ident ▁Ger ald ▁Ford ▁had ▁broken ▁down ▁and ▁the ▁answer ▁to ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁who ▁would ▁be ▁vice - pres ident ial ▁nom ine e ▁was : ▁ ▁" It ' s ▁Bush ! ▁ ▁Yes , ▁it ' s ▁Bush !" ▁George ▁H . ▁W . ▁Bush ▁had ▁been ▁standing ▁perhaps ▁not ▁far ▁away , ▁largely ▁off ▁by ▁himself , ▁looking ▁disc ou rag ed ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁sure ▁he ▁wasn ' t ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁chosen . ▁ ▁St ahl ▁was ▁the ▁moder ator ▁of ▁Face ▁the ▁Nation ▁between ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁and ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁In ▁addition , ▁she ▁hosted ▁ 4 8 ▁H ours ▁Investig ates ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁St ahl ▁made ▁head lines ▁when ▁Al ▁G ore ▁appeared ▁on ▁ 6 0 ▁Min utes ▁and ▁revealed ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁not ▁run ▁for ▁president ▁again ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁When ▁K atie ▁Cour ic ▁was ▁h ired , ▁CBS ▁News ▁asked ▁St ahl ▁to ▁reduce ▁her ▁sal ary ▁by ▁$ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁Cour ic ' s ▁sal ary , ▁bringing ▁her ▁sal ary ▁down ▁to ▁$ 1 . 8 ▁million . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Nicolas ▁S ark o zy , ▁President ▁of ▁France , ▁stood ▁up ▁and ▁walked ▁away ▁from ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁St ahl ▁because