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10 years. Sunday, Gen. David Petreus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, warned
that stabilizing Iraq could take as long as a decade. Where does that leave
the troops? After last week's Pentagon report showing little progress in Iraq
after the U.S. troop surge, we now wait for September, when Petreus says he'll
write a candid assessment of the situation that many in Washington, including
President Bush, are looking to as a benchmark of varying importance.
Meanwhile, President Bush says he's reassured that progress is indeed being
made after a video teleconference earlier today with Iraqi leaders. According
to White House press secretary Tony Snow, "We think they are very serious in
moving on the key items....I think the president was impressed and reassured by
the sense of seriousness that he heard."
Tonight on Hardball, should Washington be content to sit tight until September?
Are a few more months necessary to really gage how well the troop increase has
worked? And how will the September report affect the 2008 race? We'll talk
about it all with Bob Borosage from the Campaign for America's Future and Rep.
Phil Gingrey (R-GA.
Then, a must-see Hardball mystery: Was Abu Ghraib investigator Antonio Taguba
forced out by Pentagon? Seymour Hirsh from the New Yorker wrote the story on
this unlikely Abu Ghraib casualty. He'll be here tonight.
Plus, our Hardball Debate: She's winning the numbers game right now, but is
Hillary the inevitable nominee? Former New York GOP Senate candidate K.T.
McFarland and Air America president Mark Green debate.
And tomorrow, it's Super Tuesday on MSNBC! Our own Chris Matthews will be
moderating the AFSCME Democratic Presidential Forum here in Washington, with
Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Hillary Clinton, former Sen. John Edwards, Rep. Dennis
Kucinich, Sen. Barack Obama, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Read Chris'
Super Tuesday blog at www.hardblogger.msnbc.com. We'll have continuous
coverage all day with NBC's Tim Russert, Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory, Chip
Reid, Natalie Morales, and MSNBC's Chris Jansing, Amy Robach and Joe
Scarborough. Catch a preview tonight with Gerald McEntee, AFSCME president,
and click here for all the details: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19250580/.
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.
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and MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/.
Shelby Poduch compiled the "Hardball Briefing" from Washington, D.C.
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