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Tonight, it's a Hardball Special Report in our ongoing look at how we went to
war in Iraq. Chris talks with Gen. Bernard Trainor (Ret.), author of "Cobra II:
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq," and Gen. Barry
McCaffrey, MSNBC military analyst, and asks them why the chorus of
anti-Rumsfeld commanders didn't make noise earlier. On Tuesday, Chris talked
with two top CIA officers about the run-up to the war. In case you missed that,
read about it here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12615290/.
Newsweek Managing Editor Jon Meacham, author of "American Gospel," will join
Chris to talk about the intersection of politics and religion, highlighted
today by President Bush's remarks on the National Day of Prayer. Read his
speech here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060504-2.html/.
Chris also will have more on the fallout of Wednesday's Moussaoui verdict with
Time's Adam Zagorin and Newsweek's Jonathan Alter, author of "FDR's First 100
Days."
Plus, Hardball Political Analyst Bob Shrum and radio talk show host Michael
Smerconish, author of "Muzzled," will be here to talk about the politics of gas
prices, illegal immigration, Iraq, and much more!
Check out Smerconish's piece in today's Philadelphia Daily News:
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/14496009.htm.
And here's Shrum's latest thoughts on the new White House spokesman on
Hardblogger: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11944069/#060427a.
Don't miss the Hardball HotShots on Friday!
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP sizes up the $1 billion pandemic vaccine price tag
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12631670/
--MSNBC finds that gas prices aren't stopping our shopping
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12629899/
--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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