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Looks like we're leading with Joe Biden on Iraq and the President's big speech in "da
Lou"...That's what rapper Nelly calls our hometown of St. Louis...The administration
has begun a fresh PR offensive on the state of Iraq this week and President Bush picks
up the baton this afternoon at an American Legion convention...
"He will talk about fighting the war on terrorism, the importance of winning that war
to the United States and to the world," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan told
reporters on Monday.
We'll roll the hot sound of course...
Senator John Sununu will play defense as he just returned from Iraq...
Are you fed with rising gas prices? Been doing a lot of cross country driving this
summer with the kids? Got a girl across the country you need to see regularly? Then
this segment is just for you...We'll talk to Jim Cramer who's just as ticked off as
you are and he'll share his outrage with us tonight...
You want him you got him...Jerry Brown's in the House tonight to get into the latest
from the California scene...Arnold spokeman Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) will throw in his
two cents for good measure...
Still working on the Buzz block...All the media glitterati elite seem to have taken
off to the Hamptons or Nantucket...Not to fear though, Jim Warren of The Chicago
Tribuen will bring his unique brand of wry wit and borderline political satire...Jim,
btw, personalizes his voicemail greeting on his office phone and gives a daily weather
report for Chicago..It's great...
"Chris is fired up about this" file:
GAO Criticizes Energy Plan Formation...The White House collaborated heavily with
corporations in developing President Bush's energy policy but repeatedly refused to
give congressional investigators details of the meetings, according to a report issued
Monday. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44891-2003Aug25.html
Byrd: Unprepared for Peace in Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45132-2003Aug25.html
Mortman "Must Read"...One of his best! On tenterhooks for Clark's decision...To care
or not to care, that may be the question http://msnbc.com/news/954925.asp?0dm=C23HN
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Gas costs a record $1.74 a gallon Adjusted for inflation, not so bad (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030826/5441115s.htm
Trailing in the latest poll for governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger attacked Democratic
front-runner Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante for the first time Monday while taking his
campaign to conservative talk radio programs."It's like one newspaper pointed out,
Bustamante is (Gov.) Gray Davis with a receding hairline and a mustache. It's the same
person. Same philosophy," the Republican actor said on "The Roger Hedgecock Show" in
San Diego. (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/recall/story/7293036p-8237636c.html
Bustamante Seeks Distance and Support From Davis...Analysis: Bustamante is trying to
make a case against the recall while separating himself from the governor. Republicans
hope to link the two men http://www.latimes.com/la-me-cruz26aug26,1,3340965,print.story
The toll of U.S. troops killed in postwar Iraq surpassed the number killed in major
combat on Tuesday, reaching 139 with the death of a soldier in a roadside bombing.
(AP) http://msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0dm=C15MN
Rising Toll Shows U.S. Challenges...139 Deaths Since May 1 Reflect Shift in Fighting
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47272-2003Aug26.html
Despite continuing violence in postwar Iraq, President Bush's top advisers say he will
not back away from fighting terrorists there or anywhere else. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20030826/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
Aides Defend Iraq Policy...Bush advisers argue that more troops are not needed to
counter violence. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44757-2003Aug25.html
Now a player, Dean raises campaign goals Vermont Democrat's angry-man style, use of
Web is forcing foes to alter their strategies (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030826/5440929s.htm
Democrats getting in tune...Campaigns seek perfect song for their candidates (Boston
Herald)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/08/26/democrats_getting_in_tune/
Saudis join U.S. probe of funding...Anti-terror task force seeks to cut money to al
Qaeda, others (The Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/957318.asp?0cv=CB10
Dean expects $10 million quarter...Former Vermont governor's campaign to air new TV
ads (Reuters) http://msnbc.com/news/957472.asp?0dm=N13MN
Democratic contender Dean alters Cuba stand...On easing the embargo: 'Can't do it
right now' (Miami Herald) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6618815.htm
Rights advocates slam new screening system...Conservative and liberal advocates are
banding together to oppose new airline passenger screening methods that they say will
be a "quantum leap" in government surveillance programs. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030825-112400-8083r.htm
A businessman convicted of doing free work for former Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. in
exchange for political favors was sentenced Monday to two years in prison. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=703&e=8&u=/ap/20030826/ap_on_go_co/traficant_associate
Opinion/Editorial
Fund's Diary: John Fund's Political Diary...Beware of California's polls.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110003927
Cronkite: We [journalists] reached our intellectual adulthood with daily close-ups of
the inequality in a nation that was founded on the commitment to equality for all. So
we are inclined to side with the powerless rather than the powerful. If that is what
makes us liberals so be it, just as long as . . . we adhere to the first ideals of
good journalism. http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Aug/08102003/commenta/82548.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Steiner http://www.washtimes.com/national/steiner.htm
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