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Just 24 hours into the 110th Congress, Democratic leaders rejected a planned
"troop surge" in Iraq expected to be announced by President Bush next week
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16480442/). In a letter to the president, Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-CA) said: "Surging forces is a
strategy that you have already tried and that has already failed. Like many
current and former military leaders, we believe that trying again would be a
serious mistake." We'll get a full report from Hardball Correspondent David
Shuster, plus we'll talk to Hardball Political Analyst Bob Shrum and former
Bush/Cheney White House Advisor Ron Christie about the latest power showdown.
Along with the President's reported new war policy is an overhaul of his Iraq
team, including the replacement of Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of the
multinational forces in Iraq, and Gen. John P. Abizaid, top U.S. military
commander in the Middle East (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16476822/). Go to
www.politics.msnbc.com for more on this and all of today's political news.
And as Washington considers increasing troops in Iraq, we'll take a look at the
cost of war with a special report from Hardball Correspondent David Shuster,
followed by a conversation with Iraq War veteran Paul Rieckhoff, Rajiv
Chandrasekaran, former Washington Post Baghdad Bureau Chief and author of
"Imperial Life in the Emerald City," and Lt. Col. Rick Francona (Ret.).
Later in the show, we'll have a rundown on what Congress did on its' first full
day in session (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16487187/) from NBC's Mike
Viqueira. Plus, more on the 110th, Iraq, and picking a president in '08 with
the Hardballers, Republican Strategist Ed Rogers and Rev. Al Sharpton.
Stories you may have missed today:
-- WP: what the GOP does now http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16480710/
-- "The Fix" from washingtonpost.com's Chris Cillizza:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/
-- The latest from HotSoup: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16484064/
-- MSNBC's Political Calendar: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/
-- NBC's First Read: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
Shelby Poduch and Tina Urbanski compiled the Hardball Briefing from Washington,
D.C.
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