------------------------------------------------------
The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
------------------------------------------------------
Army Secretary Francis Harvey, the service's top civilian official, is out.
What happened? We'll have the latest tonight on Hardball with NBC News Chief
Pentagon Correspondent Jim Miklaszewski and the Washington Post's Dana Priest,
who first broke the story on mistreatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Go to www.politics.msnbc.com for more.
Also in Washington today, conservative leaders and activists gathered for the
start of the Conservative Political Action Conference. All of the top 2008
Republican nominee candidates were in attendance, except for Sen. John McCain
(R-AZ). Where was the senator? We'll hear from Tom Ridge, former governor and
Secretary of Homeland Security, now serving as national co-chair of Sen. John
McCain's presidential exploratory committee, on today and why he thinks Sen.
McCain is the best candidate for the White House.
Then, is Selma, Alabama big enough for both Clintons and Sen. Barack Obama
(D-IL)? This weekend former President Bill Clinton will join his wife Sen.
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for their first major public appearance together since
she launched her campaign for the White House last month. The Clintons and
Sen. Obama will all be in Selma to commemorate the 1956 civil right march. Get
the details from the Washington Post's Anne Kornblut
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17390851/.
MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell sat down with Sen. Obama earlier, we'll take a look at
that interview. Then, the Hardballers: MSNBC Political Contributor Craig
Crawford and Jim VandeHei from politico.com will be here with more on the race
for '08 and the fight for the black vote.
Plus, why have al Qaeda and the Taliban been able to regroup and set up camps
in Pakistan? We'll talk to former CIA officer Bob Baer, author of "Blow the
House Down," and intelligence columnist for Time.com.
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/.
Shelby Poduch compiled the "Hardball Briefing" from Washington, D.C.
=========================================
This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this The Hardball
Briefing Newsletter newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone
forwarded it to you.
To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this
message was forwarded to you) simply go to
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7140407/, select unsubscribe, enter the email
address receiving this message, and click the Go button.
Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052
MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT
http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>
