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NBC News White House Correspondent David Gregory mans the helm tonight at
Hardball as Chris takes the week off for a well earned break, or whatever he's
doing...
As promised and promoted, "A Hardball Special Report: The Downing Street Memo"
airs tonight in the back half with the British reporter guy, Michael Smith, who
broke the story for the Sunday Times of London...Recently more memos have
surfaced...Fmr. head of the CIA (DCI) James Woolsey and Iraq Weapons Inspector
David Kay (the guy who told us Iraq had no WMD) will join us for a couple of
segments to slice and dice the memos as well...What do they say and what do the
mean for how and why we went to war?
Memos Show British Concern Over Iraq Plans (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050618/ap_on_re_eu/downing_street_memos&printer=1;_ylt=AtGwHW55xrmVfSxCEnj6UW5bbBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE
Original Times Story
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1592904,00.html
Here we go again...The Senate is expected to vote tonight on Bush's U-N
ambassadorial nominee John Bolton...You'll recall a few weeks Frist/Bush/Bolton
lost the vote, i.e. did not invoke cloture to close off debate (to use
Washingtoneese)...We'll talk to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), always a
firecracker, & Senator George Allen (R-VA) immediately after the vote to get
instant reax and their sense of the politics behind it...
We'll also chat with a couple of Hill reporters on the Bolton beat...Mike Allen
of The Washington Post and Terence Samuel of U.S. News and World Report...
Please join us...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball
Briefing from Washington, DC
Bush in new push for vote on Bolton...President Bush called on Senate Democrats
Monday to allow a vote on the nomination of John Bolton for U.N. ambassador.
(AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8282104/
US 'losing in Iraq' - Republican Senator Hagel...Hit by friendly fire With his
polls down, Bush takes flak on Iraq from a host of critics--including some in
his own party (AP) http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/050627/27bush.htm
Under fire, Bush defends policy on Iraq...'Look at all the facts,' president
says to critics (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8291794/
President Bush needs to tell Americans the nation faces "a long, hard slog" in
Iraq, a key Republican senator said on Sunday, and another said the White House
was "disconnected from reality" in its optimism over the war. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050619/pl_nm/iraq_usa_dc&printer=1;_ylt=AhytmnZCSmC2Z.IOHNRrhbgb.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Afghans say plot to kill U.S. envoy thwarted...Afghan intelligence officials
have thwarted a plot to assassinate U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and
arrested three Pakistanis armed with rocket propelled grenades and assault
rifles, two senior government officials said Monday. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8288478/
Rice urges Muslim nations to embrace elections...Secretary of state says 'it is
time to abandon the excuses' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8284932/
Where is bin Laden hiding?...CIA chief Goss says he has 'excellent idea' (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8282169/
Biden says he'll run for president in 2008...Senior Democrat on Foreign
Relations Committee ran in 1988 (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8278461/
NRO Q&A with Hillary biographer Ed Klein: The Truth About Hillary. An author
tells his story.
http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/klein200506200754.asp
The Senate silence on 'biggest junket there is'...Sen. Ted Stevens, the
powerful Alaska Republican who led the congressional delegation to the posh
Paris Air Show -- which has been called "the biggest junket there is" --
refuses to disclose how many members came along, how much it cost taxpayers,
and offered few details about the event. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050620-011433-9086r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Pat: The coming politics of war & upheaval
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44880
Novak: Crafty Dodd performs a charade Crafty Dodd performs a charade
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak20.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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