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Hardball's huge 9th Anniversary celebration rolls on today with more big
newsmakers and big news in a week of serious developments as Iran claims it has
successfully enriched uranium. Are they on the way to having a nuclear weapon?
NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell will report on the
latest developments in the tense situation from the State Department. NBC News
Military Analysts Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) and Gen. Bernard Trainor (Ret.),
the author of "Cobra II," will be here to talk about options that could be used
to handle the situation. And Washington Post columnist David Ignatius will
discuss whether we are really headed towards an Iranian missile crisis. Here's
the latest from MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12277578/.
Plus, Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), perhaps looking to snag the GOP presidential
nomination in 2008, was in the spotlight today in Boston for a signing ceremony
for a new law that aims to bring universal health-care coverage to the people
of Massachusetts. Will it work there? Can it work in other states? Could it
work nationwide? Chris will ask the governor just that tonight as he joins us
live from Beantown. Here's more on the new law from Reuters:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041201416.html.
Also tonight, Hardball Correspondent David Shuster will report on the latest
developments in the CIA leak probe. What did Special Prosecutor Patrick
Fitzgerald correct from a previous filing and what does that mean for the case?
The New York Sun has details: http://www.nysun.com/article/30834.
And for more on Iraq, Iran, the illegal immigration fight, and the upcoming
elections, Chris will talk with Newsweek's Evan Thomas and Vanity Fair's
Christopher Hitchens. Check out Hitchens' recent piece on Iraq and uranium on
Slate.com: http://www.slate.com/id/2139609/?nav=fo
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--MSNBC previews the New Orleans mayoral debate moderated by Chris and WDSU's
Norman Robinson http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12167858/
--Hardball's Tipster-Pixster is your new hub for political sightings
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11698847/
--Hardblogger (anniversary week edition!) 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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