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Tonight all eyes are on the Senate as debate continues on the Bolton
nomination....The vote is scheduled for 6pm-ish ET and we'll be live 7 pm ET
with the results...
We'll talk to a couple of Senators involved in the battle...
Senate set to vote on U.N. nominee...Republicans say Bolton withstood
exhaustive probes (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7985453/
Pat and Bob Shrum will slice and dice the Bolton battle as well as the
Bush/Abbas meeting...I may throw some stem cell in there as well....
We'll finish up with the controversy at the Air Force Academy, where a chaplain
is suggesting that religious proselytizing is becoming problematic and that
she's been reassigned for speaking out against it...We'll talk to the Chaplain
Proselytizing by evangelical Christian leaders is a systemic problem at the Air
Force Academy, a chaplain who helped create the school's religious tolerance
program said Thursday (Denver Post) http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2731625
I hope you'll join us tonight...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Post Analysis: GOP tilts power to president...Changes since 2001 profound,
lasting http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7985042/
Bush Rejects Stem Cell Compromise...President Vows to Veto Bill as Some in GOP
Seek to Avoid Showdown (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/25/AR2005052501979_pf.html
Al-Zarqawi hurt, Iraqi officials say...New Web statements over terror
leadership further confuse situation (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7964877/
Palestinians could get more direct U.S. aid...Bush to press Abbas on cracking
down on militant groups (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7985453/
Inmates Alleged Koran Abuse...FBI Papers Cite Complaints as Early as 2002 (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/25/AR2005052501395_pf.html
A broadcast regulator proposed an investigation Wednesday into sneaky
salesmanship by people who promote products on television without disclosing
that they are paid to do it. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050526/ap_on_go_ot/fcc_disclosure&printer=1
Liberia's exiled former president, Charles Taylor, received money recently from
an al-Qaida operative and is trying to destabilize west Africa, prosecutors for
Sierra Leone's U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal said Tuesday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=515&e=11&u=/ap/20050524/ap_on_re_af/un_al_qaida_liberia
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped up his attack on the Democrat-controlled
Legislature on Wednesday, chiding lawmakers for accepting a pay raise despite
the state's fiscal problems. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050525/ap_on_el_st_lo/schwarzenegger_pay_raises
Opinion/Editorial
Pat: Bringing the Arab Street to power
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44437
Peggy: Mr. Narcissus Goes to Washington...It's springtime, love is in the air,
and 14 senators are gazing at the mirror.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006736
Wall Street Journal: Stem-Cell Lines...There's no Bush "ban," and research
money is flowing.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006738
Hitchens: Stop the Masochistic Insanity...The violent response to the report of
"Quranic abuse" isn't about faith, it's about intolerance.
http://www.slate.com/id/2119392/
Saletan: For the Benefit of Others...Bush's hypocrisy on stem cells and the
death penalty http://www.slate.com/id/2119512/
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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