Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts (née Boggs; born December 27, 1943), best known as Cokie Roberts, is an American journalist and author. She is a contributing senior news analyst for National Public Radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current This Week With George Stephanopoulos. Roberts also works as a political commentator for ABC News, serving as an on-air analyst for the network.Roberts, along with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, writes a weekly column syndicated by United Media in newspapers around the United States. She serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation and was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation.
Tommy Boggs, William Robertson Boggs, Daniel J. Hartman, Paul Sigmund, Stephen Sigmund, David Sigmund, Paul Sigmund, Jr., six grandchildren
Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form, Glamour Woman of the Year Award, Special Classification for Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement - Programs
TV Shows
This Week, ABC 2000 Today, The XY Factor
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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Lives in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband, Steve Roberts. [2008]
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Has a sister, Barbara Boggs Sigmund and a brother, Tommy Boggs (Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.).
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Grandmother of six as of April 2008.
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Treated for breast cancer, with very good prognosis.