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More on the Real Story in Iraq tonight with Bob Arnot's special packages from the war
zone..."Are we getting anywhere?" "Are we getting anything done?" are the questions
we were kicking around the office yesterday with Chris before the show...That's one of
the overriding themes you'll hear on the show this week...For example, We'll go inside
the training of an Iraqi security force and look at the efforts of the Iraqis to take
care of themselves...We'll also talk to Bernard Kerik, the guy who was charged by
President Bush with putting the Iraqi police together...
A couple other of the "big picture" questions we're asking: What does the average
Iraqi feel about America's presence there? What does the average U.S. service man or
woman think about their mission?
In honor of Veterans Day, The New York Times publishes some moving letters from
recently deceased servicemen and women in Iraq...The Things They Wrote: Letters home
from soldiers in Iraq http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/11/opinion/11INTRO.html
Bush honors soldiers of past, present...Mired in a complicated mission in Iraq,
President Bush is pausing on Veterans Day to reflect on sacrifices being made by U.S.
soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and honor soldiers of wars past. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/991996.asp
One of the other brewing political debates out there we'll tackle is that of troop
levels...Rumsfeld & Bush have steadfastly said more troops are not needed but this
morning Rummy left the door ajar on the matter: "Needless to say, if at any moment
military commanders indicated that they need more US troops, I would certainly
recommend to the president that we do increase the number of troops, but the advice
we're getting is just the opposite," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031111/pl_afp/us_iraq_military_031111150434
In the political buzz we'll talk to Howard Fineman and Rod Nordland from Newsweek
who's in Baghdad to slice and dice the President's Arlington Cemetary speech, new
numbers on Iraq and some other stuff TBD...
Rousseaux's essay on Young Republican: College students are usually expected to be
sophomoric in political outlook, only discovering conservative values once they're
finally forced to pick up their own bar tabs
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=5759
Fun Mortman Content: You (and Bush) are likely too dumb for this...Thankfully, we have
stars to tell us so http://msnbc.com/news/990758.asp?0dm=C23KN
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
MSNBC's original hour-long documentary, "JFK: The Day That Changed America," premieres
Monday, Nov. 17, 9-10 p.m. ET, marking the 40th anniversary of the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy http://www.msnbc.com/news/987494.asp
JFK wasn't just president...Remembering a dark day 40 years later
http://www.msnbc.com/news/987607.asp?0cb=-216190665
Share your thoughts with us...Remembering JFK http://www.msnbc.com/news/987495.asp
Here's some of the posted thoughts http://www.msnbc.com/news/989191.asp?0cb=-516190665
Amid increasing attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq, a growing number of Americans,
including men and independent voters, say the war in Iraq was not worthwhile,
according to a survey released Monday. (AP)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/11/10/national1801EST0690.DTL
The top U.S. military commander in Iraq signaled on Tuesday his forces would take
tougher action against insurgents, warning he would not hesitate to use any weapon at
his disposal to defeat them. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=SVBBD45P0CA5ACRBAELCFFA?type=politicsNews&storyID=3796442
A bomb exploded as a guerrilla was planting it beside a road in the southern city of
Basra on Tuesday, killing him and at least two other Iraqis and scattering dismembered
body parts across the street. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3793880
Democrat John Kerry on Monday unveiled a television commercial featuring images of a
flight-suited President Bush declaring an end to major combat in Iraq, with an
announcer asking what Democrat can challenge the commander in chief. (AP)
http://www.theunionleader.com/prez_show.html?article=28777
Wesley Clark's status as a former four-star Army general has piqued the interest of
some military veterans in this key primary state, but that doesn't mean the Democratic
presidential hopeful will automatically get their vote. (AP)
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/7232824.htm
Matt Drudge Versus "K Street"...Does the Internet Maverick Have a Claim Against the
Boundary-Testing Show? (FindLaw) http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20031111.html
Dean Threat May Help Bush Up Fundraising Ante...Several advisers said Monday that the
new financial threat posed by former Vermont governor Howard Dean should encourage the
president's donors to vault his campaign well past its ambitious fundraising goal of
$170 million. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23967-2003Nov10.html?referrer=email
Justices to hear Guantanamo appeals...The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider
whether foreigners held at a U.S. Navy base should have access to American courts.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/991535.asp
A group of more than two dozen House of Representatives Democrats on Monday said they
had introduced a resolution urging President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3792885
Bomb targets U.N. in Afghanistan...A car bomb exploded outside a United Nations office
in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday, wounding at least one person, a
U.N. official said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/991976.asp
U.S.: Bomb aimed at toppling Saudis...A top U.S. official said that the deadly bombing
in Riyadh over the weekend was aimed at toppling Saudi Arabia's royal family
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/984977.asp
Peeved Democrat bogs down Senate...Reid takes floor for 8-plus hours to protest GOP
protest plans (AP) http://msnbc.com/news/991963.asp?0cv=CB10
CNN planted a question about computer preferences at last week's debate of the
Democratic presidential candidates at Faneuil Hall in Boston, according to the student
who posed the query and wrote about it yesterday in an online forum of the Brown
(University) Daily Herald. (LA Times)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/11/11/cnn_planted_question_at_debate_student_says/
CNN spokesman Matthew Furman said, "In an attempt to encourage a lighthearted moment
in this debate, a CNN producer working with Ms. Trustman clearly went too far. CNN
regrets the producer's actions." (Kurtz)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A23966-2003Nov10?language=printer
Billionaire Soros takes on Bush...Ousting president 'central focus of my life,' he
says (The Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/991865.asp?0cv=CB10
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: Iraq's bogus peace overture...Why Iraq's last-minute peace offer was a sham.
By Christopher Hitchens.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2091035/
Reese is droppin' it hard in this one: Phooey On Tough Talk
http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20031110/index.php
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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