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April 26, 2019
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MARGARET BRENNAN TO ACCEPT 2019
MISSOURI BOYS STATE LEHR MEMORIAL CHAIR
 WARRENSBURG, MO -- The American Legion Boys State of Missouri is honored to bestow the 2019 Lehr Memorial Chair to Margaret Brennan. Brennan will accept the Lehr Chair on June 17, 2019 during the 80th session of Missouri Boys State.
Margaret Brennan has reported on politics, international affairs, and global markets for nearly two decades. Currently the moderator of CBS News’ Face the Nation and the network’s senior foreign affairs correspondent, she is one of the most visible faces in political news today and only the second-ever female host of the 63-year-old program. Brennan focuses on offering a fact-based review of the day’s biggest ongoing news as well as breaking stories, and draws on her extensive global experience to provide an unbiased, big-picture look at the issues that matter now. She skillfully connects waves passing through Washington to larger global tides turning and remaking culture, politics, the global economy, and more.
Brennan joined CBS News in 2012 and was named White House and senior foreign affairs correspondent in 2017. Brennan has been based in Washington since 2012 and has reported on the Trump administration, and previously President Obama's administration, for all CBS News programs. Previously, Brennan covered the State Department for four years, where she reported on major national security stories including nuclear negotiations with Iran; restoration of diplomatic ties with Cuba; the standoff with North Korea; the conflict in Ukraine; and the accord to transfer control of Syria's chemical weapons.
Prior to joining CBS News, Brennan spent a decade covering the global financial markets. Brennan anchored and reported for Bloomberg Television globally. Previously, she was a correspondent at CNBC with a focus on the consumer during the financial crisis. She also contributed to various NBC News programs. Brennan began her career as a producer for CNBC's Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser.
Brennan is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations. She graduated with highest distinction from the University of Virginia where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Affairs and Middle East Studies with a minor in Arabic. As a Fulbright-Hays Scholar, she studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan. She is also the recipient of an honorary doctor of letters degree from Niagara University.
The George W. Lehr Memorial Speakers Chair
The George W. Lehr Memorial Chair was established in 1988 as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Missouri Boys State program. The Lehr Chair was created to honor the late Missouri State Auditor George W. Lehr, who was a Boys State participant in his youth and a tireless supporter of Missouri Boys State during his public life.
The Lehr Chair was designed to assist the Boys State program in bringing the finest names in public service and thought leaders to the yearly Boys State session.
To learn more about Missouri Boys State, visit www.moboysstate.org.
Previous George W. Lehr Memorial Chair Speakers
2018 Juan Williams
Fox News Political Analyst
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2017 John O. Brennan
Former CIA Director
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2016 Gov. Jay Nixon
Missouri's 55th Governor from 2009 to 2017 and long-time friend of the Missouri Boys State Program.
2015 Karl Rove
Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush and Fox News Contributor
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2014 David Axelrod
Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and Director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago.
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2013 Bob Woodward
One of America’s preeminent investigative reporters and non-fiction authors.
2012 James Carville
Media personality and political icon.
2011 John Danforth
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former Missouri Senator
2010 John Bolton
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
2009 Richard Armitage
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
2008 Mike Huckabee
Former Arkansas Governor and Presidental candidate
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2007 Wesley Clark
Former Presidential Candidate and U.S. Army General
2005 Paul Begala
CNN Political Commentator and Author
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2004 J.C. Watts
Former U.S. Representative and College Football Star
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2003 Mike Peters
Syndicated Political Cartoonist and Creator of Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip.
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2002 Bill Bradley
Former Presidential Candidate and Former U.S. Senator
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2001 William S. Cohen
Former Secretary of Defense
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2000 Lisa Myers
National Correspondent for NBC News - Washington
1999 Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver
Minister and Former Mayor of Kansas City
1998 David R. Gergen
Former U.S. Presidential Advisor
1997 William J. Perry
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
1996 Lamar Alexander
Former Presidential Candidate and Former U.S. Secretary of Education
1995 Dr. Robert M. Gates
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1994 Paul E. Tsongas
Former Presidential Candidate and Senator from Massachusetts
1993 Edward D. “Chip” Robertson
Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice
1992 Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond
Former MO Attorney General, Governor and current senior U.S. Senator
1991 Thomas DeFrank
Author and White House Correspondent for Newsweek Magazine
1990 Robert F. Hyland
Corporate Vice-President CBS Radio, St. Louis
1989 William Proxmire
Former U. S. Senator from Wisconsin
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