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Tonight we lead with this disturbing Washington Post story of the possible
radiological or "dirty bomb" attack that caused officials to raise the terror alert
level to orange and the developing story of the man U.S. authorities are asking French
officials to track down. The Afghan suspect is thought to be the mystery passenger
behind a number of those Air France flight cancellations last week...Basically it'll
be a "tracking the terrorists" type of segment...
We'll talk to former SecDef under Kennedy & Johnson Robert McNamara on all of the
above plus the new documentary of his life as well as his thoughts on today's foreign
policy scene.
And the big story from the White House today is the granting of some type of limited
amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in America...Pat Buchanan is fired up as Hell as
you can imagine...He'll join us in the D block to tell us why this is a bad
idea...Apparently he was droppin' it hard on the "Today" show this morning with Rep.
Loretta Sanchez..
In the Buzz we'll talk to Frank Luntz and a couple of others to get into the new USA
Today Gallup polls...
Happy New Year to all...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball from
Washington, DC
Bush plan helps illegal workers...President Bush's immigration proposal would enable
millions of undocumented workers in the United States to seek residency -- but only a
limited number would get it. (AP)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/7648950.htm
Bush was to promote a major overhaul of American immigration policy - and break a
virtual silence on the issue since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks - before
immigration-rights advocates on Wednesday at the White House. (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3887721/
Iraq's arsenal of ambitions...'91 war crippled Baghdad's ability to build
nonconventional weapons (The Washington Post) http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3893204/
Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, pounded by rivals in recent weeks for
his positions and his temperament, has lost ground in the USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll,
and retired general Wesley Clark has emerged as his chief rival.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-01-06-bush-poll-usat_x.htm
'Dirty bomb' was major New Year's worry...Scores of nuclear scientists scoured five
U.S. cities (The Washington Post) http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3896656/
France said Wednesday the United States had asked it to track down an Afghan suspect
behind an aviation scare that has forced a spate of cancellations and delays to
U.S.-bound flights. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4086514
The Fog of War's Robert S. McNamara, 87 and still more lucid than most people you'll
ever meet, served under Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay during the firebombing of Japanese
cities in 1945. Later, as 7-year secretary of defense under presidents Kennedy and
Johnson, he was a player during the Cuban Missile Crisis and a significant architect
of the Vietnam War. (USA Today)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20031219/en_usatoday/asympatheticmcnamaraemergesfromthefogofwar
No Word From Bush On Forms in Leak Probe...FBI Tactic Encourages Reporters to Talk
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57169-2004Jan5.html
Dean Fundraising Sets Party Record...Goal of Matching Bush Is Still Far Off (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60457-2004Jan6.html
Wesley Clark found himself in a new position in a New Hampshire poll: second
place...Clark and John Kerry tied for second place among likely New Hampshire primary
voters in the latest American Research Group poll. Both Clark and Kerry have the
support of 14 percent of likely voters. (PoliticsNH)
http://www.politicsnh.com/archives/pindell/2004/january/1_6Clark.shtml
After months of touting his plan to repeal all of President Bush's tax cut, former
Vermont governor Howard Dean is moving toward embracing a tax relief package for
middle-income Americans, which would amount to a major revamping of a centerpiece of
his Democratic presidential campaign. (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/07/dean_may_support_middle_class_tax_cut/
Democrat Howard Dean said Tuesday that the public will get to see his politically shy
wife as the presidential campaign progresses, but he will not force her to become a
"prop on the campaign trail." (AP)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/01/06/politics2203EST0851.DTL
Americans are as deeply divided over party, ideology and values as they are over the
legitimacy of the presidency of George W. Bush, a new poll shows. (The Washington
Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040106-103400-7397r.htm
Democratic insiders have given self-styled outsider Howard Dean his first lead in the
chase for delegates needed to capture the party's presidential nomination, according
to an Associated Press survey. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040107/D7VU0MQO1.html
These days, when the political universe seems headquartered in Des Moines, retired
Army General Wesley K. Clark, campaigning far away in New Hampshire, is getting a lot
of questions about Iowa. Most along the lines of, "Aren't you sorry you're missing the
action?" (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/07/clarks_decision_is_debated/
Kerry Attacks Dean, Gephardt On Tax Issue...Senator Says Plans Would Hurt Working
Families (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59287-2004Jan6.html
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for joking that Mahatma Gandhi used to run a
gas station in St. Louis, saying it was "a lame attempt at humor." (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040107/D7VTLFN81.html
N. Korea would drop weapons plan...North Korea offered Tuesday to refrain from
producing nuclear weapons, calling it a "bold concession" to rekindle talks over its
arms programs. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3857902/
Afghan bomb kills at least 10...A powerful bomb exploded on a street in the southern
Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least 10 people, mostly children, and injuring
at least 23 others. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3885573/
Marines to Offer New Tactics in Iraq...Reduced Use of Force Planned After Takeover
From Army (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3893205/
The State Department will cast a spotlight next week on the 1967 Israeli attack on the
U.S. spy ship Liberty where 34 American servicemen were killed. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040107/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/spy_ship_israel_2
Harris close to a decision on running for U.S. Senate...The congresswoman seen as the
Republican heroine of the 2000 election says she has almost made up her mind on
whether to run for the U.S. Senate. (The Miami Herald)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/7648876.htm
Rummy declined honor as 'Person of the Year'...The Time cover that didn't appear (The
Hill) http://www.thehill.com/open_secrets/010704.aspx
Lloyd Grove: For the past two years, U2 front man Bono has been meeting on and off
with National Football League officials, hoping to get them to allow a mention of the
global AIDS crisis during the Super Bowl halftime show.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/152528p-134305c.html
George Harrison was forced to autograph a guitar on his deathbed for his Staten Island
cancer doctor - and even had to endure an impromptu concert by the physician's
12-year-old son, a new bombshell lawsuit charges. (NY Daily News)
http://nydailynews.com/front/story/152629p-134378c.html
Opinion/Editorial
If you've been following the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, you
would almost think the primaries are over. The people have spoken -- to pollsters at
least. A nominee, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, has been anointed. The rest is
mere formality.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3885305/
The Washington Post: Assessing Mr. Kerry
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60598-2004Jan6.html
Broder on Dean: Dominator or Detonator?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60594-2004Jan6.html
Tony: Global Elections http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm
Joe Lieberman: Why Conservatives Should Be Thankful for Dean...Yesterday's First Look
was on the continued liberal, anti-Bush, bad-policy rhetoric repeated in the Iowa
debates on Sunday by seven of the nine Democrats vying for President. (Human Events)
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=2763
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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