'PolitiFact' Examines Obama's Experience

By Liane Hansen

Published March 9, 2008 at 8:00 AM EDT

Supporters of Hillary Clinton cite experience as one of the reasons she is best suited to be president in 2008. Is Barack Obama the newcomer she makes him out to be? PolitiFact.com calculated how much public service experience the candidates bring to the table. Editor Bill Adair speaks with Liane Hansen about the findings.

Liane Hansen

Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.