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Tonight we'll do an in depth report about troubling tactics the U.S. Army and
National Guard are engaged in to make up for recruiting short falls...We'll
talk to a young man, along with his mom, who says he was pressured into joining
the National Guard...He was also promised a job as a medic and a $6,000 signing
bonus...They also told him that National Guardsmen don't go to combat zones
overseas...Well guess what? He doesn't have the $6K, he's not gonna be a medic
and he's getting shipped overseas this Summer..
We'll also talk to the 17 year old High School journalist in Colorado who went
undercover to report on Army recruiting tactics...He was told to lie and cheat,
BY ARMY RECRUITERS, in orde to pass muster...He even told them he did drugs and
the recruiters showed him how to get around that in order to join...Recently
the New York Times also reported on the Army recruiting young men who were not
quite mentally stable
This sounds very disturbing people...We'll get reax from Major General Michael
Rochelle, Commanding General of the Army Recruiting Command from Columbia, SC
with a set up piece from David Shuster
Later in the show we'll do a Shrum/Fund duo thing on Bush's trip to Europe and
talk of a Filibuster deal on Capitol Hill...We may even throw in a little
Social Security talk while we're at it...Can you take the excitement??
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
The U.S. Army recruiting command is responding to a CBS4 investigation. CBS4
revealed last week how a 17-year-old high school student was told to lie and
cheat about his background in order to enlist in the Army. (CBS 4-Denver)
http://news4colorado.com/siteSearch/local_story_122173726.html
Military: Blues, But Not Green (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7775255/site/newsweek
Wartime Guard recruiting ads stress patriotism...New marketing campaign
includes using Iraq vets to promote mission (The Washington Post)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3171508
Fund backgrounder: The Personal 'Lockbox'...How to break the logjam on Social
Security reform. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/
GOP senator holds out hope of filibuster deal...Hagel says compromise still
possible in dispute (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7763877/
U.S. raid targets foreign fighters...About 75 insurgents killed near Syria
border, military says (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7777352/
U.S. view of Iraq insurgency shifting...Senior U.S. commanders say their view
of the Iraqi insurgency has begun to shift, with higher priority being given to
combating foreign fighters and Iraqi jihadists. (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7784090/
Bush honors WWII dead on Netherlands stop...Marking V-E Day, president reflects
on 'terrible price' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7745789/
Prime Minister Tony Blair should quit, former cabinet ministers from his own
Labour Party said Sunday, blaming him for their sharply reduced parliamentary
majority in Britain's national election.(AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050509/D89VN9IO0.html
Clinton gala spurs courtroom drama...Hollywood party at center of L.A. trial
(NY Times)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-ahillary09may09,0,3971696,print.story?coll=sfla-news-nationworld
Newspaper publisher Chris Simcox, who helped organize last month's Minuteman
vigils and promised more in the future, was denied access to a Department of
Homeland Security press conference in Arizona last week. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050508-115751-9693r.htm
Calling it a "great misunderstanding," the pastor of a small church who led the
charge to remove nine members for their political beliefs tried to welcome them
back Sunday, but some insisted he must leave for the wounds to heal. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7769149/
Blog Nashville Report: Bloggers - those Internet-based writers without rules -
are fighting back against criticism that their work is unreliable, libelous or
just poorly done. (AP)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Bloggers-learn-tools-of-reporting/2005/05/08/1115422837985.html
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid called President Bush "a loser" during a
civics discussion with a group of teenagers at a high school on Friday (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&e=5&u=/ap/20050507/ap_on_go_co/reid_bush
President Bush on Friday nominated Edmund "Kip" Hawley to be the fourth head of
the Transportation Security Administration in as many years. (AP)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/05/06/national/w162110D69.DTL&type=printable
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: Abu Ghraib Isn't Guernica...But here's why the Spanish Civil War
analogy is worth exploring. http://slate.msn.com/id/2118306/
Craig Crawford's 1600: Memo to All: Lighten Up
http://www.cq.com/public/crawford_current.html
Katina's Editor's Cut...Russia's First Social Forum...The side of Moscow Bush
won't see. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7
Pat: Bush, Putin and the Hitler-Stalin pact
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44177
Novak: Short-timer Greenspan plays it safe
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak09.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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