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Happy Friday from Hardball.
Tonight on Hardball, we'll talk Iraq with Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), a veteran and
member of the Armed Services Committee. Should the U.S. send more troops, as
the Army's lead general called for yesterday? Sen. Reed will weigh in. We'll
also ask him for an update on his colleague Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), who
remains in the hospital recovering from surgery to repair a brain hemorrhage.
Our Hardballers tonight, National Review's Kate O'Beirne and NYU's Bob Shrum,
will analyze the politics of Iraq and the President's forthcoming plan, as well
as the political implications should Sen. Johnson not be able to return to
office.
Today concluded Donald Rumsfeld's tenure as Defense Secretary. At a farewell
ceremony at the Pentagon, President Bush said Rumsfeld "knows how to lead."
We'll discuss his leadership with the Washington Post's Military Correspondent
Thomas Ricks, who authored "Fiasco: The Military Adventure in Iraq." To read
more on today's ceremony, click here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16223538/.
And lastly, we'll preview '08 with two veteran campaign strategists, Republican
Mike Murphy and Democrat Steve McMahon. Murphy recently wrote an LA Times
op/ed on Bush and Iraq. To read it, click here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-murphy12dec12,0,5409937.story?coll=la-news-a_section.
Monday, a must-see Hardball College Tour 2006 grand finale with guests Robert
De Niro and Matt Damon, stars of the upcoming movie "The Good Shepherd."
Matthews, De Niro, and Damon talk politics, intelligence, and more for a full
hour in the final stop of the 2006 Hardball College Tour, at George Mason
University in Fairfax, VA. For a preview and sneak peek behind the scenes,
check out Julie Fischer's photos at
http://hardblogger.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/12/15/20979.aspx. And junkies,
don't miss this -- Matt Damon's 2008 endorsement!
Stories you may have missed today:
- Cillizza's "Fix" http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/
- Time's Karen Tumulty on Sen. Johnson and the fate of the Senate:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1570213,00.html
- Fitzgerald: Witnessess will testify in Libby trial:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16227672/
Colleen King and Brooke Brower compiled the Hardball Briefing in Washington,
D.C.
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