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Lots of fun names on the show tonight folks...We lead with a mid-week in review for
President Bush with Gergen, Blankley and Rollins...Bush was talkin' tough at a presser
this morning when it came to Iraq..."Bring them on" was his money SOT when referring
to further attacks on U.S. forces over there and threatened those who would attack our
troops...He also vowed to stay the course in Iraq...We'll roll the sound tonight..
Plus, should we sent troops to Liberia? Bush just might...
President Bush on Wednesday challenged militants who have been killing and injuring
U.S. forces in Iraq, saying "bring them on" because American forces were tough enough
to deal with their attacks. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JTBU35KOPGVHUCRBAEZSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3028547
Gregory's write up
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/933766.asp
Bush ready to send troops to Liberia...President calls on Taylor to step aside (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp?0cv=CB10
In the B block we'll go tabloid with the big question: Is Andrew Cuomo's political
career through now that his wife has allegedly cheated on him and he's gotten a
divorce...I hear that's all the Buzz up in the smart New York circles...
We'll talk to our man in Albany Fred Dicker...You know him, you love him on
Hillary...He'll be great on this one as well..
Andrew Cuomo decided to end his 13-year marriage to Kerry Kennedy Cuomo after learning
she was having an extramarital affair, The Post has learned (NY Post)
http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/2287.htm
Cuomolot is ending with a crash. A day after Andrew Cuomo's lawyer accused Kerry
Kennedy Cuomo of "betrayal," a close friend of Cuomo's went a step further yesterday,
saying she had an affair with "a married man Andrew considered one of his closest
friends." (NY Daily News) http://nydailynews.com/front/story/97478p-88269c.html
In the D block we'll debate this new Pentagon satellite for spying on
terrorists...Could it lead to spying on Americans?
Police can envision limited domestic uses for an urban surveillance system the
Pentagon is developing but doubt they could use the full system which is designed to
track and analyze the movement of every vehicle in a city. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030702/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/pentagon_urban_cameras_12
And Yo, dig this new poll....Democratic presidential candidates Dick Gephardt, Howard
Dean and John Kerry were bunched at the top of a poll of the most likely voters in
January's Iowa caucuses. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20030702/ap_on_el_pr/iowa_poll
We'll do it in the Buzz along with Robert Reich and Dennis Prager...We'll also roll
more Bush sound as well as Howard Dean's "Big Mo"
And here's your 4th of July food story for the week...Have a good one!
Food Wednesday...A Feast For the 4th: Just Add Fireworks (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57255-2003Jul1.html?nav=hptoc_c
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
U.S. Faces Long Stay In Iraq, Bush Says...Americans' Faith in Postwar Success Fading
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60716-2003Jul1.html?nav=hptop_tb
Bush raises $34 million in six weeks...Democrats send appeals; Dean's online presence
grows (AP) http://www.msnbc.com/news/933686.asp?0sl=-13
Howard Dean won the Democratic fundraising race for the second quarter of the year
Tuesday, propelling the contest for the presidential nomination into a new phase. The
self-styled insurgent now has more money than some of his inside-Washington rivals and
enough to be a major player to the end. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030702/5291202s.htm
Surge of Cash Puts Pressure on Dean...Former Vermont governor Howard Dean has tapped a
lucrative vein of discontent, but now faces the challenge of converting that energy
into a political force that can deliver in next year's primaries and caucuses. (The
Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/933855.asp?0dm=N24FN
President Bush said Wednesday that a constitutional ban on gay marriage that's been
proposed in the House might not be needed. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20030702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_gay_marriage
Howard: Should Dean fear his early success? From insurgent to frontrunner, he now
faces many new risks http://www.msnbc.com/news/933970.asp?0dm=C22CN
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman's last-minute plea for donations before
the second quarter fund-raising deadline appears to have paid off: He raised $5
million, about $1 million more than he had hoped to collect. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20030702/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_money
Brownstein: Democratic Candidates Are Still Caught in a Pack
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-dems2jul02,1,2532132.story?coll=la-news-a_section
Did you miss Trump last night? Hardball gets Trumped...Donald Trump on the economy,
New York, Martha, and the stock market
Is it safe to invest in the stock market again? Are Indian gaming operations merely
fronts for private interests? Real estate tycoon Donald Trump discusses some weighty
issues on "Hardball"...and pleads the fifth on others.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/934071.asp
Final details set for hand over of Bethlehem...Israeli patrols quit the West Bank city
of Bethlehem on Wednesday, clearing the way for Palestinians to resume security
control, a key step in an international peace plan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/801833.asp
Blix: 'We would have lost patience'...Departing U.N. weapons chief reflects on
relations with U.S. and Iraq (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/933419.asp
U.S. blocks military aid to 35 nations...The United States announced it is suspending
military aid to about 35 countries because of a dispute over an international war
crimes tribunal. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/933938.asp
The U.S. military said a bomb-making class inside a mosque triggered a deadly
explosion that enraged the Iraqi town of Falluja, where residents vowed Wednesday to
wage holy war against U.S. occupiers (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3027747
The balance between pro-choice women and women who say abortion should be outlawed or
severely restricted is shifting toward the pro-life side, bumping that group into the
majority in the debate over reproductive rights, according to a new national poll.
(The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030701-115636-9509r.htm
House Democrats yesterday reported robust fundraising figures for the second quarter
of 2003, despite restraints placed by the recent campaign finance law. (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60388-2003Jul1.html
Opinion/Editorial
The skeleton in Strom's closet...In all the words spent on Strom Thurmond's life and
times since his death last week, there has been little said of the most interesting of
his sundry racial legacies: He purportedly had a black daughter. By Diana McWhorter.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/933525.asp
Tony's latest: War morale during the waiting period
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm
Joe's 'The Real Deal ' on amnesty for illegal aliens...History has proven that it's a
bad idea http://www.msnbc.com/news/933989.asp
Pat: What the court betrayals portend
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33381
Ilana: Displacing Americans http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33379
Washingont Post: Name Those Fundraisers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60993-2003Jul1.html
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