Booker: U.S. Senate "clearly a job I'm interested in"

N.J. Sen. Lautenberg has announced he will not seek reelection

Barbour: Sequester will go into effect

But White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough says President Barack Obama "has not given up" on averting the automatic spending cuts

Cardinal Wuerl looks forward to Conclave, choosing next Pope

Cardinal Donald Wuerl explains what happens at a Conclave and lays out some of his expectations for the next Pope.

If confirmed, Hagel will be weakened, agree panelists

Tom Ricks says if Chuck Hagel is confirmed as Secretary of Defense he will be "a very weakened Secretary of Defense." David Ignatius agrees, and Margaret Brennan weighs in on that and other foreign policy topics.

Roundtable: Is the sequester inevitable?

Amy Walter, Michael Gerson and John Dickerson offer their take on whether the automatic spending cuts will set in on March 1, and if so - what happens then?

Face the Nation transcripts February 17, 2013: McDonough, Barbour, Booker, Wuerl

CBS News' Bob Schieffer hosts the hour-long program on the latest political news

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