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Busy hour for your viewing pleasure tonight on Hardball...We lead with Ted
Kennedy who delivered another sweeping liberal manifesto at the National Press
Club....One of the big components is Medicare for all! Chris is sitting down
with him now and we'll cover the gamut of all the big news items of the day
(lots on Iraq, are you surprised?) ..Another couple of heavyweights tonight
include Wesley Clark on whether he'll throw his hat in the DNC chair ring and
Republican Senator George Allen from the great Commonwealth of Virginia on why
he wants to raise the current $12,000 dollar death benefit to families of
soldiers killed in Iraq to $100,000 dollars...
But here's the big story in DC today...The government has ended the hunt for
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and guess what? They're not there...
Pause and consider that for a moment...
Here's the full "must read" piece...Search for Banned Arms In Iraq Ended Last
Month...Critical September Report to Be Final Word (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6814588/
Shuster has a helluva piece on it and why it's such an important declaration
We finish up with Tony's exclusive Oval Office interview with POTUS
yesterday...More details on that below...
On Friday we talk to Whoopi Goldberg and on Sunday we air our 9 pm ET special
with Tom Brokaw on past presidential inaugurations...
Gotta run folks...Keep it Real...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The
Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
Powell: Troops to begin going home this year...U.S. rejects pessimistic
assessment of election hopes (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6727646/
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismissed as "nonsense" a report that the
Pentagon is intensively debating a so-called "Salvador option," in which US
special forces or Iraqi squads would pursue insurgents into Syria. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&u=/afp/20050111/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqrumsfeldsyria&printer=1
Kennedy rips Bush for 'politics of fear' ...Senator says president hyping
Social Security concerns (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6817625/
Democrats should have talked more directly about fundamental values and ideals
in last year's presidential campaign, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said, outlining a
progressive agenda aimed at moving the party and the nation forward. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050112/D87IIRG80.html
Bush to outline proposals for H.S. students...President Bush on Wednesday will
begin his push to require high school seniors to take the math and reading
tests now required of younger students under the No Child Left Behind law. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6816068/
The Washington Times got a big exclusive POTUS interview this week which is
splashed all over their homepage http://www.washtimes.com/
Tony also weighs in on the CBS controversy: Damage control at Black Rock
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm
Hat tip to Bob Cox! Tsunami Video Alliance Portends Future Distribution for
Amateurs...The nascent Media Bloggers Association linked up bloggers, bandwidth
providers, and the washingtonpost.com to distribute amateur tsunami videos. But
is it viable without proper rights or a payment mechanism for creators?
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050111glaser/
Charles Graner, the alleged ringleader of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu
Ghraib, had no choice but to obey orders, his lawyer says. The defense begins
presenting its case today at Graner's court martial. The prosecution rested its
case yesterday. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050112/D87IJEDG0.html
High court may decide limit of Geneva protections...Justices ponder whether to
put al-Qaida suspect's appeal on a fast track (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6812453/
After talks, Marines expand tsunami work...Military won't carry guns in
Indonesia, will return to ships at night (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6816358/
The Homeland Security Department official in charge of protecting the nation's
physical and computer infrastructure is stepping down at the end of the month
in the latest in a string of departures at the department's struggling
cyber-security division. (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6814590/
Fineman: The 'Media Party' is over...CBS' downfall is just the tip of the
iceberg http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6813945/
Dan Rather assured his CBS News colleagues on Tuesday that he had read the
independent report on his network's ill-fated story about President Bush's
military service, "and I shall keep its lessons well in mind." (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050112/D87I72EG0.html
No Kid Rock at Bush concert...Committee backs off plan to feature rapper after
pro-family Americans express outrage (World Net Daily)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42351
Opinion/Editorial
The Small Matter of Proof...The CBS report is the liveliest investigative
document to come along in a long time.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/medialog/?id=110006147
Doonesbury
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&u=/afp/20050111/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqrumsfeldsyria&printer=1
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