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Robert MacNeil Praises Jim Lehrer's Stealthy Exit from PBS NewsHour

The PBS NewsHour anchor is walking away from the chair he has held for decades. Robert MacNeil, his former co-anchor and the co-founder of the program, on Lehrer’s legacy and his extraordinary no-drama transition.

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Jim Lehrer poses for a portrait at the WETA studios in Shirlington VA on Nov. 25, 2009. (Photo: Carol Guzy, The Washington Post / Getty Images)

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