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A full plate awaits you tonight on Hardball as we tackle more tsunami relief
coverage, the upcoming fight over Alberto Gonzales' confirmation hearings this
week (he's up for Attorney General in case you forgot), plus the brouhaha on
the Hill over Tom DeLay and reforming the House ethics rules....
We lead with retired General Wesley Clark and uber-hawk Frank Gaffney
(President of the Center for Security Policy)...We'll do the politics of the
tsunami disaster as well as the upcoming Gonzales hearings...Alberto's already
under fire for his infamous torture memos written long before the Abu Ghraib
story broke...Plus, escalating violence in Iraq claimed the life of the
Governor of Baghdad today...
Regarding the politics of the tsunami relief, Chris was really into Ignatius
today: More Water Bottles, Fewer Bullets
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45938-2005Jan3.html
Expect this theme of "butter, not guns" to infuse his thinking throughout the
discussion...
Katrina and Tony are here to tackle the above topics plus this issue in the
House concerning Tom DeLay, the Ethics Committee and the "Rostenkowski Rule"
(indicted leaders must relinquish their leadership posts)...More below...You'll
recall last time we paired the two Katrina accused Tony of "Red baiting"
Later we finish up with Ralph Neas (People For The American Way, a liberal
think tank) and C. Boyden Gray (Fmr. 41 Counsel) on the Gonzales
hearings...Should be a blast...
Have I repeated the topics enough for tonight? Great, see ya at 7 pm ET
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
NBC Universal networks to air tsunami benefit...Donations will be taken during
celebrity-driven Jan. 15 show http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6784984/
Powell gets close-up look at devastation...President's brother also tours
hard-hit Thai coast (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6769602/
Republicans reverse course on ethics rules...Action comes ahead of swearing-in
of new Congress (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6782969/
Social Security formula weighed...Bush plan would cut promised benefits (The
Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6782924/
Memo flap builds as Gonzales hearings near...Attorney general nominee's
thoughts on suspects kept secret (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6782999/
Priest Backgrounder: Long-Term Plan Sought For Terror Suspects
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A41475-2005Jan1?language=printer
Al-Zarqawi claims slaying of Baghdad governor...In other attacks, 10 Iraqis
dead after car bombing, 5 GIs killed http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6727646/
Iraqi officials worry about election plan...Defense chief suggests compromise;
president wants U.N.'s view (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6784606/
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush spent Monday in Thailand as part of a U.S. entourage
touring areas devastated by the tsunamis -- a role freighted with political and
personal overtones for the president's younger brother. (Orlando Sentinel)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-asecjeb04010405jan04,0,5894878.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
Leiby: Al Gore's INdTV: The People's Programmer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45826-2005Jan3.html
A little county with a reputation for big lawsuits, some call it a "judicial
hellhole", is getting a visit from a man who wants to make it much tougher to
sue somebody. His name is President Bush. (AP)
http://www.comcast.net/News/POLITICS//XML/1151_President__White_House__Advisers/2f8fa828-b784-4505-8517-e0acbe65f7db.html
Opinion/Editorial
Miniter: We Are the World...By sending help to tsunami victims, America takes
advantage of a public diplomacy opportunity.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110006107
Katrina: Ken Lay Would Love SS Privatization...How Enron could help save Social
Security. http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=2097
Ilana Mercer: The Neoconnerie's Plan For Iran
http://www.antiwar.com/mercer/?articleid=4230
Tony: Americans Pass Gut Check
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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