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Hardball airs tonight at 7p, 11p & 4a ET and 4p, 8p & 1a PT
You've yearned, hungered and longed for this night...It's finally here and you've got
a front row seat...Chris goes one on one with Richard Clarke for the full hour...I
know he's been on other shows but there's nothing like a Chris Matthews
interview...Chris asks the questions about 9/11, the War on Terror, Iraq and the
people and motives behind it all...The kind of stuff you won't hear anywhere
else...Break out the TV dinner tray, pop the popcorn, make your favorite dinner and
chill freestyle...
And please...Don't be alarmed by the different atmosphere...Chris is doing the
interview from the softer looking Norville set at 30 Rock not from Washington...
Here's a little aperitif to whet your appetite http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4639380/
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Keep it Real
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
9 Americans, including 4 civilians, killed in Iraq...Contractors' bodies mutilated,
dragged through Fallujah's streets (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4551230/
The White House on Wednesday blamed terrorists and remnants of Saddam Hussein's former
regime for the attack. White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters, "There
are some that are doing everything they can to try to prevent" a June 30 transfer of
sovereignty to an Iraqi government...The four contractors were U.S. citizens, State
Department spokesman J. Adam Ereli told reporters in Washington. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37891-2004Mar31.html
NBC News: Those killed today included both former Seals and former Delta Force members
who worked for Black Water USA http://blackwaterusa.com
2nd deadliest month for U.S. since war's end...Toll hits 48 for March after death of 5
soldiers in Fallujah (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4638538/
President Bush's former counterterrorism adviser objected Wednesday to the use of his
name and critical comments about Bush in a new broadcast advertisement from a
political group supporting Democratic candidate John Kerry. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4639661/
Rice expected to testify next week...9/11 panel will also hear separately from Bush,
Cheney (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4637234/
When she testifies publicly before the Sept. 11 commission, Condoleezza Rice will be
making an election-year defense of the Bush's administration's anti-terrorism policy
prior to the 2001 attacks. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040331/D81LHRG80.html
An emotional former President George H.W. Bush on Tuesday defended his son's Iraq war
and lashed out at White House critics...It is "deeply offensive and contemptible" to
hear "elites and intellectuals on the campaign trail" dismiss progress in Iraq since
last year's overthrow of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the elder Bush said in a speech
to the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association annual convention. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4704789
Sexual assaults by U.S. military men against their female comrades-in-arms amount to a
different kind of "friendly fire" in the Iraqi-Afghan theater, victims' advocates told
members of Congress on Wednesday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4716283
White House won't criticize OPEC move...Bush, Kerry squabbling over rising gas prices
(Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4638631/
OPEC's decision to cut crude oil production shows that President Bush has not kept his
promise four years ago to pressure the cartel to keep supplies plentiful, Democratic
presidential hopeful John Kerry said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4713789§ion=news
Kerry undergoing shoulder surgery...Democrat plans to be back on campaign trail soon
(AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4615078/
President Bush's campaign and the GOP on Wednesday accused the campaign of Democrat
John Kerry of illegally coordinating political ads and get-out-the-vote activities
with anti-Bush groups and donors including billionaire George Soros. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040331/D81LGUEO0.html
Is it a radio business, or is it politics? The two seem inextricably entwined for the
leaders of Air America Radio, the liberal talk radio network that launched on five
stations around the country Wednesday (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040331/D81LI7OG0.html
Live, From the Left, It's ...Liberals are looking to a 'Saturday Night Live' alum for
salvation. Backstage with Al Franken, air warrior. (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4571119/
The Reliable Source: The Mariane Pearl-Eason Jordan Link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37389-2004Mar30.html
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