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The temps may be getting chilly as Autumn settles in over Washington, but the
political stories here in DC are still smoking hot. Don't miss Hardball
tonight.
First up, for a full wrap-up of the day's political news, we'll turn to
Hardball Correspondent David Shuster. Shuster will have latest from Iraq,
where five more U.S. troops were killed by insurgents this past weekend and
more Republicans at home are vocally supporting a change in course. Plus, the
Foley and Abramoff scandals are still brewing and with just 22 days until the
midterm elections, the campaigns are turning up the heat. No timeline set for
Iraq: the Washington Post reports on the latest word from President Bush
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR2006101600485.html.
Also from the Washington Post: Dozens of Iraqis Killed in Reprisals
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/15/AR2006101500206.html?nav=hcmoduletmv.
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III Chairman of the Iraq Study Group
and author of the new book "Work Hard, Study and Keep Out of Politics," and Lee
Hamilton, former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and
Co-Chairman of the Iraq Study Group will be here to talk about Iraq, White
House Politics, the Bush Presidency and the upcoming election.
Then, Time Magazine Senior Correspondent Michael Weisskopf was in Iraq working
on a profile of the American soldier as "Person of the Year" for Time when a
grenade was thrown into the humvee he was riding in. Weisskopf lost his right
hand. In a new book, "Blood Brothers," Weisskopf writes about his experiences
reporting from Iraq and then spending time with soldiers in "Amputee Alley" at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. He'll join us tonight to
talk about the book and share his thoughts on Iraq. Read an excerpt from
"Blood Bothers"
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1538664,00.html.
In "Saving Graces," Elizabeth Edwards writes how support from friends and
strangers helped her through the death of her son at age sixteen and her own
battle with breast cancer, diagnosed only days before the 2004 election.
Edwards will be here to talk about that, women in politics and if we'll see her
with her husband, former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), on the campaign trail
anytime soon. In case you missed it, click here to see Elizabeth Edwards'
interview with NBC's Brian Williams http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15057602.
And don't miss the next stop of the Hardball College Tour - Iowa State
University in Ames, Iowa with 2008 Republican frontrunner John McCain (R-AZ).
Catch it this Wednesday, only on Hardball, only on MSNBC.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--NT Times: U.S. Confirms Nuclear Claim by North Korea
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/world/asia/17koreacnd.html?hp&ex=1161057600&en=891cb4c4775510b3&ei=5094&partner=homepage
--Newsweek: After Warner, 'On to Someone Else'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15266553/site/newsweek/
--WP: Clinton's Iowa Visit May Serve Wife's Aims
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15282526/
--NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
--MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/
--POLITICS.MSNBC.COM http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/
Shelby Poduch compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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