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Today marks three years and one day since the Iraq War began. Tonight on
Hardball, live from San Francisco, Chris will talk about the start of the
fourth year in Iraq with Gen. Bernard Trainor (Ret.), author of "Cobra II," and
Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.), an MSNBC military analyst. Plus, Richard Engel,
NBC News correspondent in Baghdad, will report on the situation from there as
security forces deal with deadly violence in the midst of a Shiite religious
celebration. Here's more on that from the AP:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11921893/.
Check out NBC News' "Blogging Baghdad" for more of Engel's reports on the
ground: http://baghdadblog.msnbc.com/.
Also tonight, MSNBC Chief Washington Correspondent Norah O'Donnell will report
on the cost of the war as well as on today's events at the White House and the
president's trip to Ohio to talk about Iraq. AP reports on the president's
remarks today: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11924526/.
And here's what the president said on Sunday to mark the third anniversary of
the start of the war:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060319.html.
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, and Rep.
Kay Granger (R-TX), who sits on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee,
will be here to talk about the ongoing war debate on Capitol Hill.
Chris also will talk about the politics of the war tonight with New York Times
reporter Anne Kornblut.
Stephen Cleghorn, a member of Military Families Speak Out and one of 15 parents
who brought a lawsuit against the president and Defense Sec. Don Rumsfeld
seeking to prevent the Iraq invasion without congressional approval back in
2003, and Kristinn Taylor, a spokesman Free Republic.com, which organized a
pro-military rally in D.C. last fall, will be here to talk about the debate
over the war across this country.
Also tonight, Hardball Correspondent David Shuster will report on the fight on
Capitol Hill over reforming pension funds and rules.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--Newsweek writes about the GOP's knocks on Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11903425/site/newsweek/
--NBC News reports on growing anti-U.S. feelings among Arabs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11826730/
--Hardblogger (!!!) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
--NBC's First Read http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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