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Folks we've got a helluva show lined up for you tonight...We lead with Norman
Schwarzkopf on Iraq, the first year anniversary of Saddam's capture and where
he thinks we're headed over there...Richard Holbrooke is back from the Ukraine
where that country still reels from allegations of voter fraud and poisoning of
the challenger candidate...Richard will sort it all out for us....
We lighten it up a bit and talk to "The Donald"...Trump, not Rummy, on his hit
NBC Universal series "The Apprentice" and why he's more popular than Gordon
Gekko...Is greed really good?? Chris asks The Donald...
And we finish up with an all star panel of folks who've been slicin and dicin'
Bernie Kerik's past and join us to report their findings: Isikoff, John Mintz
from The Washington Post and Russ Buettner, whose been breaking stories left
and right on Kerik...Some appear below...
An hour so action packed you'd be a fool to miss it!
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing...
Suicide bomber kills 13 near Green Zone...Also, U.S. says 7 Marines killed in
Anbar province on Sunday (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6692775/
U.S. Sen. John McCain said Monday that he has "no confidence" in Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld, citing Rumsfeld's handling of the war in Iraq and the
failure to send more troops. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041213/D86UVP600.html
White House knew Kerik had 'colorful past'...Official says conduct was seen as
'not disqualifying' (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6705694/
When he headed the city's jails, Bernard Kerik became deeply entangled with a
New Jersey construction company long under fire for its alleged mob ties, a
Daily News investigation found.
http://www.nydailynews.com/12-12-2004/news/story/261249p-223745c.html
Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik conducted two extramarital affairs
simultaneously, using a secret Battery Park City apartment for the passionate
liaisons, the Daily News has learned.
http://nydailynews.com/front/v-echo/story/261625p-224000c.html
Rudy Giuliani went to the White House last night and ate crow for dinner.
Invited to a Christmas-season celebration, Giuliani apologized again to
President Bush for the messy fallout from Bernard Kerik's nomination. (NY Daily
News) http://nydailynews.com/front/v-echo/story/261647p-224006c.html
White House pins blame on Kerik...Bush nominee had denied 'nanny problem,'
officials say (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6700225/
Ukraine to probe alleged assassination attempt...Doctors in Vienna affirm that
candidate suffered dioxin poisoning (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6697752/
Bush picks EPA chief as new HHS secretary...If confirmed, Leavitt would succeed
Thompson at sprawling agency (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6706299/
Military scrambles to meet repair demands...Pentagon grapples with longer,
costlier war than expected (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6704091/
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that Osama bin Laden is
``definitely'' in the region and eventually will be caught, even though
American and Pakistani generals admit the trail is cold. (AP)
http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?&idq=/ff/story/0001/20041212/2109445243.htm&photoid=20041029ISL701
Gen. Augusto Pinochet was indicted Monday for the kidnapping of nine dissidents
and the killing of one of them during his 1973-90 regime, and the former
dictator was placed under house arrest. (AP)
http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHILE_PINOCHET?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Billionaire Marc Rich has emerged as a central figure in the U.N. oil-for-food
scandal and is under investigation for brokering deals in which scores of
international politicians and businessmen cashed in on sweetheart oil deals
with Saddam Hussein, The Post has learned.
http://nypost.com/news/worldnews/36359.htm
Editorial/Opinion
Fund: How Daschle Got Blogged...And how online journalism is transforming
politics. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110006018
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