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Dan Rather Prepares to Sign Off

Published March 9, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Tonight is Dan Rather's last evening in The CBS Evening News anchor chair after 24 years on the broadcast. Ken Auletta, a reporter for The New Yorker magazine, followed Rather as he prepared for his final newscast. He discusses Rather's legacy.

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