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Super quick tonight folks but here's why you need to tune in tonight...My suggestion:
Wheel the TV outside to the deck with the BBQ, turn up the volume and pop a couple of
cold ones...You won't regret it...
Hitchens on France's Jaques Chirac and why Bush should shun him at the G-8 Summit...I
just talked with Hitchens and he's planning to give Chirac the "near Kissinger"
treatment...
Fred Dicker and Julian Epstein on Hillary's ambitions and why some think she's
abandoning her liberal roots in order to appeal to a national audience
Dean: Hillary Clinton Should Run For President Someday (AP)
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/politics/nyc-hillary0530,0,4978744.story?coll=nyc-topheadlines-left
Hillary Clinton Taking Fire From Left as Well as Right (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/30/nyregion/30CLIN.html?pagewanted=print&position=
Baltimore mayor Martin O'Malley on coping with Homeland Security demands...
Our Friday night buzz panel with Patrick Caddell and Carl Jeffers...Why do Americans
distrust the media? Will Lieberman moving to the right help him with the Democratic
base? And why is Bill Clinton still influencing the Democratic primary? Dig the
Clinton "long shadow" piece below...
Pat Caddell...Need I say more?
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited the Briefing from Washington, DC
Faster than you can say Monica Lewinsky, Democratic presidential candidates are
embracing former President Clinton and his economic record. They are just as quick to
second-guess Al Gore for running from his sex scandal-plagued boss in 2000. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=3&u=/ap/20030530/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_clinton
Mortman was first out of the gate on Lieberman's Right Hand turned...Joe Lieberman's
right-wing week...Democratic presidential candidate stakes out own space
http://msnbc.com/news/911528.asp
More Mortman: The joke's on you...Rim shot, please: When gossip columnists say they're
funny http://msnbc.com/news/920102.asp?0dm=C11NO
A series of recent polls reveals what Democrats have known implicitly since the 2002
elections - not being tough on terrorism is becoming a disqualifier in presidential
politics. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030530-124908-6112r.htm
If Iraq's weapons of mass destruction posed enough of a threat to justify war, they
should have been found by now, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee
said Thursday...Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia challenged comments by Bush
administration officials that the weapons were well-hidden and may not be located
soon..."You can't quite say that it's going to take a lot more time if the
intelligence community seemed to be in general agreement that WMD was out there,"
Rockefeller said in an interview. (AP)
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_CONGRESS?SITE=IADES&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
European critics of the Iraq war expressed shock Friday at published remarks by a
senior U.S. official seen as playing down the importance of Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction as a reason for going to war. (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58296-2003May30.html
Howard's Latest: Domestic agenda of Bush's journey...President, advisers seek ways to
boost evangelical turnout http://msnbc.com/news/918944.asp?0cv=CA01
Briefing Must Read...Today: 35 years of a Led Zeppelin...In a rare, exclusive
interview, "Today" host Matt Lauer talks to the three surviving members of Led
Zeppelin -- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/919436.asp
Bush heads to Europe for G8 summit...President Bush leaves Friday for a whirlwind
overseas trip to Europe and the Middle East that will land him in the French town of
Evian for the G8 summit beginning on Sunday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/918457.asp
Sharon set to lift West Bank closure...Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday that he would lift a closure on
the West Bank by Saturday and free some prisoners.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/801833.asp
The Democratic National Committee backed away yesterday from reports that it plans to
lay off nearly a dozen minority staffers -- a proposal criticized by several prominent
black politicians -- saying it has not made any decisions on its staffing. (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55740-2003May29.html
Finding in Peterson case could bolster defense theory...The body of the fetus found
near its slain mother, Laci Peterson, on the shore of the San Francisco Bay had
plastic tape around its neck, according to a coroner's report obtained Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/900348.asp
Editorial/Opinion
Bill Press: Where are the weapons of mass destruction?
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32837
Keith: Bush vs. Clinton? More hypotheticals from 'Countdown'
http://www.msnbc.com/news/920115.asp
Ted Turner: Monopoly or Democracy?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56132-2003May29.html
A supreme surprise...The Supreme Court -- and Chief Justice Rehnquist -- surprised
everybody by ruling this week that even state governments have to obey the Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993. By Michael Kinsley.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/919637.asp
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