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Tonight on Harball, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) sits down for an exclusive
interview with Chris. Vying for the number two leadership position in the
House and backed by expected House Speaker-to-be Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA),
Murtha responds to critics who claim he helped special interest groups in
exchange for campaign contributions. House Dems vote tomorrow on Murtha vs.
Hoyer. For more on the story, check out this report from NBC's Lisa Myers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15719627/. We'll also ask Murtha about the latest
reports he called Rep. Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) ethics bill "total crap."
Today on Capitol Hill, Gen. John Abizaid, top U.S. commander in the Middle
East, warned Congress against a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15731613/). Richard Haass, Former Bush 41 advisor
and president of the Council on Foreign Relations, will join us to talk about
Abizaid's testimony, President Bush's review of Iraq policy and the Iraq Study
Group's upcoming report. For more on Iraq and all of today's political news go
to www.politics.msnbc.com. And click here to read Richard Haass on "The New
Middle East" from the Foreign Affairs journal
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20061101faessay85601/richard-n-haass/the-new-middle-east.html.
Also on the Hill today, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was unanimously named
Senate Minority Leader, and by a one-vote margin, Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) was
voted in as GOP whip (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15729783/). We'll hear from
MSNBC Political Analysts and Hardblogger All-Stars Ron Reagan and Pat Buchanan
on Murtha vs. Hoyer, Abizaid and Iraq and the new GOP leadership. Catch up on
the newest Hardblogger posts here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15110582/.
Later in the show we'll continue the conversation on the day's hottest
political news with HotSoup.com founders Mark McKinnon, also a former Bush
campaign advisor, and Joe Lockhart, former Clinton White House press secretary.
Click here for the latest on HotSoup: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15713582/.
Tomorrow, don't miss Hardball's Chris Matthews at 3 PM ET on MSNBC and Hardball
every day at 5 and 7 PM ET.
Stories you may have missed today:
-- MSNBC's Tom Curry on the Schumer era http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15729784/
-- Washington Post: Bush initiates second Iraq policy review
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111401095.html
-- LA Times: Conservatives wary of choice to lead RNC
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-latinos15nov15,0,3328874.story?coll=la-home-headlines
-- Chris Cillizza's The Fix from washingtonpost.com
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/
-- NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.com
Shelby Poduch and Colleen King compiled the Hardball Briefing in Washington,
D.C.
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