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More on the Negroponte tonight as we talk to 9/11 widow Kristen Breitweiser and
Debra Burlingame (whose brother was piloting the plane which crashed into the
Pentagon) on whether he and his new position will help prevent another
9/11...You'll recall the creation of this position came from recommendations
arising from the 9/11 Commission's report...
No doubt you saw Drudge's story on Geffen unloading on Hillary
http://drudgereport.com/flash3dg.htm We'll get actor Ron Silver's take (He's
both a Hillary fan and a Bush fan) and bring in Hillary Rosen to discuss this
and other fun topics like Howard Dean and Chris Rock...
In the D Block we'll debate the ideological battles raging on America's
university campuses with Center for American Progress' (Podesta's group) Ben
Hubbard, who just launched "Campus Progress" this week, a project meant to
combat conservatism on campus...Who knew the Left was under assault on campus??
Representing the Right will be the Leadership Institute's Daniel Flynn, author
of "Why The Left Hates America" and head of LI's "Campus Leadership" program...
It's Campus Progress versus Campus Leadership and it should be a hot one folks!
Flynn Backgrounder: http://www.flynnfiles.com/bio.php
Ben Backgrounder http://www.campusprogress.org
We finish up with Byron York and Marie Cocco on Negroponte's nomination, Social
Security reform and maybe a fun Friday topic or two...
Pls join us...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
This slays me:
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is expected to visit
Afghanistan with the top U.S. aid official to spotlight America's aid work
there, officials said Thursday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7670622
Agency for International Development Administrator Andrew S. Natsios may be
heading to Dubai and Afghanistan next week, taking along a small press
contingent: Rush Limbaugh and, briefly, CNN anchor Daryn Kagan -- they are a
famous item these days -- along with Mary Matalin, who is going as an ex
officio White House adviser.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A33668-2005Feb17?language=printer
At least 27 killed in multiple Baghdad blasts...Shiite worshippers targeted
while marking key religious ceremony (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6913272/
Putin backs Iran in nuclear row...Russian doesn't see weapons program, vows to
help with reactor (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6992154/
Intel czar's relationship with Bush will be key...Negroponte needs president's
support as he negotiates bureaucracy http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6991581/
John Negroponte, President Bush's choice to serve as the government's first
national intelligence director, is likely to win Senate confirmation for a job
the veteran U.S. diplomat expects to be uncommonly hard. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050218/ap_on_go_pr_wh/intelligence_chief&printer=1
Allawi: Iraq must unify or face 'disaster'...Interim prime minister warns of
Iranian influence http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6989956/
Treasury's Role in Illicit Iraq Oil Sales Cited...Senator Releases E-Mail From
Parties Involved in Shipments Banned by U.N. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A30725-2005Feb16?language=printer
Japan to join U.S. policy on Taiwan...Growth of China seen behind shift (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6989966/
Curry: Can Graham pull off Social Security coup?...Unorthodox South Carolina
Republican wants private accounts, paid for with higher taxes on upper-income
people http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6989229/
Howard Dean, the newly minted leader of the Democratic Party, and former
Pentagon adviser Richard Perle made clear their opposing views on the war in
Iraq during a debate marred by a protester who tossed a shoe at Perle. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050218/D88AU37G0.html
Pope had 'strange feeling' he'd survive shooting...Pontiff describes for first
time moments after '81 attack (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6991631/
Hotel to open on site of Hitler's Alpine retreat...Some angry over luxury
complex on Obersalzberg mountaintop (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6991061/
NY GOP Party Chair: "The Democrats simply have refused to learn the lessons of
the past two election cycles, and now they can be accurately called the party
of Barbara Boxer, Lynne Stewart, and Howard Dean...Howard Dean is the
personification of today's national Democratic Party - elite, radical,
out-of-control and, sadly, out of touch with ordinary Americans." (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/40566.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Press: Long Live Mr. Smith - And The Filibuster!
http://billpress.com/columns.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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