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The revelation of yet another pre-war document has sparked questions about how
and why the United States went to war in Iraq in 2003. The memo, written by
David Manning, top foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair at the
time he wrote it and now the British ambassador to the U.S., noted that "our
diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the military planning" and that
"the start date for the military campaign was now penciled in for March 10."
The New York Times first reported on the memo today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/europe/27memo.html.
Tonight on Hardball, Chris will talk about that memo and the latest violence in
Iraq with Philippe Sands, author of "Lawless World," a book which Publishers
Weekly described in 2005 as a series of "lucidly written legal stories to
illustrate how the Bush administration's unilateralism has had egregious
consequences for 21st-century efforts to make the world safer, cleaner and more
just." Also, Hardball's David Shuster will have more on the British memo.
Plus, Chris will discuss how the GOP's potentially deep divide over immigration
could add to Iraq War woes for the Republicans in 2006 with MSNBC Political
Analyst Pat Buchanan and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff John
Podesta. And what about the cultural issues? Can Republicans successfully put
them at the forefront of voters' minds?
Craig Crawford, MSNBC political analyst and Congressional Quarterly columnist,
and Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for USA TODAY, also will talk with
Chris about the big issues that could impact the outcome of the 2006 election
like Iraq, immigration, and the still formulating fallout from the Abramoff
scandal.
Charlie Cook, NBC News political analyst and publisher of the Cook Political
Report, will be here to talk about the Democrats' chances for taking control of
either the House or the Senate in 2006. If you missed Charlie on the "Meet the
Press" roundtable yesterday, then here's the transcript:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11960028/.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP reports on a judge's decision today to not postpone the April 22nd New
Orleans election http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12035017/
--AP watches the Senate Judiciary Committee try to craft an immigration reform
bill http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12034586/
--MSNBC hears that Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) regards celery as President George
H.W. Bush does broccoli http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12036619/
--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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