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As you know we were all over the Jacko verdict last night so we put aside the
Condi interview...He is, after all, the King of Pop....So of course we'll run
Condi and yesterday's Briefing tease for the show still stands...She's already
generated some buzz for her comments on the North Korean dictator Kim
Jong-Il...We'll finish up the show with a special "on the road with Hardball"
package and a cameo by David Shuster..
We'll even bring you a surprise anniversary greeting from someone you won't
want to miss!!!
Tomorrow we do the "inside Gitmo" special...
And did you miss Tucker's new show because you were watching "Six Feet Under"?
Be sure to tune in tonight at 9 pm ET for Cable TV's hottest new show! "The
Situation with Tucker Carlson" Homepage and transcript follow
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8063292/
Pls join us...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing
from Washington, DC
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday she did not know whether
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was sane, a remark that could anger Pyongyang's
unpredictable ruler. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050614/wl_nm/korea_north_rice_dc_2&printer=1
U.S. Secretary of State Rice Praises Positive Changes in Russian Economy
(Moscow News) http://www.mosnews.com/money/2005/06/14/riceeconomy.shtml
Bombings slay at least 24 in northern Iraq...Baghdad hospital receives 24 more
bodies, some beheaded (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8202434/
The White House rejected calls for setting a precise timetable for a US
withdrawal from Iraq, even as a new poll showed almost six in 10 Americans want
at least a partial pullout of US forces. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050613/pl_afp/usiraqwhouse&printer=1
Andrea Mitchell: More British memos on pre-Iraq war concerns...Officials deny
intelligence that facts were fixed to invade Iraq
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8207731/
A few Republicans are raising questions about keeping the U.S. military's
Guantanamo Bay prison open, but the loudest GOP voices are lining up to defend
a facility that one human-rights group (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050614/ap_on_go_co/congress_guantanamo&printer=1
Amnesty in Iraq? Talks have begun...In a divide-and-conquer strategy, U.S. and
Iraqi officials are considering amnesties for their enemies as they look for
ways to end the country's rampant insurgency. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8214702/
Moran's UN notebook: Waiting for John Bolton...A 'tough-talking' nominee is
nothing new http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8143129/
U.S. Opposed Calls at NATO for Probe of Uzbek Killings...Officials Feared
Losing Air Base Access (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/13/AR2005061301550_pf.html
Senators traveled to exotic foreign capitals and fabulous resort towns with
beaches and golf courses in 2004 - all in the name of business of course and
rarely on their own dime, according to the Senate's financial disclosure forms.
(AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050614/ap_on_go_co/senate_disclosures&printer=1
Debt free: Clintons pay off investigation costs...Millions in Whitewater,
impeachment expenses now history (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8216358/
Political fund-raising gets tougher...$2,500 limit means more work for
political parties (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8209807/
Memo may tie Annan to oil-for-food deal...Investigators 'urgently reviewing'
company executive's note (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8216602/
'Freedom' a Taboo Word on Chinese Internet...Chinese Censors Scold Internet
Users Who Input Taboo Words, Like 'Freedom' and 'Human Rights' (AP)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050614/china_microsoft.html?.v=3&printer=1
Porn queen gets date with Dubya...X-rated wanna-be politician Mary Carey vows
she'll be on her best behavior tonight when she attends a GOP fund-raiser that
President Bush is headlining. (NY Daily News)
http://nydailynews.com/news/gossip/v-echo/story/318756p-272572c.html
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind...Plus, Amnesty's amnesia.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2120810/
Nichols: King of Distraction...Media obsession with celebrity trials lets bad
boys in Washington get away with real crimes.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=3404
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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