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Hardball with Chris Matthews tonight will bring you the latest in the
continuing Mideast crisis. NBC's Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea
Mitchell is traveling with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was with her
on the surprise visit to Beirut this morning. She'll join us with the latest,
as will NBC's Mark Potter in Haifa. Also from the region tonight, Mark Regev,
a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, will be live from Jerusalem.
In political news today, the Connecticut Senate race heats up as former
President Bill Clinton campaigns for Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) in Waterbury,
CT. NBC's Chip Reid is there this afternoon and will have the latest on the
grip and grin.
For the politics of the Mideast crisis and Secretary Rice's unannounced stop in
Lebanon this morning, MSNBC Political Analyst Pat Buchanan and Hardball Analyst
Bob Shrum will join Chris. They'll also preview President Bush's meeting with
Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki at the White House tomorrow.
And Thomas Ricks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter and author
of "Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq" will discuss his new book
on the lead up to the Iraq war.
Hardball Plaza returns this Thursday, with special guest Ann Coulter!
Stories you may have missed today:
- NBC's First Read!
http://firstread.msnbc.com
- Robin Wright is traveling with Sec. Rice in the Middle East:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/24/AR2006072400050_pf.html
- Washington Post special on bellwethers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/bellwether/index.htm
- Sen. Thune clarifies his statement from last week
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/52_10/news/14434-1.html
Colleen King compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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