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A big "get" tonight on Hardball as David Gregory sits down in a rare television
interview with Karl Rove direct from the White House...We'll hit all the big
topics of the day of course and get inside the mind of Bush's top political
strategist...The man Bush called the "architect" of his re-election victory
Also, former Missouri Republican Senator and Episcopalian priest Jack Danforth
tells us about the GOP alignment with the religious right and why that is not a
good thing for his party...
We finish up with EJ Dionne and others slicin and dicin on Rove, the political
position of President Bush and his mojo in Congress....
Please join us...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball
Briefing from Washington, DC
Vietnam leader visiting Bush at White House...Business but also human rights to
be discussed (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8294202/
The United States is unlikely to begin reducing its 135,000 troops in Iraq in
the coming months, in the face of attacks by a deadly insurgency there, a
senior U.S. military commander said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8851949
U.S. Marines claimed success on Tuesday in another battle against insurgents
in the Iraqi desert but acknowledged that the war was far from over and that
guerrillas would soon recover lost ground. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-06-21T120934Z_01_N21583349_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-IRAQ-BORDERLAND-DC.XML
The new US ambassador to Iraq pledged to work with Iraqis to crush the ruthless
insurgency that is throttling much of the country despite US-led offensives
against the rebels. (AFP) http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050621/1/3t34e.html
Democrats playing politics with Bolton - W.House (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-06-21T131453Z_01_N21469499_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-BUSH-BOLTON-DC.XML
Curry: Recess appointment is president's 'hole card'...The recess appointment
power allows a president to sidestep the Senate when it decides to not vote on
a nomination, as in John Bolton's case, or simply never gets around to
considering a nomination. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8008673/
AP Analysis: President Bush faces a politically thorny situation - and stark
choices - now that Senate Democrats twice have blocked John Bolton's
confirmation as U.N. ambassador
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050621/D8AS1PGG1.html
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist yesterday demanded that Sen. Richard J.
Durbin make a "formal apology" on the floor of the Senate for comparing U.S.
interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazi and Soviet regimes and that he strike
his remarks from the Congressional Record. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050621-121514-9288r.htm
Dean raises cash, party spirits...Critiques will remain 'in your face,' he says
(The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/21/dean_raises_cash_party_spirits/
GOP Congressman Calls Democrats Anti-Christian...Remarks in Floor Debate Stir
Protest (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/20/AR2005062001194_pf.html
U.S. hiding secrets about Saddam, Iraqi official charges...'It seems there are
lots ... they want to hide,' justice minister says (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8298669/
Clinton's distrust of media runs deep (The Buffalo News)
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050620/1003377.asp
Another shot at Hil...The latest salvo against Sen. Hillary Clinton is a
hot-selling book that will infuriate fans of the New York Democrat when it
officially hits stores today, but experts predict the tome will be a political
dud. (NY Daily News)
http://nydailynews.com/news/v-echo/story/320927p-274439c.html
Red Pencils Are Drawn Over New Clinton Book (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/20/AR2005062001465_pf.html
Pirro urged to challenge Sen. Clinton...A majority of state Republican county
leaders told Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro yesterday they want
her to challenge Sen. Hillary Clinton next year. (NY Daily News)
http://nydailynews.com/06-21-2005/front/v-echo/story/320966p-274440c.html
W to skip key Olympic lobbying trip (NY Daily New)
http://nydailynews.com/news/v-echo/story/320964p-274469c.html
Opinion/Editorial
Shuster Blog: The White House Spin Cycle
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8158450/#050620a
Terry: Bush Needs a Shorter List for the Supreme Court
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7760
Dionne: How Cheney Fooled Himself
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/20/AR2005062001177.html
Nichols: Conyers vs. The Post...Senior House member condemns snarky Washington
Post coverage of Downing Street Memo hearing.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=3617
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