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Tonight on Hardball we'll talk to veteran CIA/Pentagon public relations
spokesman man Bill Harlow about the intelligence community, the stunning lack
of intelligence analysts and how the analysts we have now got Iraq's WMD
program so wrong...We'll get into all things Iraq and bin Laden as well...
Is there a presidential second term curse? Johnson had Vietnam, Nixon had
Watergate, Reagan had Iran/Contra and Clinton had Monica...And it's not just
scandals, it's diminution of political capital as well....What's in store for
President Bush? We'll ask former Clinton chief of staff (CoS), California
Congressman & House Budget Committee chairman Leon Panetta...
Later we delve deeper into the subject and other pressing political matters
with ace political reporters John Harwood (Wall Street Journal), Meacham
(Newsweek) & historian Douglass Brinkley
Tomorrow the Briefing takes a break but the show doesn't....We'll re-air Chris'
gripping trip to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Fisher House, "A
Soldiers Journey Home"..
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How you can help victims of the earthquake and tsunami
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.asp?id=/d/ip/tsunami_aid_04/data.js&navid=6758618
Have a great New Year's Eve celebration...Don't drink and drive, we've got
another Briefing coming on Monday
Analysts Are in Great Demand...Intelligence Agencies Scramble for Talent (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35070-2004Dec29?language=printer
Tsunami death toll soars to 114,000...Indonesia sharply hikes official count;
aid efforts encounter chaos http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754820/
Rush of donations from USA is immediate and immense (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-12-29-tsunami-aid-cover_x.htm
Americans donate on the Web...Internet speeds contributions for tsunami victims
(The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6767322/
Thai villagers say wealthy tourists got higher priority (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-12-29-thai-villagers_x.htm
More tsunami news from MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/
U.S. forces kill 25 insurgents in Mosul....American soldier dies in hospital
after fierce clash (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6727646/
Sen. Joe Lieberman, traveling in the Middle East Wednesday, said there is
strong support in Iraq for the Jan. 30 election, and postponing it would only
be a victory for the insurgents. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&u=/ap/20041230/ap_on_go_co/lieberman_middle_east&printer=1
When a new Congress convenes next week, lawmakers will call on the Bush
administration to do all it can to help victims of the tsunamis in Asia and
Africa. Questions of how much aid will be needed - and how to pay for it - will
come later. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041230/D87A1A780.html
Long before they start their new jobs, President Bush's Cabinet picks are
getting close attention from lobbyists who follow the smallest moves from start
to finish - even urging senators to ask specific questions at confirmation
hearings. (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-12-30-lobbyists-cabinet_x.htm
On Nov. 2, GOP Got More Bang For Its Billion, Analysis Shows (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35062-2004Dec29?language=printer
DNA key to Saddam verdict...Saddam Hussein already has been convicted in the
court of international public opinion for crimes against the Iraqi people, but
more will be needed to get a guilty verdict from an Iraqi court - and DNA
evidence may be the key. (AP)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041229-113042-5378r.htm
http://www.saddamhusseinkilledlacipeterson.com/
Mystery laser beam directed at cockpit...Authorities probe whether incident
over Cleveland was a prank (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6769203/
McCartney, Yoko feud over 'Yesterday' (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/zwecker/cst-ftr-zp30.html
Opinion/Editorial
Peggy: Disturbances in the Earth...The biggest story of 2004 is also the oldest
story in the world.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006086
Novak: Tug-of-war over Social Security
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak30.html
Galloway: Neo-cons can't escape responsibility for their Iraq miscalculations
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10521410.htm
Lambro: Distortions and contortions...This was the year those highly paid
bogeymen in the national news media told us many bad things threatened the U.S.
economy, our democracy and our quality of life.
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20041229-084812-6986r.htm
Hitchens: Susan Sontag...Remembering an intellectual hero.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2111506
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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