Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 1, 2026
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On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Sens. Tom Cotton and Chris Murphy join Margaret Brennan.
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Margaret Brennan
American journalist (born 1980)
Margaret Mary Brennan (born March 26, 1980) is an American journalist who is the current moderator of Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan on CBS News, the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent, and a fill-in and substitute anchor for CBS Evening News. Brennan was previously a White House c...
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Face The Nation Transcripts Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 1, 2026 March 1, 2026 / 2:13 PM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Sen. Tom Cotton , Republican of Arkansas Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut Rep. Mike Turner , Republican of Ohio Sen. Ted Cruz , Republican of Texas Karim Sadjadpour from the Carnegie Endownment for international peace and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." MARGARET BRENNAN: Good morning, and welcome to Face the Nation. As we come on the air, the conflict in the Middle East appears to be widening, with the U.S. and Israel in their second day of attacks against Iran. And Iran has escalated their retaliatory strikes aimed at U.S. interests in neighboring countries, as well as targets inside Israel. The bombing kicked off early Saturday morning. The only public appearance from President Trump at this point was a video released soon after the strikes began. It included this chilling warning. (Begin VT) DONALD TRUMP (President of the United States): The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war. But we're doing this not for now. We're doing this for the future. And it is a noble mission. (End VT) MARGARET BRENNAN: And that prophecy has now come true, as U.S. Central Command just released a statement announcing the first known American casualties of Operation Epic Fury. Three service members are dead and five are seriously wounded. We will cover all angles of this ongoing conflict that has enormous international implications for the U.S. We will start with our Charlie D'Agata in Tel Aviv. (Begin VT) CHARLIE D'AGATA (voice-over): Iran began 40 days of mourning for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after state-run media confirmed that he...
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