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Tonight we'll lead with the issue of second hand smoke and whether smoking should be
banned in public places such as bars in restaurant (those of you in California and NYC
know what I'm talking about)...A non smoking 57 year old woman, Heather Crowe, has
lung cancer and is blaming it on 40 years of working in smoked-filled
restaurants...She's now cut an ad for an anti-smoking group saying she's dying due to
the effects of second hand smoke...We'll talk to her about her struggle and what
should or shouldn't be done to prevent further cases like Heather's....
In the B/C blocks we'll talk to EPA Christie Todd Whitman, who's soon stepping down
from her position on Friday...She used to also be the Governor of New Jersey which has
a really cool town call Hoboken where Frank Sinatra is from...Fund is from around
those parts as well I believe...Barnicle will ask her what she's learned in Washington
and where she goes from here, yada, yada...I doubt we'll ask her about "da Boken"
though...
Lots of stuff brewing out yonder in Iraq...6 British troops were killed this week and
a number of others injured...Howard Dean is out today slamming the Bush administration
on Iraq and the cognoscenti, represented by Thomas Friedman, is out criticizing Bush's
post war Iraq plan or lack thereof...Is it really all that bad? Did you see that poll
I put in yesterday's Briefing from The Washington Post? 44% of Americans say there's
been an "unacceptable" number of casualties in Iraq...up from 28% in April...I put it
in the Buzz last night but Mike never got to it...We'll take a look at Iraq's
reconstruction and how it's going in the D block...
In the E/F block we're gonna do a legal potpouri on the smart case, obesity laws and a
Philly case of a woman who lured his boyfriend into the woods with the promise of sex
but instead had some friends kill him...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Fun Story of the Day: Leave It to Cleavage...The restaurant that serves titillation
with its burgers takes to the skies with Hooters Air, nonstop to Myrtle Beach (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28906-2003Jun24.html
On its way to raising a record $200 million, the Bush re-election fund-raising express
rolls into Cincinnati tonight - and for good reason. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/06/25/loc_ohmoney25.html
Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday pointed his finger at the Bush
administration, saying it is erasing accomplishments that he worked hard to achieve.
(Chicago Sun Times) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-push25.html
One painfully thin Clinton joke...Ann Coulter has added fat to the fire in her
long-running assault on Hillary Clinton by making fun of the senator and former first
lady's weight on national television. Jeannette Walls Delivers the Scoop.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/921509.asp
Joe Lieberman headed west Tuesday, in search of California gold, ready to miss nearly
a week's worth of votes on the most sweeping Medicare reform in 38 years so he can
raise enough money to stay competitive in his White House bid. (Hartford Courant)
http://www.ctnow.com/news/politics/hc-joe0625.artjun25,0,871591.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean says his opposition to war in Iraq
doesn't mean he would be a weak commander in chief. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030625/ap_on_el_pr/dean_foreign_policy_2
Sen. John Edwards' presidential campaign announced Tuesday that it will hold about a
dozen town-hall meetings in New Hampshire during July and August to help voters in the
nation's first presidential primary state get to know the North Carolina Democrat.
(Eye on Edwards) http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2645944p-2454077c.html
Food Corner: Whole Hog for D.C...Washington's patchwork of barbecue joints puts sweet
Carolina vinegar sauce a car ride away from feisty, tomato-based Texas barbecue sauce.
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25507-2003Jun24.html
No Cooking Required...Summer Pasta Sauces That You Mince, Chop and Toss in a Bowl (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25509-2003Jun24.html
U.K. demands surrender of Iraqi gunmen...British forces gave civilian leaders in this
town 48 hours to hand over gunmen who killed six British military police after a
violent demonstration that left four Iraqis dead, a municipal official said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Moveon.org, one of the most potent political sites in cyberspace, began its first
presidential primary yesterday and quickly experienced some of the same glitches and
controversies that bedevil elections in the material world. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29008-2003Jun24.html
Bush Backs Religious Hiring Policies...President Bush called on Congress Tuesday to
make it easier for federally funded religious groups to base their hiring decisions on
a job candidate's religion and sexual orientation. (The Washington Post)
http://msnbc.com/news/930909.asp?0dm=C22EN
A top State Department expert on chemical and biological weapons told Congressional
committees in closed-door hearings last week that he had been pressed to tailor his
analysis on Iraq and other matters to conform with the Bush administration's views,
several Congressional officials said today. (NY Times)
http://nytimes.com/2003/06/25/international/worldspecial/25INTE.html
Security checks ground air marshals...More than 100 federal air marshals have been
fired or stripped of flight status because of problems with their top secret security
clearance background investigations. Others are flying without having received their
final security clearances.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/928924.asp
2 Hamas militants killed in Gaza...Israeli troops killed two Hamas militants in a
gunbattle in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the radical Islamic group said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/801833.asp
Arnold Schwarzenegger chatted on the air with shock jock Howard Stern Tuesday about
nude scenes, his political ambitions, physical equipment and whether he wanted to have
sex with his movie co-star. In the process, he illustrated why juggling entertainment
and politics might be tougher than saving the world in "Terminator 3." (San Franciso
Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/25/MN78782.DTL
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, the driving force behind the effort to recall Gov. Gray
Davis, was prosecuted with his brother in San Jose in 1980 for allegedly faking the
theft of Issa's Mercedes Benz sedan and selling it to a car dealer for $16,000,
according to court records. (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/25/MN2908.DTL
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, on the verge of a breakthrough in the decade-long
effort to help seniors pay for prescription drugs, predicted Tuesday that legislation
creating a Medicare drug benefit will pass the Senate this week with a
filibuster-proof 70 votes or more. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-06-24-frist-usat_x.htm
Conservatives slam split race rulings...Conservatives say the Monday
affirmative-action rulings by the Supreme Court make them all the more convinced that
President Bush must be careful in picking a Supreme Court nominee. (The Washington
Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030625-120018-2368r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: The Gullible Mr. Kerry...The senator gets fooled again.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2084753
Supreme Court fudge...The Supreme Court took the two up the Michigan cases to end a
quarter century of uncertainty about affirmative action. What it has produced is utter
logical confusion. By Michael Kinsley.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/930761.asp
Chavets: A Democrat leaps in and lands on his face...Last Sunday on "Meet the Press,"
host Tim Russert asked Howard Dean if he knew the size of the American military.
"Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 or 2 million," the former governor of Vermont
replied. (The correct answer is 1.4 million.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/95235p-86321c.html
Ilana: Rationalize with lies http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33244
Reese: Electronic Adolescent...Watching Fox News is like watching an electronic
adolescent that has appointed itself the strident, belligerent defender of the Bush
administration and its foreign policy.
http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20030625/index.php
Steiner Cartoon http://www.washtimes.com/national/steiner.htm
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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