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In the face of 57% of Americans now believing that President Bush deliberately
mislead people on Iraq's WMD programs in an effort to sell the war with Iraq
and Democrat calls on the Hill growing louder for an investigation into pre-war
Intel, the White House is fighting back....In the addition to President Bush's
Veterans Day speech responding to Dems directly, Dan Bartlett was out there
today on a couple of morning shows defending the handling of intel as
well...Also, the President will discuss Iraq again this evening in Alaska on
route to Asia...We anticipate he'll address the controversy over intel as
well...
Bush to Fire Parting Shot at Iraq Critics (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_asia&printer=1;_ylt=Arzq29na5Thk9h95ndayzRIGw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
In addition Milbank & Pincus put of a piece on Saturday examining Bush's
arguments made on Friday which prompted a counter response from The White
House...Tonight we'll talk to the communications director for White House about
the counter offensive..
Asterisks dot White House's Iraq argument...Administration had access to intel
that wasn't shared with Congress (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10009710/
White House Response
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051113.html
We'll also chat with Missouri Republican senator Kit Bond who is one of the
guys looking into "Phase II" of the Senate Intelligence Committee's
investigation into how the White House handled pre-wat intel...He also voted
against the McCain amendment to
Shuster has a package on the who knew what about pre-war Intel which we'll pick
up with Milbank and York....
Finally in E & F we'll do some good old fashioned political slicin' and dicin'
with J.C. Watts and Hilary Rosen...Should be a hoot...Please join us...
Oh and get this...Did you see SNL's opening act? They did a parody of us once
again...We'll show you the clip...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
While admitting "we were wrong" about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction,
President Bush's national security adviser on Sunday rejected assertions that
the president manipulated intelligence and misled the American people. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5982220/
In an important clarification of President George W. Bush's earlier statement,
a top White House official refused to unequivocally rule out the use of
torture, arguing the US administration was duty-bound to protect Americans from
terrorist attack. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051113/ts_afp/usattackstorture_051113232322&printer=1;_ylt=ArExeA5J9hhebEuMsskd2eyGOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Mike Allen: The Long, Hard Autumn of Dick Cheney...He has seen better times,
but all he cares about is history, not today's headlines
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1129610,00.html
Libby may have tried to mask Cheney's role...Critics say aide attempted to
obscure VP's legal culpability in CIA leak case (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10020335/
U.S. operation near Syria aims to plug border...Troops kill 37 insurgents,
officials say; Baghdad car bomb kills three (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10026954/
Iraq Says Syria Harbors Foreign Killers....Training Camps Cited; Most Suicide
Bombers Are Saudis, Top Official Asserts (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/13/AR2005111300466_pf.html
Autumn of Discontent...The latest NEWSWEEK poll shows serious political trouble
for President Bush. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10013594/site/newsweek/
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, wrote that
"the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion" in a 1985 document
obtained by The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051114-015136-2101r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Wall Street Journal: Old School...William F. Buckley explains why he thinks
conservatism has become "a little bit slothful."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007541
Hitchens: Believe It or Not...Are you sure you want to keep saying we were
fooled by Ahmad Chalabi and the INC? http://www.slate.com/id/2130293/
Corn: Bush Rewrites History To Criticize His Anti-war Critics
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=36405
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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