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OK, so the big question this afternoon is: What did you think? Like me, I'm sure you
all watched the new MSNBC lineup with great anticipation...Hit "reply" to this e-mail
and let it rip...I want the good, the bad, the ugly and the truly memorable...Of
course I loved it but then again, I'm an MSNBC partisan...Tonight, the big guns will
fire again...Dig this lineup: Lott, Thompson and Biden...And that's just the first
couple of segments! I'd like to see the "other guys" top that!
Mortman's "C" block (yes, the "C" block is back folks) will include, but of course is
not limited to, Arnold's musings about running for Gov in California...Kathleen
Kennedy-Townsend's latest ad in Maryland touting her connection to her famous father
and David Geffen's beach front property story (see WSJ hard copy)...
The D block debate will truly be a junkies' paradise: Should Al Gore run for President
in '04?? Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. says YES...Author Christopher Hitchens says NO...We'll
roll the Shuster setup package at the top of the segment...
And the Buzz will, of course, be former Vice President Dan Quayle on "Murphy Brown"
ten years later...As you know, she conceded last week that Quayle was right all those
years ago on the famous "Family Values" speech...We'll get his reaction...
Another big night at Hardball folks...9 & 12 midnight et tonight, exclusively on
MSNBC, America's NewsChannel..
This Briefing is edited and compiled by Dominic Bellone in Washington, DC
President Bush submitted to Congress on Tuesday the nation's first-ever comprehensive
strategy for confronting terrorism within U.S. borders, calling the protection of
America "our most urgent national priority." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020716/ap_on_go_pr_wh/homeland_security_9
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he may yet run for governor of California. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020716/ap_on_en_mo/people_schwarzenegger_1
A Pic of the Terminator and the Govs
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/020716/168/1uvwi.html
Townsend launches campaign ads on TV...Introductory spot first of the race for
governor (The Baltimore Sun)
http://www.sunspot.net/news/yahoo/bal-md.townsend12jul12.story?coll=bal%2Dnewsaol%2Dheadlines
Republican Elizabeth Dole has collected $8 million for her North Carolina Senate
campaign, illustrating the big-ticket fund raising at play this election year. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=536&ncid=536&e=11&u=/ap/20020716/ap_on_go_co/campaign_cash_5
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress Tuesday the economy is on the
road to full recovery but will keep feeling the effects of last year's recession.
Corporate executives should be held accountable to accurately state the financial
condition of their companies, he said. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=509&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020716/ap_on_bi_ge/greenspan_7
Planned volunteer-informant corps elicits '1984' fears...The Bush administration wants
to recruit a million letter carriers, utility workers and others into a contingent of
organized government informants (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020716-75882632.htm
The White House released its first-of-its kind national security strategy Monday,
emphasizing the creation of President Bush's proposed Homeland Security Department and
calling for new laws such as uniform national rules for obtaining a driver's license.
(AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/07/15/homeland-security.htm
Senate Votes 97-0 To Rein In Firms...Bill Targets Auditors and Executives (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9146-2002Jul15.html
Bush ties economy to Clinton...President Bush yesterday blamed the financial meltdowns
by top U.S. companies on a "hangover we now have as a result of the economic binge"
America went through in the Clinton era. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020716-848100.htm
Zogby Release: Bush job performance...drops 7 points to 62%
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=601
For Cheney, Tarnish From Halliburton...Firm's Fall Raises Questions About Vice
President's Leadership There (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10129-2002Jul15.html
President Bush's sale of Harken Energy Corp. stock a decade ago is not such a serious
matter for the White House, securities litagators say, but the investigation into
accounting fraud at Halliburton Co., when it was headed by Vice President Richard B.
Cheney, may be. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/business/20020716-92569704.htm
Army Secretary Thomas White on Monday denied reports that he plans to dodge a Senate
inquiry into Enron Corp. later this week, promising to talk without refuge in Fifth
Amendment protections. (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/nation/1495454
Lindh enters surprise guilty plea...American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh
has pleaded guilty to charges he conspired to kill his countrymen in Afghanistan, his
lawyers said Monday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/779684.asp
For U.S., American 'Holy Warriors' Hard to Track...Hundreds, if not thousands of U.S.
residents -- some of them American citizens -- have left their homes to fight for
militant Islamic causes overseas in the last 20 years, terrorism experts said (The
Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/780877.asp
Story on bin Laden says plot in works...Osama bin Laden was wounded by coalition air
strikes in Afghanistan in December, and is planning a new attack on the U.S., says an
Arab journalist with ties to al Qaeda. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020716-81549380.htm
Iraqis told to prepare for war...President Saddam Hussein's powerful elder son Uday
urged his father's regime, under threat of a US military strike, to prepare the Iraqi
population for war. (AFP) http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020715/1/30jbh.html
Saddam Hussein believes the Arab world, not just his country, is threatened by the
United States, according to the first newspaper interview with the Iraqi president to
appear in years. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020716/ap_wo_en_po/gulf_saddam_4
Zogby Poll: Many Americans - including some officials of the U.S. Catholic Church -
see a connection between homosexuality and the current crisis of child sexual abuse by
priests. (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/2002-07-15-church-gay_x.htm
Traficant faces House panel...Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., Ohio Democrat, said
yesterday he expects to be expelled from the House and to serve time in prison for a
series of misconduct charges. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020716-92397632.htm
Republican lawmakers are worried about plans to introduce an HIV-positive Muppet to
the "Sesame Street" gang, it was reported yesterday by Daily Variety. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/52606.htm
Carnahan's lack of expertise rapped...Sen. Jean Carnahan of Missouri, one of this
election year's most vulnerable Democrats, is regarded by Senate colleagues as not
understanding issues or even "the legislative process." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020716-5333036.htm
Former Clinton adviser Rahm Emanuel nailed the Democratic primary in the 5th
Congressional District in March with a big assist from organized labor, but two years
ago when he needed $70,000 worth of home remodeling, he gave the job to a non-union
firm. (Chicago Sun Times) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-cong16.html
Williams says he has enough signatures...D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams' office
yesterday saidthat an internal campaign review of petitions has found "more than a
sufficient number" of valid signatures to allow him to remain on the ballot. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20020716-26542279.htm
Rush & Molloy: They've been calling for a crackdown on corporate abuses, but that
didn't stop Democratic senators from flying corporate jets from Washington to
Nantucket for a weekend schmoozefest with 250 campaign contributors.
http://nydailynews.com/today/News_and_Views/Daily_Dish/a-157650.asp
Opinion/Editorial
The Wall Street Journal: Justice in Pakistan...Danny Pearl's killers are convicted,
but democracy is still lacking.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001996
USA Today: Washington masks deficits using accounting tricks...Lost in all of the
political posturing over a worsening federal deficit and spreading corporate scandals
is one ugly fact: The accounting tricks used by U.S. companies are nothing compared
with Washington's bookkeeping circus.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/07/16/nceditf.htm
Cohen: Vice President Powell?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9579-2002Jul15.html
Kudlow: Wary of funk...If anybody is looking, the recent economic news is pretty good.
No - it's not fabulous. http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20020716-24199278.htm
Ingraham: Is Homeland Security all wet? http://jewishworldreview.com/0702/ingraham.html
Sowell: California's liberal Senator favors arming pilots and the Bushies don't!?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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