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Tonight we'll look at the growing impact of the Vietnam War's legacy in this year's
presidential election...Between Kerry's Vietnam tour and later anti-war stance and the
brouhaha over the President's Air National Guard service the question of "where were
you during the war, daddy?" as Chris likes to say, has become front and center...
We'll talk to a couple of veterans who support John Kerry: Max Cleland and Del
Sandusky (a guy who actually served with Kerry)...We'll also talk to Hardball favorite
"B-1" Bob Dornan who flew fighter jets in the Air Force and California Air National
Guard...He'll tell us what his experience was like and what we should know about
President Bush's service...We'll also speak to James Moore, the author of a new book,
"Bush's War for Reelection: Iraq, the White House, and the People"
Later in the show we'll convene an A-List panel of historians: Doris Kearns Goodwin,
Doug Brinkley and David Maraniss and get into why history is coming back to haunt this
race...
We'll lead the show with "The Commandeers": Our roundtable of political strategists
from the Dem primary campaigns: Kerry, Dean & Edwards...
We'd prefer you not miss tonight's show...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Fun Clinton News...Fmr. President Bill Clinton, stung by how poor a presidential
contender Wesley Clark turned out to be, worked aggressively behind the scenes late
last week to pressure John Kerry to pick the retired general as his running mate. (NY
Post) http://www.nypost.com/commentary/18024.htm
Clinton busy writing own job description...Three black SUVs roar up to the corner of
125th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, in the heart of Harlem. People walking by stop
and look. The car doors fly open, and men in suits jump out. Something is happening,
but no one is sure what. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-02-15-clinton-cover_x.htm
Wisconsin poll projects blowout win for Kerry...Democratic presidential front-runner
John Kerry looks set for another blowout win, this time in Wisconsin on Tuesday,
leading nearest rival Howard Dean by 24 points, according to a poll released Monday.
(MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4239681/
Sen. John Edwards entered the debate hall Sunday with a track record of selling a
"positive, optimistic vision" for America and using his personal story to empathize
with laid-off workers. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb04/207908.asp
Sunday's relatively civil presidential debate didn't appear to change the minds of
people who saw it in person (Wisconsin State Journal)
http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/local/68143.php
VandeHei analysis: Kerry Intact Despite Nipping by Edwards...Debate Unlikely to Shift
Dynamics of Race http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4274674/
Howard Dean's top advisers are urging him to abandon the Democratic Presidential race
if he loses Wisconsin's primary, officials said yesterday, but the former Vermont
governor asserted, "We are not bowing out." (AP)
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=33286
President Bush's re-election team said Sunday the Bush campaign will soon shift into a
more active phase, as many Republicans express concern about the president's falling
job approval numbers. (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4273185/
War Stories...Past as Prologue: Iraq fills the headlines, but for President Bush and
Sen. John F. Kerry, Vietnam may be the crucible that matters more. How two sons of
privilege confronted the conflict-and the ways those choices have colored their
divergent paths http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4271520/
How Well Did He Serve?...Bush said he reported for duty in Alabama, but even with the
new documents, the evidence is thin. TIME looks at four key questions
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040223-590683,00.html
Officers who flew fighter-jet patrols in the early 1970s with George W. Bush describe
him as a gung-ho warrior and a gifted pilot who was popular in his Texas Air National
Guard unit. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-02-15-bush-record_x.htm
Democratic front-runner John Kerry yesterday urged Democrats to stop charging that
President Bush went "AWOL" during his Texas National Guard service - a claim being
pushed by the party's national chairman, Terry McAuliffe. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/18050.htm
2 U.S. soldiers killed in roadside bombings...Separate attacks in Baghdad and Baqouba,
officials say (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4016883/
A senior U.S. officer said Monday it appeared all the attackers wounded or killed in a
weekend raid in Fallujah were Iraqis, despite initial reports that foreigners
including Lebanese and Iranians were involved. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fallujah_attack_3
Bremer will reject Islam as source for law...U.S. administrator says Iraqis can do
what they want after June 30 (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4276149/
The capture of dozens of guerrilla leaders has left the U.S. military with a murky
picture of a shadowy resistance here, with American and Iraqi officials divided about
whether Iraqis or foreign fighters are responsible for recent attacks. (AP)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/15/international1347EST0475.DTL
Libyan Arms Designs Traced Back to China...Pakistanis Resold Chinese-Provided Plans
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42692-2004Feb14?language=printer
Opinion/Editorial
Pat: Have the neocons killed a presidency?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37139
Barnicle: Get off the Guard duty...W's service record shouldn't be such a big issue
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/164460p-144130c.html
Margolis: WMD: A primer...Let's be clear on what is - and isn't - a weapon of mass
destruction http://www.torontosun.com/Columnists/margolis_feb15.html
Newsweek: Big spending sank Dean...Cowbells. Baseball bats. Chocolate truffles. It was
the little things which added up in Howard Dean's free-spending campaign
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4252087/
Outside View: The boy who cried Wolfowitz
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040210-053302-4379r
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial: Edwards for the Democrats
http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/feb04/207847.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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