------------------------------------------------------ The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC ------------------------------------------------------ Tonight, as Iraq continues to suffer through chaos, Washington continues to sort out how to fix it (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16105449/). One of the key Baker-Hamilton Commission recommendations tries to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We'll have an exclusive interview with Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and get his reaction to the link that is being made between the war in Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict. We'll continue the Iraq discussion with Newsweek's Michael Isikoff (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16062351/site/newsweek/) and CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent and Wall Street Journal Political Editor John Harwood.
The recommendations by the Iraq Study Group report also called for U.S. soldiers to be embedded with Iraqi security forces and for most troops to be pulled out by early 2008. NBC Military Analyst General Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) will be here to talk about what it will take to get the troops home. On Capitol Hill today, the U.S. House Ethics Panel found that Republicans did not break any rules when responding to ex-Rep. Mark Foley's activity with congressional pages, but were negligent in protecting them. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16107115/). NBC's Mike Viqueira will be here with a report on the Foley Scandal. We'll also hear from Mark McKinnon, a former advisor to President Bush and co-founder of Hotsoup.com, and Hardball Political Analyst Bob Shrum on this and all of today's political news. And earlier this week, Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) threw his hat into the ring for a possible '08 run. He'll be here to tell us about his plans. Go to www.politics.msnbc.com for more on this and all of today's political news. Here are some stories you may have missed today: -- The Washington Post takes a closer look at the unspoken rivalry between Hillary and Obama: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16099863/ -- Today's HotSoup: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16097269/ -- "The Fix" from Washingtonpost.com's Chris Cillizza: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/ -- NBC's First Read: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ -- MSNBC's Political Calendar: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/ Shelby Poduch and Tina Urbanski compiled the Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC. ========================================= This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this The Hardball Briefing Newsletter 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.msn.com/id/7140407/, select unsubscribe, enter the email address receiving this message, and click the Go button. Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>