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Again we find ourselves moving on multiple editorial fronts today in Hardball
land...We've got Dick Cheney speaking live, offering a renewed justification for the
war on Iraq...We're told by our insider sources that this is part of a renewed PR
offensive on the part of The White House to stanch the declining poll numbers and
growing controversy of the Iraq/nuclear intelligence...He's also speaking directly to
the Democratic presidential candidates who have criticized the handling of Iraq and
the faulty intelligence used in part to justify the war...
To ignore the threat of Saddam Hussein would have been "irresponsible in the extreme"
is a phrase often repeated by Cheney..
Folks you can bet we'll be doing some major league slicin' and dicin'...Big Time!
We're also monitoring the release of the 9-11 report...Who's to blame? Will there be
any political fallout and why is there a 28 page redaction on Saudi Arabia?
CIA, FBI faulted for 9/11 failures (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/943459.asp?0dm=N15QN
Plus, gruesome photos of Uday & Qusay are released....Will they convince the Iraqis
that those two scoundrels are gone? Will it make our troops safer? 3 more U.S.
soldiers just died overnight in Iraq...
Photos of Saddam sons released
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Expect Chris to be on fire tonight....I'd recommend getting out the TV tray, putting
out the popcorn and gathering the kids around the TV....It's sine qua non viewing and
I'm not just "sexing it up" either...Expect to see Intelligence Committee members
Dianne Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss...Plus, newly annointed RNC chairman Ed Gillespie
will be in the House and will get his reax to Democratic attacks on Iraq...
So many burning questins folks...We'll be on the hunt for answers...
Plus...October 7 date set for California Recall vote!!
Dominic Bellone wrote, edited and compiled The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
3 U.S. Troops Die Guarding Convoy in Iraq...Three U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday
when they came under attack from gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in northern
Iraq, a military spokeswoman said. (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38541-2003Jul24.html?referrer=email
In an exclusive interview with CBS News, three men who claim to have participated in
several recent and deadly attacks on U.S. soldiers say they're not doing it for love
of Saddam -- but instead for God and their country.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/21/eveningnews/main564357.shtml
Balz Analysis: Why Bush Is Losing War of 16 Words...President Bush's reputation for
delivering a disciplined message and dealing with bad news has been badly damaged by
the administration's clumsy efforts to explain how a statement based on disputed
intelligence was in the State of the Union address.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37481-2003Jul23.html?referrer=email
Peacekeepers poised to enter Liberia...Forces loyal to Liberian President Charles
Taylor battled rebels for the sixth day in the capital Monrovia on Thursday as West
African countries inched closer to deploying peacekeepers.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/937616.asp
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) tearfully apologized on the
House floor yesterday for asking Capitol Police officers to evict Democrats from a
committee room Friday, as Republicans worked to quell bad publicity stemming from the
fracas. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37469-2003Jul23.html?referrer=email
WashPost: Nightmare at the front door...The owner of the house targeted in Tuesday's
raid in Mosul lived a comfortable, profitable life as a Baath Party loyalist. Then
Qusay and Uday came calling one day, and things fell apart fast.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/943393.asp
Gallup Release: Public's Attitudes Towards Iraq Little Changed Over Last Several
Weeks...Majority still say situation in Iraq worth going to war over
http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030723.asp
A group loyal to deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein vowed in a videotape broadcast on
an Arab television network on Thursday to avenge the killing of his sons by U.S.
troops. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WHABEVE1LLNDUCRBAEZSFEY?type=worldNews&storyID=3152825
Joe Lieberman had the most support from Democratic voters in a national poll released
Thursday, followed closely by Dick Gephardt, John Kerry and Howard Dean. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20030724/ap_on_go_pr_wh/campaign_poll
The first statewide recall election in California history qualified for the ballot
Wednesday, forcing Gov. Gray Davis to fight to keep his job in an election that only
months ago was considered sheer fantasy. (SF Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/07/24/MN20278.DTL
Criticism of Iraq policy seen hurting U.S. troop morale...Rep. Mike Pence says he has
seen firsthand how the back-and-forth charges in Washington over U.S. policy in Iraq
are affecting troop morale there. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030723-115721-1629r.htm
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Wednesday he can win the Iowa
Democratic precinct caucuses next year, raising the former Vermont governor's
expectations for the first nominating contest of 2004. (Des Moines Register)
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/21823173.html
The White House said that President Bush's landing on an aircraft carrier to declare
the end of war in Iraq was not intended for his political gain. But a conservative
group that supports Bush's policies has built a fundraising campaign around an
official Navy photo of the president on the ship's deck. (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/205/nation/Bush_supporters_use_carrier_photo_in_raising_moneyP.shtml
Dennis Kucinich insists he never heard Jay Leno's joke about him - the one about how
he was "leading the Democratic candidates in the worst hair' department." (Cleveland
Plain-Dealer)
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1059039353281681.xml
Opinion/Editorial
Terry's Latest: Iraq's trade mission to Niger...In their zeal to retroactively rebut
the argument for the Iraq war, critics of President Bush have tried to discredit a
British intelligence report -- cited by the president in his State of the Union
address -- that concluded Iraq sought to buy uranium in Africa.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/terencejeffrey/tj20030723.shtml
Margolies: 'Thou liar of the first magnitude'
http://foreigncorrespondent.com/archive/thou_liar.html
Kristol's Must Read: Gephardt's 16 Words
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38029-2003Jul23.html
Ilana: Kazaa vs. the Copyright Cartel
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33701
Will: Bush undermines conservatism
http://www.suntimes.com/output/will/cst-edt-geo24.html
Binyamin: Bible Lesson for Kobe http://nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/1370.htm
Sense of Congress...The Senate's debate over the military budget was a chance to
explore some lingering questions on the war with Iraq -- but attempts to seek answers
were quashed by the GOP majority. By Fred Kaplan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/943241.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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