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As the country observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington readies for a
week that began Sunday when President Bush and Vice President Cheney hit the
airwaves to tell Congress they won't back down on sending more troops to Iraq.
Read more from the AP about Bush and Cheney's Sunday appearances:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16624979/.
Then tomorrow, after three years of investigation by special prosecutor Patrick
Fitzgerald, jury selection in the CIA leak case of Cheney's former chief of
staff Scooter Libby begins (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16628055/). Hardball
Correspondent David Shuster will be here with a preview of what to expect.
And, the latest on 2008: "Picking a President" - NBC reports a spokesman for
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) says the senator's announcement could come this week.
We'll talk about all of this with MSNBC Political Analyst and Newsweek's Chief
Political Correspondent Howard Fineman and Hotline Editor-in-Chief Chuck Todd.
Read the latest from Fineman on the Iraq effect on American politics
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16610771/site/newsweek/) and Todd on the race for
'08 already turning negative (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16564949/).
As the fight continues over Iraq we take a look at the human cost of war with a
special report from Hardball's Jeremy Bronson, followed by former CIA officer
Gary Berntsen and David Ignatius of the Washington Post.
Plus, more on the race for '08 and the African American vote with the
Hardballers - Ron Christie, former Bush-Cheney White House advisor and author
of "Black in the White House," and Rev. Al Sharpton.
Stories you may have missed today:
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) visits Afghanistan:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16606705/
-- Sens. Joe Biden (D-DE) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) rally in S.C. to have the
Confederate flag removed from the state capitol:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16637019/
-- AP: Sec. Rice to attend Israeli, Palestinian Summit:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634411/
-- AP: Edwards echoes King's anti-war message:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634490/
-- 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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