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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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Kerry (D-MA) plays Hardball! On the eve of the release of the Iraq Study
Group's report, we'll ask Kerry about where things stand in Iraq today, the
recommendations expected from the Baker Commission and what he thinks the U.S.
can do.
On Monday, President Bush met with Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim at the
White House. Hardball correspondent David Shuster will be here with a report
on sharp accusations from al-Hakim that the U.S. military is not doing enough
to fight insurgents in Iraq
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120401396.html).
Go to www.politics.msnbc.com for the latest on this and all of today's
political news.
Today on Capitol Hill, confirmation hearings began for Bob Gates, President
Bush's nominee to replace outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16036036/). For more on what happened at today's
session, we'll be joined by Chris Cillizza from Washingtonpost.com and Time
Assistant Managing Editor Michael Duffy. We'll also talk about Duffy's latest
cover story, "Can Bush Find An Exit?"
(http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1565529,00.html), plus more
on Iraq and the Race for '08.
And in an exclusive interview with NBC's Lisa Myers, Bassem Youssef, the FBI's
highest-ranking Arab-American agent, speaks out against the Bureau, saying the
FBI isn't doing everything it can to fight terror. Now he's suing the FBI for
discrimination. We'll have the full story, plus we'll hear from Youssef's
attorney, Steve Kohn.
Here are some stories you may have missed today:
- NBC's First Read: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
- MSNBC's Political Calendar: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/
- Today's HotSoup: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16055221/
- "The Fix" from Washingtonpost.com's Chris Cillizza:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/ and his story on Brownback's plan for
'08:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120400403.html
- Lynn Sweet from the Chicago Sun-Times writes on potential '08 contender Sen.
Barack Obama (D-IL): http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/.
Shelby Poduch and Tina Urbanski compiled the Hardball Briefing from Washington,
DC.
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