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Folks it's been one of those days that kinda slips through your fingers...You're
chugging along, doing your thing, and next you know, it's 5 o'clock....I'll make this
short and sweet...If you haven't already, the lead story in the Washington Post on bin
Laden is a "must read"...We'll get reax from McCaffrey and a special forces guy,
Michael Vickers...That'll be the Big Story in B...
In A we'll talk to Kanafani (Arafat's dude) and Dore Gold (Israeli dude) about
Powell's trip, Arafat's angry words and the latest from the region...We'll do a "big
picture" thing with Lieberman and then throw in a bin Laden package...He's got a new
video out today...Even different from yesterday...This guy reminds me of Jane Fonda
and her workout videos, or was that Richard Simmons?
D block debate will be a hot one about Saudi Arabia and our relationship with
them....Are they cool? Stephen Schwartz says they ain't cool...Hussein Ibish says they
are....You ought to see this poem the Saudi ambassador to Great Britain wrote about
the suicide bombers...We'll bring you the excerpts...
Two simple but powerful words in the buzz block...Pat Caddell...Yes, he's back folks
and he'll be on with Luntz to discuss the latest Zogby numbers on the arab world's
attitude towards a possible attack against Iraq...
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=564
Gotta run folks! Sorry for the tardiness...Dominic...How 'bout Chris on Leno last
night?
WashPost: Bin Laden survived Tora Bora fight...The Bush administration has concluded
that Osama bin Laden was present during the battle for Tora Bora late last year and
that failure to commit U.S. ground troops to hunt him was its gravest error.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/739760.asp
"Amid fresh questions on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, President Bush on
Wednesday predicted a "spring thaw" that will bring an increase in terrorist activity
as bin Laden's network tries to regroup and strike again." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020417/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_359
Speech text
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/transcripts/bushtext_041702.html
"Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden was shown in an undated videotape excerpt aired
on Wednesday hailing the major blow the September 11 attacks had dealt to the U.S.
economy." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=832949
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell ended his peace mission to Jerusalem today without
a cease-fire and unable to secure an immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops from West
Bank cities that they invaded three weeks ago. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64058-2002Apr17.html
"Ending a 10-day Mideast peace mission with little to show, Secretary of State Colin
Powell said Wednesday that Israel had promised to withdraw troops from the West Bank
within a week. He bluntly admonished Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat that he had to
do more to fight terrorism."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020417/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast_1429
"If nothing else, his effort at shuttle diplomacy between two entrenched and
unyielding antagonists forced discussions on both sides on what must happen for the
violence the other side deplores � be it suicide bombing or military incursions � to
stop." (Christian Science Monitor) http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0417/p01s02-uspo.html
"Heavy gunfire rocked the sacred Church of the Nativity last night, as Secretary of
State Colin L. Powell prepared to leave the Middle East without negotiating a
cease-fire or winning Israel's withdrawal from the West Bank. Mr. Powell said
yesterday that he is making progress." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020417-16094361.htm
Post Analysis: "Bush Gets Lesson in Limitations...Since President Bush's demands that
Israel immediately withdraw its troops from the West Bank were rejected, the
administration has had little choice but to ratchet down the rhetoric." (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62673-2002Apr16.html
Rowan Scarborough: "British marines join hunt in Afghanistan...British Royal Marines
for the first time augmented an American sweep of suspected al Qaeda and Taliban
mountain hide-outs." http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020417-23421174.htm
"President Bush put new anti-terrorism conditions Tuesday on a routine memorandum
permitting the Palestine Liberation Organization to maintain an official presence in
Washington." (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-wh/2002/apr/16/041603786.html
"Arabs seize 'Jenin' as rallying cry...Short on details, tales of Israeli atrocities
in Jenin electrified Arab viewers this week." (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0417/p01s05-wome.html
"Uniform Policy on Priests' Abuse Proposed...D.C.'s Cardinal McCarrick Urges More
Openness With Public, Authorities" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62892-2002Apr16.html?referer=email
"The Bush administration said yesterday that it had made clear in meetings in recent
months with foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that it would not support a coup,
rejecting accusations that it had done nothing to discourage his overthrow" (The
Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020417-244075.htm
"Senate clashes over oil drilling...The Senate took up the heated political issue of
oil drilling in Arctic Alaska, prompting Democrats to threaten a filibuster." (The
Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020417-1310766.htm
"Boycott targets gave to Jackson...The Rev. Jesse Jackson's newly released tax forms
for 2000 reveal that his top donors that year were a who's who of companies that he
had threatened with boycotts." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020417-69674174.htm
"Democrats' '1st Primary' Is Fundraising Rivalry...Hopefuls Offer Dueling 'Spin' on
Money" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62811-2002Apr16.html
"Despite President Bush's urgings, the Democratic-run Senate will not consider
legislation to make permanent last year's $1.35 trillion tax cut, Majority Leader Tom
Daschle said Tuesday." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020416/ap_on_go_co/tax_cuts_democrats_4
"Alleging widespread abuse of hundreds of Middle Eastern men detained on immigration
violations after Sept. 11, civil rights attorneys said they planned to sue Attorney
General John Ashcroft and other U.S. officials." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20020417/ap_on_re_us/attacks_detainees_5
The Reliable Source: "After reading yesterday's Times-Picayune story on Rep. John
Cooksey's surprising diagnosis of Yasser Arafat as senile, we asked Cooksey, a
practicing ophthalmologist, how he arrived at this conclusion. But first we obtained
the text of Cooksey's weekend speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
in New Orleans." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64881-2002Apr17.html
Opinion/Editorial
The Washington Times: "Showdown at caribou corral...With the Senate poised this week
for its final showdown on President Bush's plan to procure oil from the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), voters will be the least of the concerns on the minds
of their representatives in comparison with bald eagles, polar bears, caribou, and
even mosquitoes" http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020417-81813758.htm
Fund's Diary: "The New Nixon?...Al Gore plots his comeback"
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/
The Wall Street Journal: "Let Bush Be Bush...Suddenly the White House seems bumbling
and cynical." http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=105001939
The Pentagon and the press...From Desert Storm to Afghanistan, the Pentagon has been
increasingly bent on keeping reporters in the dark about what's happening on the
battlefield, writes Ken Allard. daughters are defending the nation in times of peril.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/739145.asp
Brookhiser: "Two Sides of Bush: Which One Will Win?"
http://nyobserver.com/pages/observer.asp
Ingraham: While the cat's away....
http://www.newsandopinion.com/0402/ingraham.html
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