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Tomorrow night, President Bush will address the nation on Iraq. Join us as
MSNBC previews the speech all day with special analysis and debate on the Iraq
War, starting at 9 AM EST tomorrow. NBC News Baghdad Bureau Chief Richard
Engel will anchor live from Baghdad, joined by NBC News' Tim Russert, Andrea
Mitchell, David Gregory and Lester Holt. And at 9 PM EST, Chris Matthews and
Keith Olbermann anchor the president's address with post-speech analysis from
Joe Scarborough.
Tonight on Hardball, Chris talks to Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) about the new bill
he's proposing that will require Congressional approval for the president's
plans to increase troops in Iraq. Chris also asks the senator about the Senate
Armed Services Committee's upcoming Iraq hearings and his colleagues from
Massachusetts - former Gov. Mitt Romney (D) and Sen. John Kerry (D) - and their
plans for '08. Plus, we'll get a preview of Bush's speech and what to expect
from the Democrats from Hardball Correspondent David Shuster
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16527966/).
Go to www.politics.msnbc.com for the latest on this and all of today's
political news.
We'll have more on the politics of Iraq and 2008 with Rep. Duncan Hunter
(R-CA), and later in the show, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Sen. "Kit" Bond
(R-MO). Nelson met with President Bush at the White House on Friday and he'll
tell us about that. We'll also hear from Bond, vice chairman of the Senate
Select Intelligence Committee, on the upcoming Senate hearings.
Then, will tomorrow night's speech be the most important of Bush's presidency?
We'll be joined by Ken Duberstein, former Reagan White House Chief of Staff to
talk about the president's strategy.
And the Hardballers will be here to hash through everything politics. Michael
Duffy from Time and USA Today's Susan Page will talk Bush, Iraq, Congress, Fred
Fielding's new post, the upcoming hearings on the Hill and the latest in '08
news. Read Duffy's latest on what a troop "surge" really means:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1574148,00.html. Page reports
on a new USA Today/Gallup poll that shows little support for more troops in
Iraq: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-01-08-gallup-poll_x.htm.
Stories you may have missed today:
-- Dems postpone '08 convention decision, AP reports:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16537604/
-- AP: Romney scores $6.5 million at kickoff fundraiser:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16537414/
-- Online activists push "Ford Pledge" for civility in Congress, today's
HotSoup: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16541154/
-- MSNBC's Political Calendar: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/
-- NBC's First Read: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
Shelby Poduch and Tina Urbanski compiled the Hardball Briefing from Washington,
D.C.
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