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We're knee deep in "tough guy week" at Hardball folks and we're not letting up
tonight....Chris is out at Clint Eastwood's estate today in Carmel interviewing
him on movies, America, politics and his career...It's a great interview, one
you won't want to miss...Btw, if you have a hard copy of The Washington Post
handy check out A12 for our killer ad on the interview...I may cut it out and
post in the office...Tomorrow we chat with Doug Wead, the guy who secretly
taped then Gov. George W. Bush and released the material to the New York Times
a few weeks ago...Now he's on a mea culpa tour...We'll ask him why...
We'll also talk tomorrow (if I'm not mistaken) to Phill Kline, the Kansas
Attorney General who is demanding records on woman who have had partial birth
abortions...He says he needs to investigate child rape and whether some of the
procedures were illegal...A couple of clinics are protesting the demand saying
it ain't cool...We'll play Hardball with him and it ought to be a great
segment...
Please tune in...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball
Briefing from Washington, DC
What did Drudge used to say? "Tonight they'll deny it, in the morning they'll
confirm it"...President Bush on Tuesday left open the possibility that the
militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah could be part of the political
mainstream in Lebanon despite its terrorist past. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050315/D88RI9481.html
The White House on Monday defended the administration's use of video news
releases that are sent to television stations across the country and frequently
used without any acknowledgment of the government's role in their production.
(AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050315/D88RHJDO0.html
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay strongly denied wrongdoing Tuesday in
connection with two overseas trips financed by outside organizations, and said
he is anxious to discuss the facts with leaders of the House ethics committee.
(AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050315/D88RHI5O0.html
U.S., Pakistan admit bin Laden trail is cold...Pakistan's leader says forces
once were close to al-Qaida chief (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7185592/
At least five killed in Baghdad car bombings...Meantime, Kurds, Shiites agree
to convene parliament Wednesday (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7184406/
Italy is to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq in September 2005, Italian
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said. (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4352259.stm
Questions persist on Social Security plan...All age groups concerned about
private accounts (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7184886/
Fewer Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job than at any
time since shortly after Republicans impeached President Clinton (news - web
sites), a Gallup Poll finds. (USA Today)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&u=/usatoday/20050315/ts_usatoday/congressapprovalratingontheslide&printer=1
Alan Greenspan and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton clashed briefly Tuesday over
rosy surplus forecasts the Federal Reserve Chairman relied on to support
President President Bush's 2001 tax cuts, estimates that turned out to be
considerably off the mark. (AP)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/15/financial/f102324S14.DTL
Fight only beginning over gay marriage in California...Judge rules there is 'no
rational purpose' for limiting unions (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7188483/
U.S. may sell fighter jets to India, Pakistan...Report: Lockheed seen getting
OK to export F-16s (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7188003/
Pro-choice view an obstacle for GOP hopefuls...The pro-choice views of some
popular Republicans -- such as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former
New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani -- likely will undermine their ability
to win the party's presidential nomination in 2008, party strategists say. (The
Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050315-123035-6011r.htm
King set to meet with Adams...A St. Patrick's Day visit with Sinn Fein leader
is still on, as congressman calls for the IRA to disband (Newsday)
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usking154176769mar15,0,7466656.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines
Curry: Is Scalia campaigning for chief justice?...Justice delivers denunciation
of 'living Constitution' theory, with TV cameras broadcasting live
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7179541/
Former Rep. Gary Condit on Monday settled his $11 million defamation lawsuit
against author Dominick Dunne, just as it was entering a crucial and
potentially embarrassing phase. (Modesto Bee)
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/10131496p-10953763c.html
Opinionn/Editorial
Terry: Now that he has made himself an �ber-legislator, Supreme Court Justice
Anthony Kennedy should do as lesser legislators do. He should stand for
reelection.http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=6798
Slate: When the Democrats Get Tough .Will the country vote Democrat in 2008?
http://slate.com/id/2114799/
Reese: A Stupid War to Die In http://www.antiwar.com/reese/?articleid=5161
Hitchens: This Was Not Looting...How did Saddam's best weapons plants get
plundered? http://slate.msn.com/id/2114820/
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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