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We're all over the place tonight folks...Live from 7-9 pm ET/4-6 pm PT with pre & post
Bush speech slicin' & dicin'...Plus we'll update the 11 pm ET show with more post
speech reax...
POTUS (President of the United States) is expected to speak roughly 35 minutes
beginning at 8 pm ET...We're told that the President will give "remarks", not a speech
or address...We take it live of course and then get reax from Sen. Joe Biden
(D-DE)...But that's not all...We begin our 7 pm ET show with Dana Priest and Robin
Wright from the Washington Post & NBC News' Andrea Mitchell & Mik from the
Pentagon...Our panel of experts will take you behind the scenes into America's "secret
war" in Iraq & Afghanistan...We'll examine the role of the CIA, the roots of tough
interrogation methods & a brief history of the Geneva Conventions...It's a
Hardball/Washington Post exclusive report...
Howard & Joe Scarborough will do some pre-"remarks" analysis in the back half of the 7
pm ET show which will take us right up to the speech itself...
Yes folks, break out the TV trays, pop the popcorn and order up the carry out...It's a
big cable news night tonight!
PS Let us know how we're doing...Hit "reply" and send us your thoughts...Pls keep them
concise...Thank you.
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
Bush to lay out Iraq details...With support for his Iraq policies at an all-time low,
President Bush will deliver a prime-time speech Monday seeking to assure the public he
has a strategy for handing over power to Iraqis on June 30.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5045174/
Monday night's speech at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, marks the
start of a public relations campaign designed to shore up Bush's standing and draw the
public's attention from bloodshed to the transition. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5237615
4 killed in Baghdad explosion...A rocket-propelled grenade destroyed an armor-plated
civilian car Monday near an entrance to the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition,
killing two British citizens and seriously injuring one other person, authorities said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5013551/
U.S., Britain present U.N. resolution on Iraq...Draft gives details on plan for new
interim government on June 30 (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5046836/
Retired General Assails Planning for Iraq War...Zinni Warns Against Staying the Course
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50730-2004May23.html
Btw, We've got Zinni on the show tomorrow night!!
The Rise and Fall of Chalabi: Bush's Mr. Wrong...Ahmad Chalabi may go down as one of
the great con men of history. But his powerful American friends are on the defensive
now, and Chalabi himself is under attack. (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5040831/
Chalabi denies passing on sensitive U.S. info...One-time favorite Iraqi exile of
Pentagon says he's being smeared (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5041610/
U.S. denies Sanchez witnessed prison abuse...Washington Post: Top U.S. commander knew
about interrogation methods (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5032107/
Navy investigator targets Guantanamo Bay...Abuse may have spread to Abu Ghraib, whose
chief is suspended (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5032107/
A videotape obtained Sunday by Associated Press Television News captures a wedding
party that survivors say was later attacked by U.S. planes early Wednesday, killing up
to 45 people.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20040523/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_attack
The Ultimate Insider...Richard N. Perle's Many Business Ventures Followed His Years as
a Defense Official (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50388-2004May23?language=printer
Perle ties
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/daily/graphics/perle_business_052304.html
Networks won't air Bush's primetime speech...Address on future of Iraq will be aired
on MSNBC-TV (Hollywood Reporter) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5050891/
President Bush's national security team, which has stayed remarkably intact despite
missteps in Iraq and his slumping approval ratings, is likely to undergo a major
facelift if Bush wins a second term. Maybe even before. (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-05-22-team-bush_x.htm
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said he had advised John Kerry to
choose North Carolina Sen. John Edwards or Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt as his running
mate on the Democratic ticket. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040524/D82OVFK80.html
Democrat John Kerry joked about President Bush's weekend bicycle accident by comparing
the president to a child, Internet newshound Matt Drudge reported yesterday. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040523-112924-2653r.htm
President Bush's campaign yesterday threatened to hold four days of campaign rallies
to yank the media spotlight from Boston's Democratic National Convention if Sen. John
F. Kerry delays accepting his party's nomination. (Boston Herald)
http://news.bostonherald.com/election2004/view.bg?articleid=29122
Air America, the fledgling radio network billed as the liberal antidote to
conservative talk radio, appears to be tanking. But the same establishment media that
ballyhooed the radio network's rise is mostly silent on its subsequent fall, said a
media watchdog group. (CNSnews.com)
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200405\CUL20040521c.html
Wonkette's Washington Gossip Roundup
http://www.wonkette.com/archives/gossip-roundup-lets-have-a-funnyoff-edition-009717.php
Sopranos' weekly body count: May 23 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4484198/
Opinion/Editorial
Suellentrop: Douglas Feith...What has the Pentagon's third man done wrong? Everything.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2100899
Fund on the Trail: Don't Touch That Dial?...Radio hosts worry about the FCC's
indecency regulations. What about political speech?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110005119
Novak: No lack of warning on Chalabi
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak24.html
Carl Bernstein: History lesson: GOP must stop Bush
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-05-23-bush-edit_x.htm
Barnicle: Bush missed the chance to unify...Listening to Rudy Giuliani talk the other
day before the 9/11 commission brought back the memory of standing along lower
Broadway one evening after the buildings fell and the world changed forever. (NY Daily
News) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/195969p-169318c.html
Pat: Were John Kerry a little less of an establishmentarian and more of a populist,
George Bush would be in deeper trouble than he already is.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38619
Corn: Can Iraq Get Any Worse?...With the Chalabi raid, the "wedding" attack, the
prison scandal, the answer, alas, is yes.
http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=1453
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