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Tonight we lead with "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf who'll get into the whole Iraq
question from soup to nuts...Plus, National Security Advisor Condi Rice took some
shots at Saddam...Hot stuff from her recent BBC interview...Also, Bush 41 National
Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft comes out in the Wall Street Journal today against
war with Iraq...Plus, Clinton SecDef William Cohen will be here with reax to all of
the above...Talk about some major league gravitas!
And speaking of soldiers, dig the Quote of the week....
Our boss and MSNBC prime time chief Phil Griffin on the competition: "We're not
worried...If [Fox News chief] Roger Ailes judged O'Reilly after four weeks, O'Reilly
would be selling hot dogs in Times Square." (NY Daily News/Wash Times)
Hardball ain't just a TV show around here folks...It's a way of life...
Are you worried about the airline industry? Longer lines, delayed flights, lost
luggage, security concerns, economic turmoil...What the heck is going on? We'll check
in with Mary Schiavo on this vexing issue...
And the Hardball debate: Should minors be required to notify their parents before they
get birth control? Gloria Feldt from Planned Parenthood and Wendy Wright from
Concerned Women of America will join the debate...
Mortman/Jensen topics in the ether tonight include Jesse Jackson from MSNBC this
morning, Fred Thompson's new Hollywood gig, Hillary disses Al, and Leno's joke about
Chris' malaria...Peter Beinart and Terry Jeffrey will do the Buzz tonight on
Scowcroft/Iraq, Bush's economic cheerleading tour and that Jesse quote...He slammed
McAuliffe and other national Dems this morning for ignoring Cynthia McKinney's
campaign in Georgia...BTW, dig this conversation with me and Jesse...
Me: "I loved the line: 'Stay out the Bushes'...Classic"
Jesse: "You didn't heed me, now you need me"
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from deep inside the
Beltway....
A special welcome to our new viewers in the Mankato, MN area who can now watch us on
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This item comes in late to the Briefing from my buddy Doug: P. Diddy Gets Into Polling
Business (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020815/ap_on_en_mu/puffy_poll_3
"I wanted to tantalize you with this" Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack discussing "a walking
pork chop," a unique cut with the meat removed from a portion of bone so that it
resembles pork on a stick at yesterday's Iowa state fair...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17265-2002Aug14.html
I forgot to add the stuff from the Post Food section yesterday...Here's a good one:
The Right Flank...The Steak That Soaks Up Flavor (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12075-2002Aug13.html
Cohen slams Coulter: Blaming of the Shrew
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19833-2002Aug14.html
Condi on Saddam: "We certainly do not have the luxury of doing nothing...We believe
the case for regime change is very powerful." (Reuters)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/3867529.htm
Scowcroft knocks it out of the park on this one: Don't Attack Saddam...It would
undermine our antiterror efforts http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html
United Airlines said yesterday it would file for bankruptcy protection in the fall
unless it succeeds with "urgent, significant and immediate" cost-cutting measures.
Yesterday, American Airlines said it would restructure its operations. (The Washington
Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/business/20020815-68272207.htm
U.S. passenger rail operator Amtrak suspended Acela Express trains from service in the
Northeast for the second time in a week on Thursday, citing previously undetected
cracks in their suspension systems. (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020815/ts_nm/transport_amtrak_dc_5
President Bush, using Mount Rushmore as a patriotic stage set, is insisting the
Democratic-controlled Senate approve a Homeland Security Department with no
bureaucratic strings attached. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020815/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_21
Yepsen: Nothing personal, Al, but your nomination isnt a sure thing
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c5917686/18952349.html
Gephardt Tries to Put House in Order Before a 2004 Run....As speaker, the Missouri
Democrat may receive spark needed for another presidential bid. (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-gephardt15aug15002056.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Da%5Fsection
Iowa Hosts Dueling Politicians...On a lazy summer day, Iowa became the epicenter of
American politics, testament to the critical role it may play in November in
determining the shape of the new House and Senate, and to its position as the state
that will begin the presidential nominating process in 2004. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17265-2002Aug14.html
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin and U.S. Rep. Greg Ganske used their visits Wednesday to the Iowa
State Fair to offer competing visions on whether to privatize Social Security. (Des
Moines Register) http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/18969003.html
Sen. Fred Thompson is on track to be the new chief prosecutor on Dick Wolf's
long-running NBC drama "Law & Order," sources said. (Hollywood Reporter)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=91&u=/bpihw/20020815/en_bpihw/_law___order__da_subpoena_for_thompson&printer=1
Wash Post Analysis: On the way to the forum...Tough economic issues get little
attention at Bush gathering http://www.msnbc.com/news/793337.asp
Bush faces test of fiscal responsibility...Resistance to drought aid may hurt S.D.
Republican (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/793834.asp
Nearly two dozen Pentagon workers returned Thursday to offices rebuilt after being
destroyed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=716&e=3&u=/ap/20020815/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/attacks_pentagon_1
Iraqi Opposition Group Says It Tried to Kill Hussein's Son (Reuters)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19860-2002Aug14.html
In Jenin, sorting out elusive truth...Devastation - but no evidence of widespread
massacre (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/739336.asp
With less than a week to go before the Democratic primary, Rep. Cynthia McKinney of
Georgia is in a fight for her seat against criticism for taking money from Muslims
with ties to terrorism. The race is believed to be a dead heat. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020815-28550670.htm
House and Senate appropriators have gone on a spending spree, adding projects not
requested by the Pentagon to the 2003 budget, a public spending watchdog group
alleges. Congress is using the Sept. 11 attacks to justify the excesses it wants to
add in military construction appropriations bills, the group alleges. (CNSnews.com)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPentagon.asp?Page=\\Pentagon\\archive\\200208\\PEN20020815b.html
Tres. Sec Paul O'Neill: "Honesty in business is the new patriotism"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/business/20020815-33250521.htm
Hillary: Rubin, Not Gore, Was Bill's Economic Partner (Newsmax)
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/8/14/205303
It's going to be Sept. 11 all over again...Our brains already have been permanently
scarred by the images of our national nightmare, which after 11 months has never
completely gone away - literally or figuratively. (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/columnists/s_86203.html
No easy fix for Florida child system...Problems become a key issue in the race for
governor (Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/794406.asp
Bloomberg News Editor in Chief Matthew Winkler contributed a total of $750 to the
Democratic National Committee and the Gore campaign in the 2000 election cycle. At the
same time, Winkler and his underlings were producing hundreds of stories on the
historic Bush vs. Gore race. (Washington City Paper)
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/media/2002/media0816.html
Manchester to host DNC conference (Union-Leader)
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=13414
Williams Campaign Fined $277,700...Record Penalty Puts Big Dent in Write-In Effort
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19643-2002Aug14.html
One of the "most brilliant journalists and columnists" of our time, The Post's Neal
Travis died yesterday afternoon in his sleep. (NY Post)
http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/54827.htm
Donahue senses something sinister in Afghan war...The thrum of conspiracy buzz has
surrounded MSNBC's Phil Donahue (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020815-16007337.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Fund's Diary: Red Storm Receding...Prague is now a normal place. Can other former
communist lands follow suit? http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/
Levey: A Soiled Victory...Who sold out America's black farmers?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/clevey/
Dispatches from Kashmir...In his first entry in Slate about traveling to Kashmir with
his girlfriend, Seth Stevenson describes a plane ride from Delhi that left him with a
mortar blast headache.
http://slate.msn.com//?id=2069098&entry=2069099
The Washington Times: Terry 'Stonewall' McAuliffe...Democratic National Committee
Chairman Terry McAuliffe was asked if he had done anything wrong when he turned an
investment of $100,000 in Global Crossing into an $18 million windfall.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020815-31419712.htm
Will: Iraqi regime change only a matter of time
http://www.suntimes.com/output/will/cst-edt-geo15.html
Ventura on George Will: "mealy-mouthed bispectacled puke."
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1384/3165070.html
Bowyer: Outside view: Atlanticism saves the world
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020813-054759-1907r
Novak: Ashcroft overrun by liberals
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak15.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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