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Yeah it's late tonight...Don't ask...We'll slice and dice the UN report from Blix and
El Barahadi with NBC's David Gregory (at MSNBC, we deliver the power of NBC News) and
former weapons inspector from down under, Richard Butler...
We'll continue with Congressmen Rangel and Weldon...
In the backhalf which I produced we'll have a super sized Buzz with Fineman, Blankley,
Gergen & Rollins...Luntz will make a special guest appearance in the F block to
preview his 10 pm et MSNBC special...
We'll compare Bush '41 & '43 with a cool Shuster package...Then we'll get some reax on
new poll numbers and preview the SOTU (State of the Union)...Should be a hoot and
we're live as well
Bellone, out...
Dude, what are you doing for SOTU coverage? Special State of the Union
coverage...Evening-long continuing coverage and analysis
http://msnbc.com/news/863892.asp
A USA Today-Gallup Poll indicates that public opposition to using U.S. ground troops
to depose Saddam Hussein is at its highest level since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-01-26-poll-usat_x.htm
Howard's latest: Howard Dean Grapples for Dems' Attention...Why the ex-Vermont
governor is a player http://www.msnbc.com/news/863759.asp?0cv=KB10
Bloomington, IN native David Shuster wanted you to take note of a new hometown
hero...Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach has Bloomington connections...Gruden family spent
five years in city in '70s (Hoosier Times)
http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/2003/01/25/sports.030125_HT_A1_PM034159.sto
I love this interactive thingy...State of the Union -- Rallying the nation: Relive
past wartime State of the Union addresses
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/sou_2002/vid_gal/default.asp
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday that two months of weapons
inspections in Iraq had not proved Baghdad had attempted to revive its nuclear arms
program. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=574&ncid=721&e=2&u=/nm/20030127/wl_nm/iraq_un_elbaradei_dc
Powell: Not much more time on Iraq...U.S. response hammers Baghdad's omissions on
weapons (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/842500.asp?0cv=CA01
Top weapons inspector Hans Blix on today said Baghdad had not genuinely accepted U.N.
resolutions demanding that it disarm, while his counterpart Mohamed El Baradei said
there was no evidence so far that Iraq was reviving its nuclear program and asked for
a "few months" to complete the search (AP)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/default-200312716917.htm
The Bush administration rejected Iraq's response to U.N. disarmament demands as
inadequate Monday. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saddam Hussein has "not much
more time" to comply if he wants to avoid war. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20030127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq
The Iraqi foreign minister on Monday accused U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell of a
"series of lies" alleging Iraq has not cooperated with U.N. arms monitors and accused
the United States of using the weapons issue as a pretext to seize Iraq's oil. (AP)
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq0127jan27,0,3064330.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle challenged the Bush administration on Monday to
show "proof to the world" that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, part of an attack
by the party's top leaders on the eve of the president's State of the Union address.
(AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20030127/ap_on_go_co/democrats_bush
Democrats demand 'proof' from Bush Daschle, Pelosi sharply assail president on eve of
State of the Union speech (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/863556.asp?0sl=-21
Powell Calls Iraq 'a Grave Danger'...Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Sunday in
his clearest terms yet that force may be needed to disarm Iraq, and he called on world
leaders to stand together in a "great coalition" to prevent war and, if necessary, to
fight one. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47364-2003Jan26.html?referer=email
WashPost: Domestic focus in State of Union...President Bush's State of the Union
address tomorrow will include neither a final ultimatum for Iraq nor a timetable for
deciding on war, but will try to convince skeptics around the world that Saddam
Hussein is an imminent danger to peace, officials said
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/864733.asp
President Bush put the final touches on his State of the Union speech on Monday, an
address that is expected to prepare Americans for the prospect of war with Iraq and to
answer growing doubts about his handling of the U.S. economy. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FQJZW5XWVYKSOCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=2118668
Gov. Gary Locke steps into the national spotlight Tuesday when he delivers the
Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union speech. (Tacoma News
Tribune) http://www.tribnet.com/news/story/2526426p-2579027c.html
As war talk intensified, President Bush rehearsed a State of the Union speech that is
meant to confront Americans' doubts about an attack on Iraq and to sell his plans for
new tax cuts and a Medicare overhaul. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20030127/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
Regime change...A look at Washington's methods - and degrees of success - in
dislodging foreign leaders. (CS Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0127/p01s03-usmi.html
War fears pummeled Wall Street Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials below the
8,000 level for the first time in three months and sending the entire market lower for
the seventh time in eight sessions. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=&e=3&u=/ap/20030127/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street
Administration won't bar use of nuclear weapons...Two top White House officials warned
yesterday the Bush administration has not ruled out using nuclear weapons against
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030127-26296456.htm
The Bush administration yesterday presented to an international audience its strongest
case yet for going to war with Iraq, directly linking Saddam Hussein's regime with al
Qaeda and other terrorist groups. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20030127-24232105.htm
The FBI Says, Count the Mosques...Investigators: FBI Director Robert Mueller has
launched a potentially controversial initiative (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/864367.asp
Presidential hopefuls play both sides on Iraq...Most of the Democrats running for
president in 2004 are supporting President Bush's efforts to disarm Iraq. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030127-23101630.htm
Kurtz: Democrats Slam on the War Brakes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49071-2003Jan27.html
Sen. Ernest Hollings said Monday a return of military conscription is necessary to
strengthen a military spread thin by its global duties and would show that the people
stand behind any decision by the president to make war. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20030127/ap_on_go_co/congress_draft
UPI Captial Comment: What do you do with a former chairman?...Rumors have begun to
circulate that Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind.,
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030127-111415-3565r
Seper: September 11 panel begins investigation...An independent commission
investigating the September 11 attacks will meet behind closed doors today to begin a
$3 million, 16-month investigation.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030127-19783672.htm
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton launched a blistering critique of the Bush
administration's domestic anti-terror effort Friday, saying the nation's new homeland
security plan is a "myth" and the country is only marginally safer than it was before
Sept. 11. (AP)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-ussecu253102569jan25,0,4424376.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print
Cindy Adams: Bush the elder's odds on Iraq war...At a private secure party in a small
social gathering, George Bush the elder the senior the former president the Barbara
husband put the odds of war with Iraq at: "Fifty-fifty."
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Nobles and Knaves http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030125-76554490.htm
Dan's 'Closing Argument' A plea to Scott Peterson
http://msnbc.com/news/822897.asp
Point-spread fervor...Why do Americans love to bet on the Super Bowl? A new book says
it has to do with their deep-rooted faith in luck. By Eric Banks.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/863991.asp
Buchanan -- Among those predicting the crash of the bubble market of the 1990s, this
writer was among the first. Putting my money behind that prediction, I pulled my
pension funds out of the market and placed them into bonds with a fixed rate of return
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30693
Barnicle: Black preference, white resentment...The way colleges overreach for
diversity is backfiring http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/54620p-51152c.html
Landfield: Beware of Bankruptcy Reform http://www.politicsvt.com/Landfield/1_27_03.htm
Peggy: Just the Facts...Nothing personal, Mr. President: How to make the case against
Saddam. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110002968
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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