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OK Folks gotta make this one quick...Big, engaging, compelling, fast paced "must see"
show for you tonight (but you knew that already)....Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf
leads the A block with all things Iraq...Lott rolls in the B block on the legislative
wrangling over the $87 Billion...He's gonna "commit news" tonight so you gotta
watch...In the D block we'll debate the gun ban in the District of Columbia...Eleanor
Holmes-Norton and Pat Toomey will go at it like cats and dogs...Watch and see if don't
agree...
And the political buzz will totally rock your world...Laura "It's not just a radio
show, it's an addiction" Ingraham who's new book "Shut Up and Sing" is now 4 weeks on
the NYT best seller list will join us from Phoenix along with the Chicago Tribune's
Clarence Page...We'll do Bush meeting with Arnold and the new Stars and Stripes poll
on low troop morale in Iraq...
Critical Laura Links
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0895261014/qid=1066340172/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-5247580-3971843?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
http://www.lauraingraham.com/public/
You know the thing about Chris is, the more you watch him the more you like him!
Tomorrow night we'll re-air the John Edwards at Harvard show! We're all tired and
need a break...Step off
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Fun Clinton News...
Former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday the current Democratic presidential
candidates make up the most experienced field he's seen since 1960 and that "five or
six" would make good presidents. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031015/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_democrats_1
Former President Bill Clinton says he warned President George W. Bush before he left
office in 2001 that Osama bin Laden was the biggest security threat the United States
faced. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=388817
In a diplomatic victory for the United States, the Security Council unanimously
adopted a resolution Thursday aimed at attracting more troops and money to stabilize
Iraq and putting it on the road to independence. (MSNBC)
http://msnbc.com/news/965704.asp?0cv=CA01
Bush meets with Schwarzenegger...Private session precedes address to economic forum
(AP) http://msnbc.com/news/980608.asp?0dm=N14ON
A broad survey of U.S. troops in Iraq by a Pentagon-funded newspaper found that half
of those questioned described their unit's morale as low and their training as
insufficient, and said they do not plan to reenlist. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A32521-2003Oct15?language=printer
Bush orders officials to stop the leaks...He warned of action if anonymous sources
were quoted, a senior aide said. Visiting senators also heard a stern line. (Philly
Inquirer) http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/7023679.htm
In a state where a political novice was just elected governor, another candidate with
no political experience - Wesley Clark - joined presidential rivals Howard Dean and
Joe Lieberman atop a poll of Democratic voters in California. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20031015/ap_on_el_pr/california_poll
Top terrorist hunter's divisive views...A general who is one of the leaders of a
Pentagon unit formed to help hunt down Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and other
targets has a history of divisive views on religion -- Islam in particular.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/980764.asp
Opinion/Editorial
Coulter: So liberals have finally found a drug addict they don't like. And unlike the
Lackawanna Six - those high-spirited young lads innocently seeking adventure in an
al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan - liberals could find no excuses for Rush
Limbaugh. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/ac20031016.shtml
Novak: Putin stands with Bush against environmentalists
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak16.html
Zakaria: Why the war was right...We had to move. Either we could welcome Saddam back
into the community of nations, or we could rid Iraq of an evil dictatorship
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/979341.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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