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Chris hopped on our 9 am editorial meeting this morning and was immediately on fire
over 3 big Washington Post stories which will lay the themes for much of our show
tonight...I lead The Briefing with them for your benefit...Dare I say they are sine
qua non, or "must read", stories...
President Defends Allegation On Iraq...Bush Says CIA's Doubts Followed Jan. 28 Address
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56336-2003Jul14?language=printer
Broder: Black Thursday For Bush
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55857-2003Jul14.html
U.S., N. Korea Drifting Toward War, Perry Warns...Former Defense Secretary Says
Standoff Increases Risk of Terrorists Obtaining Nuclear Device (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/939149.asp?0sl=-21
Top Senate Foreign Relations Committee Dem Joe Biden joins us to weigh in on the
Intell flap story and who knew what when..."Ted Baxter" was the operative pop culture
reference Chris kept bringing up last night....Senator Rick Santorum will play defense
of the White House...
In the D block debate we'll do a debate on SUVs...The SUV industry has fired back on
the "What would Jesus Drive?" ads and has actually found Jesus driving an SUV...Jesus
Rivera that is, a retired electrical repairman, who drives and loves his SUV...We'll
show you the new ads and talk to both sides of this issue...If you're an SUV owner you
won't want to miss this one...
And in the Buzz, we'll talk to presidential candidate and Dem congressman Dennis
Kucinich (D-OH) and Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) on the intell stuff, North Korea
and how Dennis plans to bring regime change to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave....
Should be a hot show tonight because Chris is really fired up...And by the way, set
your alarms tommorow morning Chris on IMUS Wed. 7/16 8:29 am...Imus is simulcast on
MSNBC so no need to turn on your radio tomorrow morning...
Our show airs on MSNBC at 7 pm, 11 pm and 2 am Eastern Time....
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Hardball Briefing subscriber and Washington gossip institution Lloyd Grove gets a new
gig!: Post Gossip Lloyd Grove To Write a Column for the New York Daily News (The
Washingtonian) http://www.washingtonian.com/inwashington/buzz/grove2.html
N. Korea claims it has nuke fuel...U.S. seeking to verify N. Korea has bomb-grade
plutonium http://www.msnbc.com/news/939145.asp?0cv=CA01
We interrpupt this Briefing for a bit of Fun Clinton News...
Court Denies Clintons' Request for Legal Reimbursement (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58717-2003Jul15.html
Kennedy assails Bush's Iraq policy...Political season sees sparing between parties
(Reuters) http://msnbc.com/news/937524.asp?0cv=CB10
Budget Deficit May Surpass $450 Billion...War Costs, Tax Cut, Slow Economy Are Key
Factors (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56224-2003Jul14.html?nav=hptop_tb
Iraq council seeks to try ex-regime....Iraq's first postwar national political body
said on Tuesday it would set up a special court system to try former members of Saddam
Hussein's regime and others accused of crimes against humanity.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/900178.asp
President Bush said yesterday he would be willing to commit U.S. troops to support a
peacekeeping effort in war-torn Liberia, but only if the mission is limited in scope
and duration and only after the nation's leader cedes power and leaves. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030714-113933-6686r.htm
Not at peace with events...Merle Haggard's new song about the ongoing war in Iraq is
one even liberals might applaud. (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-et-hilburn15jul15233422,1,3680400story
Lieberman's Top Fundraisers Leaving...More May Follow in Campaign Shake-Up (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55935-2003Jul14.html
Presidential candidate Dick Gephardt fell short of his fund-raising goal by more than
$1 million, raising questions Tuesday about his ability to excite Democratic donors
and remain a top-tier candidate. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20030715/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_money
Democratic candidates take stage at NAACP Convention...Democratic candidates for
president told the NAACP's annual convention Monday that the Bush administration
misled the public to justify the war. (Miami Herald)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/6304653.htm
Pentagon to dig into marketing data on citizens...The Pentagon's Terrorism Information
Awareness program is being designed to track terrorists, but privacy advocates say it
could be misused. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030714-113918-2868r.htm
Iraq's U.S. administrator said Tuesday that U.S. and British troops would leave the
country once a constitution and a democratic government are in place - setting a rough
timeline for ending the military occupation. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=3&u=/ap/20030715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Opinion/Editorial
A presidential whodunit...Who was the arch-fiend who told a lie in President Bush's
State of the Union speech? No investigation has plumbed such depths of the unknown
since O.J. Simpson's hunt for the real killer of his ex-wife. By Michael Kinsley
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/938939.asp
Suellentrap: Bush's Data Dump...The administration is hiding bad economic news. Here's
how. http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2085481
Krugman: Pattern of Corruption
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/15/opinion/15KRUG.html?pagewanted=print&position=
The NAACP convention grabbed headlines over the weekend, and once again that
organization thumbed its nose at federal law, while playing the role of partisan hack
to the Democratic Party's extreme left wing.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/939289.asp
The NAACP convention grabbed headlines over the weekend, and once again that
organization thumbed its nose at federal law, while playing the role of partisan hack
to the Democratic Party's extreme left wing.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/939289.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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