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Moderator: Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington
Correspondent, CBS News and Moderator, Face the Nation
Format: "The
debate will focus on foreign policy and be divided into six time
segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by
the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate. +
"The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each
candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the
balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic."
The Center for Media and Public Affairs analyzed interruptions by the
candidates and the moderator and found this debate was "more civil"
than the second debate. + The
Nielsen Company reported that this debate drew an estimated 59.2
million viewers. +
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