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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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Hardball airs tonight at 7p, 11p & 4a ET & 4p, 8p & 1a PT
Housekeeping up front: Join us tomorrow morning at 9 am ET as Chris and Lester bring
you live coverage of the 9/11 hearings and Condoleeza Rice's testimony...Immediately
following the testimony (around Noon ET) we'll do a special live Hardball...Don't
worry, we'll still be on at 7 pm ET as well with a fresh edition...
As far tonight's show goes, we'll bring you the latest from the war in Iraq and get
some reaction from The Washington Post's Robin Wright who'll get into the ethnic and
religious coalition that is uniting against our forces over there...
Muslim rivals unite in Baghdad uprising...Shiites, Sunnis join forces against U.S.
troops (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4679155/
You'll recall from yesterday's Briefing we promised a segment on the private
contractor fighters in Iraq...We changed up the show due to the breaking news from
Iraq as you noticed...Tonight we'll delve back into that subject with Dick Couch, a
former Navy Seal....
Btw, here's that Blackwater company that the U.S. has hired to help with
security...Their employees were the ones who were killed last week in that horrible
incident
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/
Here's a pic and a story of the Blackwater guys in action
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4672324/
Later in the show, we'll talk to Bush adviser Karen Hughes about her new "10 Minutes
From Normal" book and how Iraq and the 9/11 hearings will be handled politically by
the Bushies....Plus, GOP uber-consultant Mike Murphy (Schwarzennegger's guy, McCain's
guy and now Dennis Miller's guy) will be here for more of the same...
And then finally we'll roll some Hardball tape of our Richard Clarke interview to whet
your appetite for tomorrow's hearings....Did I mention we're live with Lester from
9-1p ET tomorrow?
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Rice to Cite Pre-9/11 Mentality, Officials Say...Testimony to Defend Bush, Rebut
Clarke's Criticism of Administration's Anti-Terror Efforts (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56093-2004Apr6.html
Orin: Inside Condi's Private World: http://nypost.com/news/nationalnews/18308.htm
MSNBC is dying to know...What would you ask Condoleezza Rice?...What if you were on
the 9/11 commission? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4668895/
Iraq battles rage...fiercest fighting since war's end...U.S.troops, allies clash with
insurgents in 5 cities (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4667742/
U.S. Marines in a fierce battle for this Sunni Muslim stronghold fired rockets that
hit a mosque filled with people Wednesday, and witnesses said as many as 40 people
were killed. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040407/D81Q0FBO0.html
President Bush was briefed Wednesday on the spiraling violence and U.S. casualties in
Iraq where American forces are facing the heaviest fighting since the fall of Baghdad
a year ago. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040407/D81Q2NBG0.html
Fresh Iraq unrest may test U.S. coalition...Allies may not have stomach for rising
violence (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4684713/
A top aide to the militant Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday that his
supporters had captured a number of soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition during
clashes currently taking place across a large swathe of Iraq. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4774974
As U.S. forces battle on a new front in Iraq, Baghdad's Arab neighbors watch the
escalating violence with alarm and a message that affords them only the grimmest
satisfaction: "We told you so." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4775911
Blair to visit Bush for Iraq talks next week...Britain's leader said recent fighting
will 'redouble' efforts (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4684961/
'Ten Minutes From Normal'...Karen Hughes' new book takes readers on her journey from
Texas to Washington and back and reveals how she balanced working in the White House
with her family life http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4676347/
A day after Senator Edward M. Kennedy labeled Iraq "George Bush's Vietnam," John F.
Kerry yesterday accused the administration of failing to conduct the necessary
diplomacy to bring international peacekeepers to the nation and of having political
motives in setting a June 30th deadline for transferring control to the Iraqi people.
(The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/04/07/kerry_questions_bushs_motives_on_sticking_to_iraq_deadline/
Kerry criticizes June 30 Iraq deadline...But Bush campaign says Democrat 'playing
politics' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4678940/
The American dream to bridge ancient Iraqi sectarian rivalries turned nightmarish
Tuesday as Shiite and Sunni religious and tribal figures put aside their differences
and publicly aligned against the occupation, vowing to rid Iraq of the American-led
invaders. (UPI) http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040406-035654-8564r
A reality check on campaign ads: Sen. John Kerry...First of a two-part series looking
at candidate claims in TV spots http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4671352/
Hardball flashback Hardball: Political ads 101...The 'Hardball' team investigated the
art of political advertising -- by making its own. Next time, we might leave it to the
experts http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4548790/
Kurtz: An "Armageddon" program designed to ensure that the federal government would
continue to function in the aftermath of a nuclear war was put into place during the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55877-2004Apr6.html
Panel to reconsider Clarke statements...The September 11 commission will look at the
discrepancy between the testimony of Richard A. Clarke that the Clinton administration
considered the threat of al Qaeda "urgent" and its final national-security report to
Congress, which gave the terror organization scant mention. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040407-124241-3624r.htm
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader called Tuesday for President Bush to be
impeached for "deceiving the American people night after night after night" about U.S.
involvement in Iraq. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040407/D81Q0RS00.html
The Treasury Department's inspector general is looking into the agency's decision to
analyze presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's tax proposals. "We're
going to do a preliminary inquiry into what was produced," Richard Delmar, counsel in
the Office of Inspector General, said Tuesday. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040407/D81PVN404.html
Sexual activity does not cause prostate cancer, and men who ejaculate frequently may
even be protecting themselves against the disease, U.S. researchers reported on
Tuesday. (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4676076/
Opinion/Editorial
Rousseaux: Edgy About Innovation http://www.techcentralstation.com/040604F.html
Landfield: Air America: Do We Need Liberal Talk Radio?
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/4_7_04.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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