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Tonight we're back in the Battle for the White House with Carol Moseley-Braun....Live
from Harvard...She's a long shot but that's the beauty of our system: Everyone at
least gets a chance..
Hardball- Battle for the White House: Carol Moseley Braun
http://www.msnbc.com/news/994471.asp
Democrat Carol Moseley Braun has hired former National Organization for Women
president Patricia Ireland to head her presidential campaign amid questions about the
future of the long-shot bid. Braun, the only woman in the nine-way field, lost two key
advisers on Friday (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031117/D7USF5TO0.html
Don't forget to check out Chris' special tonight... Matthews's one-hour show, "JFK:
The Day That Changed America," at 9 tonight on MSNBC, is a sensitive evocation of
those days, of a weekend when we realized how unbelievable reality could be.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50191-2003Nov16.html
Howie does a decent write up of Chris today....Kurtz: Sunday Best...To Chris Matthews,
whose bellowing style tends to trample his guests, the new forum is like moving from a
barroom to a high-toned brunch.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49956-2003Nov16.html
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
CIA: No evidence of WMD transfer...Agency has no proof that Saddam gave weapons to
terrorists (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/994201.asp?0dm=V23EN
Howard Dean extended his double-digit lead over rival John Kerry among likely voters
in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary, according to a poll that showed
Wesley Clark losing ground. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20031117/ap_on_el_pr/new_hampshire_poll
Dean Must Show Strength, Iowa Governor Says...Vilsack Contends Candidate May Be
Vulnerable to GOP Criticism That He Is Not Tough Enough (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49845-2003Nov16.html
Democrat Howard Dean, in a close battle with Dick Gephardt in Iowa, launched a
television commercial Monday that takes his rival to task for backing President Bush
on the war against Iraq. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031117/D7USG13O0.html
Hillary Rodham Clinton had hundreds of her supporters glowing at a book signing in
West Des Moines on Sunday..."I had goose bumps when I walked away," said Jennie
Salvato of Des Moines after Clinton autographed her book. (The Des Moines Register)
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/22779233.html
Retired Army general Wesley K. Clark agreed to take a brief hiatus from his campaign
for the Democratic presidential nomination to go to the Netherlands in mid-December
and testify at the United Nations war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president
Slobodan Milosevic (AP)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/11/17/clark_set_to_testify_at_trial_of_milosevic/
Arnold Schwarzenegger was upbeat and in a joking mood as he met friends and supporters
late on Sunday on the eve of becoming California governor after a remarkable career
change. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=EVKRMILLGGMNWCRBAELCFFA?type=topNews&storyID=3834265
In a departure from recent inaugurations, there will be no big parties and no gala
balls after Arnold Schwarzenegger takes the oath of office as California's 38th
governor on Monday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20031117/ap_on_re_us/schwarzenegger_inauguration
Organized Iraq rebels coordinate strikes...Iraqi resistance fighters in just six
months have gone from loose-knit bands of Saddam Hussein followers to organized cells
that communicate with each other and carefully pick bombing targets to drive a wedge
into the U.S.-led coalition. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031117-121127-4225r.htm
U.S. puts on show of force in Tikrit...Mortar and tank fire lit up the night sky over
Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit Monday in a show of force to intimidate the
resistance, while troops angered residents by mounting their biggest-ever hunt for
weapons and explosives in a middle class Bagh
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Saddam 'is around,' Bremer says...The U.S. administrator in Iraq suggested Monday that
a new audiotape purported to be that of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was
legitimate, but that in any case it was simply a "voice from the wilderness."
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/993053.asp
It's so much more than toothpaste now...When George W. Bush and Tony Blair first met
at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, the folksy right-leaning Texas rancher
and the sophisticated left-leaning London lawyer seemed like the oddest couple ever to
head up the transatlantic special relationship. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3834248
'Enemy combatant' fights anti-terror law...A federal appeals court was to hear
arguments Monday in the case of an American challenging the government's authority to
indefinitely jail him and deny him access to a lawyer under anti-terror laws.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/994528.asp
Howard: 2004: Wishful Thinking?...The latest Hillary-for-president scenario
http://www.msnbc.com/news/994172.asp?0dm=s11Ck
Rush Limbaugh returned to radio Monday after what he called "five intense weeks" of
rehab for an addiction to painkillers, promising listeners "even more honesty to
come." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031117/ap_on_en_ot/rush_limbaugh_returns_4
Milbank: Prez in Topless Tabloid...London Paper Nabs Rare Bush Exclusive
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43228-2003Nov14.html
Opinion/Editorial
Saletan: Howard Dean's Quagmire...Saletan: Howard Dean's Quagmire
If you like postwar Iraq, you'll love the rest of Howard Dean's presidential campaign.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2091141/
Barnicle: Our video-game view of war blurs picture
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/137134p-121935c.html
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