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"I hereby resign my position as secretary of the Treasury. It has been a privilege to
serve the nation during these challenging times. I thank you for that opportunity. I
wish you every success as you provide leadership and inspiration for America and for
the world."
-Paul O'Neill, Letter to President Bush, December 6, 2002
Senior White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey announced his resignation this
morning as well..
http://msnbc.com/news/844025.asp
..The actions seemed aimed at helping inoculate the White House against what could be
a key vulnerability during the approaching run-up to the 2004 election presidential
election season -- a public view that the shaky economy was not in skilled hands.
(Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=PD2CWGOVHYS3YCRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=1864865
Clearly you'll want to tune in to the show tonight for the best slice and dice
anywhere on cable tv....Why did it happen? How was the deal cut? Who will be the
emerging "fresh faces"? Who was in the room? (Chris' favorite question) What did it
smell like? Well, maybe we won't go that in depth but you get my drift...
Dig this lineup: Cramer, Kemp, Forbes, Insana & Trump (Yes, The Donald) will be in the
House tonight...
Plus, Caddell and Luntz in the Buzz...Yes, I said Caddell...Just got off the phone
with him and he's on his way to Winona's sentencing...He'll be fired up for sure...
Falwell will debate the morality of the coming Iraq war in light of this weekend's
deadline for Saddam to declare his WMD gig...
Definitely "must see" TV tonight folks....9 pm and Midnight et only on MSNBC
The Briefing was written, compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in Washington, DC
Page Six: Rev. Al Sharpton is blaming his Harlem neighbor Bill Clinton for the
Democrats' stunning election losses, calling it a personal failing of the former
horndog in chief. http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/pagesix.htm
Iraq readies declaration for U.N....Weekend deadline nears; Blix to brief Security
Council on work in Iraq (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/842500.asp
If Saddam Hussein maintains a strategy of denial and declares this weekend he has no
weapons of mass destruction, the pressure shifts to President Bush and his deeply
divided foreign policy team (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20021206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_s_pivot_point
Sammon: The White House yesterday said it has "solid" evidence that Iraq is hiding
weapons of mass destruction and accused Saddam Hussein's regime of "lying" for denying
it. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz insisted his nation is not armed.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20021206-45881536.htm
Al-Qaida link eyed in Mass. raid...Software firm has worked for dozens of U.S.
agencies, big corporations (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/844016.asp
Boosted by the wild popularity of President Bush, Republican Suzanne Haik Terrell has
climbed into a dead heat in her bid to oust Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and give the
GOP a final triumph in the midterm elections. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=683&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20021206/ap_on_el_se/louisiana_senate
"I can feel the energy," Landrieu said. "I am pumped," said Terrell. (Shreveport
Times) http://www.shreveporttimes.com/html/891C1CBD-A4EA-4400-9B84-875032F98F82.shtml
Bush's mandate seen riding on Louisiana race...The Louisiana senate runoff is another
race pitting a Republican challenger supported by President Bush against a first-term
Democratic incumbent. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20021206-78708899.htm
Landrieu sends gift certificates...Democratic Sen. Mary L. Landrieu sent $10 gift
certificates for food to 108 service members in Louisiana just before Thanksgiving,
leading some critics to accuse her of trying to buy military votes (The Washington
Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20021206-6611032.htm
The Bush administration set the stage Thursday for making its case for U.N. Security
Council action against Saddam Hussein, contending it has solid evidence that Iraq has
weapons of mass destruction (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20021206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq
Homeland Security Won't Have Diet of Raw Intelligence...Rules Being Drafted to
Preclude Interagency Conflict (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15908-2002Dec5.html?referer=email
Al Qaeda Web Site Calls Israel New Target....An Internet site claiming to represent al
Qaeda says the terrorist network has decided to launch suicide attacks against a new
target, Israel, and says its goal is the destruction of the Jewish state. (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15913-2002Dec5.html?referer=email
Democrats Urge Bush to Reverse Bonuses Decision...Favoritism Cited as Issue (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16128-2002Dec5.html
Delay on FEC Pick Irks McCain...Senator Says Broken Pledge Undermines New Campaign Law
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15903-2002Dec5.html
Howie: Louisiana Lightning for GOP?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17691-2002Dec6.html
U.S. Sen. John Edwards' dinner guests Monday night will include several visitors from
New Hampshire, the nation's first presidential primary state. The North Carolina
Democrat is opening his Washington home to a handful of politically active Granite
Staters http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/1997500p-1940150c.html
The oh-so-politically-correct Washington Monthly has dispatched an intern to query
media scribes who reported on Sen. John Kerry's $75 haircut how much they pay for a
cut and blow dry. For the record, the Track pays anywhere from $45 to $65. And we have
more hair. So there (Boston Herald)
http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/inside_track/track12062002.htm
A Hamptons real-estate broker charged with mowing down and killing a migrant potato
picker with her SUV has hired Lizzie Grubman's lawyer after getting a recommendation
from an unlikely source - Lizzie herself. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/63834.htm
First Lady Laura Bush yesterday unveiled the White House Christmas decorations
starring presidential pets past and present - but Socks and Buddy Clinton got short
shrift. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/63828.htm
Shales: Giant of the Small Screen...ABC's Roone Arledge Did More Than Broadcast News.
He Created It http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16092-2002Dec5.html
Harper: A billion-dollar election: The 2002 election has proved the most expensive
midterm in history as candidates, political parties and interest groups raced to spend
$996 million before new campaign-finance laws kicked in.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20021206-18137285.htm
Sullivan's Weekly Dish: http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20021206-19851036.htm
Opinion/Editorial
The Washington Post: Mr. Clinton Forgets
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16407-2002Dec5.html
Beinart: John Kerry's Vietnam problem
http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021216&s=trb121602
Gross: Bush League Economics...Can't anybody here play this game?
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2072281
Greenberg: All right-thinking members of the American media were shocked when it was
revealed that Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox News Channel, had sent a note to
the White House telling the president how to handle the public relations of the war
against terror. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/pg20021206.shtml
Dionne: The Rightward Press
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16431-2002Dec5.html
Kinsley on Affirmative Action: http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2074882
Peggy: Snow Day...Finding warmth amid New York's unseasonable chill.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110002735
The Wall Street Journal: Dance of Saddam's Seven Veils...Iraq says it has no weapons?
That's a material breach.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002733
Slate: Frat Coup d' �tat Plot Exposed!...A Chatterbox investigation.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074896
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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