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Russert's book about his dad is out in paperback so we'll celebrate that in the
front half of the show...We'll do the "Big Russ-Little Russ" thing and also hit
a number of au courant topics with two of the smartest political analysts in
the business...
Later in the show former CIA agent Gary Schroen will give us his take on how
the U.S. is faring in the Global War on Terror (GWOT)...He was the man after
September 11th who was charged with going into Afghanistan to find and kill Bin
Laden...
Also around town, former first lady Nancy Reagan is being honored tonight at,
where else?, The Ronald Reagan building, at a big gala dinner...We're sending
Shuster and a producer to cover the red carpet and will dip in with live
coverage...Cheney is expected to speak and Tony Bennett will provide
entertainment...Andrea Mitchell will "anchor buddy" the coverage...
Please join us...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball
Briefing from Washington, DC
Five blasts leave 61 dead in Iraq...Attacks now average 70 a day, double
earlier months (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7777352/
Chronology- Blitz of Iraq bomb attacks (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8456340
The Pentagon said on Tuesday the main body of insurgents in Iraq has shifted
west from their former bastions in Falluja and Ramadi as U.S. troops pressed an
offensive there along the Syrian border. (Reuters)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10376120.htm
Insurgents in western Iraq fight to finish...'They came here to die,' Marine
sergeant says (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7809867/
Congress OKs $82 billion for wars...Iraq cost to top $200 billion; Army to ask
for more (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7809208/
2 Afghans killed in anti-U.S. protests...U.S., Afghan forces open fire on
rioting students in Jalalabad (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7810656/
'Inactive' grenade found near Bush speech site...Georgian official denies
device thrown during appearance in Tbilisi (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7781473/
Critics of the USA Patriot Act on Tuesday called for the Senate to temper the
anti-terrorism law's provisions that let police conduct secret searches of
people's homes or businesses, but defenders say since no abuses have been
documented the law should be renewed. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050511/D8A0V8U00.html
McCain urges GOP compromise on filibusters...Sen. John McCain has urged the
Senate's GOP majority to cut a deal with Democrats over President Bush's
judicial nominees even as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist warns that a
confrontation over judicial filibusters could come next week. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7810709/
The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist
attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was
only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge now says. (USA
Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-10-ridge-alerts_x.htm
Conservatives rally around DeLay...Heading into tomorrow night's celebration
banquet for Tom DeLay, conservatives say the House majority leader is in better
shape to weather ethics accusations now than he was six weeks ago when they
began to plan a defense strategy. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050510-113801-2891r.htm
A top aide to John Bolton, President Bush's embattled nominee as U.N. envoy,
threatened to diminish the role of the State Department's intelligence bureau
because of a dispute over analyzing China's missile export controls, according
to declassified e-mails. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-05-10T230924Z_01_N10125405_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-BUSH-BOLTON-DC.XML
Big rulings due from Supreme Court...Justices to weigh in on medical pot,
Commandments displays, more (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7805638/
The U.S. Army said on Tuesday it had awarded $72 million in bonuses to
Halliburton Co. for logistics work in Iraq but had not decided whether to give
the Texas company bonuses for disputed dining services to troops. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-05-10T225759Z_01_N10123920_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-IRAQ-HALLIBURTON-DC.XML
The son-in-law of the late President Richard Nixon plans to challenge Hillary
Rodham Clinton for her senate seat next year, a source told The Post yesterday
(NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/46352.htm\
Opinion/Editorial
Tony: An awkward GOP spring...Republicans have regained their fighting spirit
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050510-084731-1042r.htm
Mondo Washington: Two Wars Too Many...Neocons hunt for the right surrogate at
the right time to take on Iran
http://villagevoice.com/news/0519,mondo1,63824,6.html
Conason: And You Thought World War II Was Over?
http://nyobserver.com/pages/conason.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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