Veteran political journalist Cokie Roberts will speak at Texas Tech's Allen Theater this Thursday, October 15, 2015, as part of the TTU Presidential Lecture & Performance Series.

Cokie Roberts will be giving "An Insider's View of Washington" during her speaking engagement.

Tickets are available through Select a Seat Lubbock or charge by phone: (806) 770-2000.  Individual tickets are $18 or season passes for the entire 10th season of the TTU Presidential Lecture & Performance Series are $75.

Roberts has been a political commentator for over 40 years and hosted "This Week" with Sam Donaldson from 1996 to 2002. She has also provided her broadcast expertise as a political analyst for ABC, NPR and many other news outlets.

Roberts was inducted into the Broadcast & Cable Hall of Fame, has three Emmy awards to her credit and has been named one of the top 50 women in broadcast history by American Women in Radio & Television.

Roberts brings her unparalleled sharpness and perspective to take us behind the decisions being made in Washington, D.C. today.

One of the most admirable things about Cokie Roberts to me is that she is always informed, always calm, always a class act, but doesn't take any crud -- especially from men in the broadcast industry.

I used to love when she would put Sam Donaldson in his place during their "This Week" banter. Donaldson came off many times as smug and slightly misogynistic. Roberts, on the other hand, was the cooler head to prevail when faced with Donaldson or any other pundit or politico.

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