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Hardball airs tonight on MSNBC at 7p, 11p & 4a ET & 4p, 8p & 1a PT Find MSNBC on your TV http://www.msnbc.com/CableOperator.asp MSNBC also is on your XM satellite radio on channel 130 Of course we'll do the politics of the cabinet shakeup...Who won? Who lost? What's it all mean?? Howard and Dana Priest will be in the House to give us the lowdown... We'll follow up on the Kevin Sites video we played last night with the Marine killing the prostrate insurgent in the Mosque...The military is investigating the incident...We'll talk to a guy from the LA Times, Tony Perry, who was embedded with the Marine Corps 3 times between Afghanistan and Iraq...He'll give us his take on the story and what life is like on the battefront... And remember the Anonymous guy? Mr. "Imperial Hubris" book? He quit the Agency and outted himself as Michael Scheuer...He's been blasting the CIA and the Bush Administration over their conduct in the War on Terror...We'll ask him what the dealio is... And a special treat...Chris' "Queen" Kathleen Matthews will be here to discuss her sabbatical at Harvard University...She's a Fellow at the Kennedy School teaching a course called "Tower of Babel: Making Sense of News in the New Millennium" Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC Rice nomination to State expected...President Bush on Tuesday will formally nominate national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state, a senior administration source told The Associated Press. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6492238/ Rice is president's can-do confidante...Bush's nickname for her says it all: 'The unsticker' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6500799/ Post Analysis...Moves Cement Hard-Line Stance On Foreign Policy http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A52540-2004Nov15?language=printer U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has resigned as expected a day after his boss and close friend, Colin Powell, announced he was stepping down, a State Department official said on Tuesday. (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6829599 Coalition forces move to retake Mosul positions...1,200 U.S. troops involved in operation to secure police stations (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6403689/ Insurgent attacks spread Monday to another Sunni Muslim city, Baqubah, and a nearby village, where bands of armed men attacked two police stations simultaneously, the U.S. military said. American forces used airstrikes to blunt the assault, the latest that insurgents have launched in apparent response to the U.S. offensive in Fallujah. (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50713-2004Nov15?language=printer U.S. probes shooting at Fallujah mosque...Video shows Marine killing wounded Iraqi (NBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6496898/ U.S. Marines rallied round a comrade under investigation for killing a wounded Iraqi during the offensive in Falluja, saying he was probably under combat stress in unpredictable, hair-trigger circumstances. (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6828512 As of today 11/16 10am EST, U.S. Military casualties in Iraq: Total Deaths: 1207 Total Hostile Deaths: 940 Total Non-Hostile Deaths: 267 Total Wounded: 8956 Since major combat operations declared over 1 May 2003: Total Deaths: 1068 Total Hostile Deaths: 831 Total Non-Hostile Deaths: 237 Total Wounded: 8414 The family of Margaret Hassan, an aid worker abducted in Iraq last month, said Tuesday they believed she was dead. (AP) CIA chief seeks to reassure employees...Amid infighting and resignations, Goss tries to boost morale (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6497416/ Specter lobbies peers after abortion comments...Senator making case to chair judiciary committee (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6485741/ Sens. Norm Coleman and Elizabeth Dole both claimed Monday they have enough votes from their GOP colleagues to take over leadership of the influential National Republican Senatorial Committee (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041116/D86CMS7G5.html Senate Democrats choose new leader...Nevada's Reid strays from party on abortion, guns (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6502246/ Schumer to head Democratic Senate push...Senator skips run for governor of New York (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6496236/ GOP governors eye Romney for post...Group could pave presidential path (The Boston Globe) http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/11/16/gop_governors_eye_romney_for_post/ Pentagon to warn bases on Scouts...The Pentagon has agreed to warn military bases worldwide that they should not directly sponsor Boy Scout troops, partially resolving accusations that the government has improperly supported a group that requires members to believe in God. (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041116-123643-2597r.htm 'CSI: NY' interruption results in fired producer...CBS fires news producer responsible for the Arafat special report (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6496401/ Opinion/Editorial James Earl Jones: A Bombardier's Reflection...The 40th anniversary of "Dr. Strangelove" prompts some Cold War reminiscences. http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110005898 Pruden: The Harsh Theology of the Elites http://washingtontimes.com/national/pruden.htm James Dobson...The religious right's new kingmaker. (Slate) http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2109621& The Washington Post: Mr. Powell Departs http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52909-2004Nov15.html Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. 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