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Tonight on Hardball, the story everyone in Washington is talking about -
wounded soldiers, home from Iraq and Afghanistan, neglected at Walter Reed's
Building 18. Last night we brought you the expose from the Washington Post's
Dana Priest; tonight, Priest is back with more on the story.
After the report ran, Walter Reed began repairs on the facility and officials
said more changes are underway, including an investigation of the former chief
who oversaw fundraising and patient care. Now Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and
Claire McCaskill (D-MO) are introducing legislation to improve conditions at
active duty military hospitals. McCaskill will be here tonight, and later in
the show we'll hear from Reps. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
on this story and more.
Read Priest's follow-up reports on "The Other Walter Reed"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR2007021900759.html?sub=AR
and the investigation of the hospital's former aid chief
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR2007021901113.html.
For the latest on all of today's political news, go to the best political
website www.politics.msnbc.com, powered by NBC News and the National Journal.
Don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
and MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/.
Hardball Correspondent David Shuster will report on closing arguments at the
Scooter Libby CIA leak trial. We'll talk more with Tom DeFrank from the New
York Daily News and Newsweek's Michael Isikoff. Read Isikoff's latest, "A Man
of Mystery" on lobbyist Richard Hohlt
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17202408/site/newsweek/.
Tonight, Obama is in Las Angeles for a star-studded fundraiser. Will the
Hollywood money he raises help or hurt his White House ambitions? Meanwhile,
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is now calling former Defense Sec. Donald Rumsfeld one
of the worst defense secretaries the U.S. has ever had. We'll get the latest
on all the contenders in the race for '08 with the Hardballers: Tony Blankley
from the Washington Times and the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson. Read
Robinson's latest column, "Authentic Bema"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR2007021900919.html.
Shelby Poduch compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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