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We're rollin' tonight on a heavy foreign policy tip with a little Pat thrown in to do
some old school Nixon era reminiscing...We lead with fmr. chief UN weapons inspector
guy Hans Blix who's shopping a new book and background on the lead up to the Iraq war.
What did he know and when did he know it? And what's the story on his claim that Bush
administration officials tried to "vilify" and "crucify" him...He's also has some
juicy things to say about Dick Cheney and other memoirs of dealing with the big boys
in the Bush administration....You know Chris will definitely be on fire for this one...
Then we'll get reax and perspective from another fmr. weapons inspector dude turned
NBC News analyst turned weapons inspector dude turned NBC News analyst, David Kay...
At the half hour we'll drop some serious gravitas on you with New York Times columnist
Thomas Friedman on the Spanish elections, Iraq and John Kerry's claim that several
foreign leaders privately want Kerry to beat Bush...Yesterday, Colin Powell lashed out
at that assertion...We've got the tape cut and ready roll...Whether Chris will "take
the bite" is anyone's guess...We'll get Friedman's take on it all...
And here's the really cool segment...Pat Buchanan will discuss his time in the Nixon
White House when John Kerry was a nuisance to them as an anti-war activist and Nixon
was deliberating on how do deal with Kerry's rising popularity and agitation...Pat
will give us an exclusive look at a 1971 memo he wrote to then chief of staff H.R.
Haldeman on Kerry...
Pls join us tonight...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
2 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq...A roadside bomb in Saddam Hussein's hometown killed
two American soldiers and wounded four Saturday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4448093/
Spain vows to pull troops from Iraq...Spain on Monday began looking towards a new
government -- one that has promised to pull Spanish troops out of Iraq in July --
after voters ousted the ruling party Sunday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4522638/
President Bush on Monday congratulated Spain's newly elected Socialist prime minister
who ousted the Spanish leadership that had supported Bush in the Iraq war. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=43TG5D051CPSICRBAE0CFEY?type=politicsNews&storyID=4571044
Blix backgrounder: Arms and the Man...A memoir of the U.N.'s search for WMDs in Iraq.
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A49753-2004Mar11?language=printer
Kerry defensive on 'foreign leaders' claim...Powell doubts claim that Bush
administration lost friends (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4531796/
Like some before him, Kerry snared by large boasts...Secretary of State Colin L.
Powell yesterday challenged Sen. John Kerry, the likely Democratic nominee, to
identify the foreign leaders who he says want to see him elected president. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040315-122457-7534r.htm
The United States has no evidence now that al-Qaida was behind the railway bombings in
Spain, Bush administration officials said Sunday. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040314/D81ADQF80.html
President Bush, hoping to move Pennsylvania to his win column in this year's election,
is reaching out to voters in the state by touting record home ownership in America - a
bright spot in the economy. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040315/D81AS4QG0.html
Candidates narrow focus to 18 states...The election-night mapmakers created an
indelible image of political America in 2000: red states for Republicans, blue states
for Democrats, and a handful of states, crowned by disputed Florida, that remained
competitive until the very end. Campaign 2004 begins where 2000 left off. (The
Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4529049/
Balz Analysis: For Bush, new role, different script...Reelection campaign notable for
defensive tone http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4523624/
Raising the Volume...It's only March, but it feels like September on the campaign
trail. A TIME guide to the suddenly fast and loud presidential race
http://www.time.com/time/election2004/article/0,18471,600858,00.html
Bush administration officials continue to hold out hope that weapons of mass
destruction stockpiles will be found in Iraq. But even if they're not, they say, the
war to topple Saddam Hussein was still worthwhile. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040315/D81AQRRG0.html
W's attack dogs bite back...On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the first bombs
in Baghdad, President Bush's inner circle hit back in a coordinated attack at
political opponents who hope to use the war against him. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/173657p-151319c.html
The Rev. Al Sharpton will discuss ending his failing presidential campaign with
representatives of Democratic nominee John Kerry as soon as today, party insiders told
The Post. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20830.htm
U.S. gas prices at record high...Prices for all grades of gasoline rose 1.34 cents in
the last two weeks to a record high nationwide average of $1.77 a gallon, according to
a study released Sunday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4527281/
"Analyzating" Bush's Grey Matter...The President's tendency to mangle words and syntax
may be due to an undiagnosed language and hearing disability, say some experts
(Business Week) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4514404/
Osama bin Laden has escaped capture in Afghanistan several times and may be linked in
some way to the Madrid train attacks that killed 200 people, France's chief of defense
staff said Monday. (Reuters)
http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/391205|top|03-15-2004::07:53|reutershtml
Bill Clinton is pushing the South Beach Diet: What's the skinny on Bill Clinton? When
he was President, back in the last century, Clinton was notorious for his gigantic
appetites - whether for chocolate-chip cookies or other ill-advised indulgences - and
he tended toward the chunky.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/173541p-151251c.html
Opinion/Editorial
Chris Ingram: Democracy for Sudan: Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Sudan on
behalf of the International Republican Institute and the U.S. State Department in
order to help train leaders of the emerging democracy with their party governance and
communications. http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20040312-090117-1206r.htm
Pat: Defining Kerry downward: Will George W. Bush share the fate of his father and be
turned out of office 18 months after having won a military triumph that vaulted him to
90 percent approval? http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37581
Novak: Wounds of 2000 never healed for McCain
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak151.html
Mike Barnicle: I've always admired news photographers. Over three decades, I've been
fortunate enough to work with some great ones, and I've always believed that the power
of pictures in a paper provides a reader with a permanence that TV cannot match
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/mbarnicle/
Fund on the Trail: The Vanishing Center...In both political parties, the defense of
moderation is no virtue. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110004821
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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