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Tonight on Hardball, it's a special report on the Haditha investigation. NBC
News' Mike Boettcher will report from Baghdad with the latest from there and
NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski will bring us the latest on the probe into what
happened from the Pentagon. Here's more from Newsweek:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13006803/site/newsweek/.
Gen. John Batiste (Ret.) and Adm. John Hutson (Ret.) will join Chris to talk
about reports that U.S. troops killed civilians. Batiste commanded troops on
the ground in Iraq and will shed light on the challenges that personnel face
there. Hutson is a former JAG officer who knows how investigations for this
type of situation are handled and the possible outcomes. Plus, Hardball
Correspondent David Shuster will report on the political and historical context
of the situation. Read the AP's latest report on the investigation:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13048452/.
Also tonight, Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) and Gen. Wayne Downing (Ret.), both
MSNBC military analysts, will discuss their meeting today with President Bush
at the White House. Is the president looking for new ideas on Iraq?
Hardball Political Analysts Bob Shrum and Kate O'Beirne will talk about
developments in the field for 2006. The Chicago Tribune's Jim Warren also will
be here to talk about his newspaper's report that some Democrats are pushing a
2008 White House bid by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). Here's the Tribune's piece in
case you haven't seen it:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0605280261may28,1,1588920.story.
And check out Shrum's latest posting on Hardblogger:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP reports on President Bush's pick to run the Treasury Department
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13044206/
--Newsweek looks at how the Jefferson case has impacted the president
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13008302/site/newsweek/
--HARDBLOGGER http://www.hardblogger.msnbc.com
--NBC's (primary-prepping) First Read http://www.firstread.msnbc.com
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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