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Chris is out in Nashville tonight in preparation for tomorrow night's big
special "One Nation Under God" live from Two Rivers Baptist Church....Chris
will talk to leading clergy and lay folk on the important intersection of
Church and politics. Here's the release
http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/msnbc-20050624000000-msnbcannouncesthe.html
We begin with Chris' exclusive backstage access and interview with Billy Graham
at his final U.S. Crusade in New York City yesterday...Billy was even kind
enough to mention his interview with Chris in his speech to the
faithful...We'll show you the tape...Oh yeah, and Chris asks him if God plays
Hardball...
Another huge day inside the Beltway, btw, as SCOTUS ends its term and issues a
number of big decisions, most notably on the 10 Commandments...There was no
major retirement announcement as anticipated by the MSM (which is shocking
because we're usually right!) this morning...Be that as it may, we'll get
reaction to the decisions from former Bush '41 Counsel C. Boyden Gray (head of
the Committee for Justice, a non profit advocacy group pushing conservative
judicial nominees) and David Boies, the lead attorney for Gore during the '00
Recount...
Oh, and we got a couple of different members of Congress just back from Gitmo:
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) and Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)...We'll get a sense of what
they learned and what the real story is down in that tropical prison...
And of course, Chris anchors live coverage of the POTUS speech on Iraq
immediately following our broadcast from Two Rivers....
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Supreme Court ends work Monday...Speculation over possible Rehnquist retirement
overshadows big cases (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8357530/
Split rulings on Ten Commandments displays...Supreme Court: Courthouse exhibits
cross line, but outdoor tablet OK (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8375948/
Pete Williams Analysis: A high court history of church vs. state...Case by
case, it's a religious vs. secular debate http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8256763/
O'Donnell: O'Donnell: Bush's SCOTUS strategy...With vacancy possibly coming
this week, president has plan http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8204324/
Curry: Breyer casts decisive vote on religious displays...Justice: Old
monuments with Commandments are OK; new displays are not
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8378199/
U.S. copter downed in latest Iraq violence...Military says 2 pilots killed; car
bomb kills at least four (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8202434/
Rumsfeld braces for more violence in Iraq...Says insurgency could endure 'for
any number of years,' perhaps until 2017 (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8366705/
Rumsfeld acknowledges U.S., insurgents met...Confirmation follows newspaper
account of 'face-to-face' meeting (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8359553/
War of Nerves...The politicians say we're winning. The generals aren't so sure.
How Bush hopes to persuade a wary nation to stay the course. (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8359694/site/newsweek/
U.S. eyes new tool in weapons fight...The Bush administration is planning new
measures that would target the U.S. assets of anyone conducting business with
companies believed by Washington to be involved in weapons programs,
administration officials said yesterday. (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8369281/
Rove assumes more public role...Bush adviser playing messenger for second-term
agenda (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8358609/
Justice Department ends nude cover-ups...Statues in building's Great Hall had
been shrouded since 2002 (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8360632/
Sen. Barack Obama sees parallels between Abraham Lincoln's life and his own,
but he says the nation's 16th president might not have envisioned a black man
occupying the seat he now holds. (AP)
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/11992619.htm
Puppies and kittens likely are not the first things that come to mind when many
think of Sen. Rick Santorum, the conservative No. 3 Senate Republican known for
his tough stance against abortion and gay marriage. (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062700047.html
Opinion/Editorial
Novak: No, Not Gonzales
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20050627.shtml
Pat: A scolding from Miss Rice
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44996
Fund: The American Story...Why failing to teach history is bad for democracy.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110006877
Crawford: Craig Crawford's 1600: The Power in the Undertone
http://www.cq.com/public/crawford_current.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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