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I regret to inform you The Briefing will not be published on Monday as its editor must attend an urgent wedding in Tahoe...And there's only a couple of links today as I'll be traveling...We shall return on Tuesday the 10th...This does not, however, absolve you from watching the show and staying ahead of the news curve... Congress convenes a ceremonial session in New York City on Friday...We'll lead off the show with a number of "heavy hitters" from that august body plus fmr. NE senator, congressional medal of honor recipient and New School chief Bob Kerrey, from mayor Ed Koch and Rep. Charlie Rangel... Fund e-mailed me today and said he was doing the Buzz... On Monday, we got Senator John Kerry (sources tell me he'll have a piece published in the NYT on Friday re: Iraq)...Chris said tonight on the show Kerry will be the only Democrat not to "lay down" on Iraq...Plus fmr. NATO Supreme Commander George Joulwan, Simon Reeve (British Al Qaeda specialist guy who looks like he's in the band Oasis)and of course Yossef and Howard... All of this is subject to change without prior notice, natch The most thoughtful and conscientious news gathers log onto http://msnbc.com regularly Those who hunger for television with an attitude instinctively plan their evenings here http://tv.msnbc.com And it just wouldn't be The Hardball Briefing without a dollop of Fun Clinton news: Clinton: Get bin Laden before pursuing Hussein http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/4276358p-5296555c.html The Hardball Briefing was written, compiled and edited by your friend in Washington, Dominic Bellone ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19