy to Asia, not Europe.
CHARLIE ROSE: The conventional wisdom for the first four years of the Bush administration was, and I heard this in India as well, a sense that we`re not listening to the rest of the world, we`re going our way, you are with us or you are against us.
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