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Tonight on Hardball, Chris talks with Fran Townsend, homeland security adviser
to President Bush, about former President Bill Clinton's heated remarks about
the pursuit of Osama bin Laden during his presidency as well as the debate over
the new intelligence estimate that says Iraq has increased the terrorist
threat. The AP has more on both topics: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14986702/ and
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14998537/.
The AP also reports today that the U.S. Army has extended 4,000 tours of duty
in Iraq. Here's more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14999341/.
Also tonight, Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), top Democrat on the House Intelligence
Committee, will be here to talk about Democrats' plans for national security
and how that will play into the campaign for control of Congress.
By the way, Hardblogger All-Star Ron Reagan has a new blog on how safe America
is: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/.
Professor Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University
of Virginia, will be here to talk about the latest news in Virginia's U.S.
Senate race between Sen. George Allen (R-VA) and former Navy Secretary Jim Webb
(D). Here's today's headline news in that battle:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15001190/. And here's more on Decision 2006 from
Sabato and his "Crystal Ball": http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/.
Hardball Correspondent David Shuster will report on what the IRS is doing to
make sure that tax-exempt churches and charities don't engage in political
campaigns to support or oppose candidates. Chris also will talk with IRS
Commissioner Mark Everson about their probes and whether their stepped-up
efforts are having an impact on Decision 2006.
Plus, Hardball Political Analysts Bob Shrum and Kate O'Beirne, who's also
Washington editor of the National Review, will be here to dig into all of the
political news of the day -- just 43 days from Election Day!
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
--MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/
--Newsweek's Richard Wolffe ponders who might be protégés for Karl Rove
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14974832/site/newsweek/
--AP reports on Rev. Jerry Falwell's thoughts on Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14991714/
--POLITICS.MSNBC.COM http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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