[Phsstpok]

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • An open invitation for John Bolton to shove the conventional wisdom down the throats of the DBM (fireworks and sound bites, oh my!)
  • Just exactly what is Dennis Hastert's the Republicans' problem?
• Topics:
  • Diplomatic solution to Mideast crisis? Ambassador John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., weighs in
  • Key issues for Republicans this November? We'll ask Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
• Guests
  • John Bolton
    • U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
    • United States Mission To The United Nations web site | Bio
    • White House moves to confirm Bolton to UN post (Washington Post, United States - Jul 21, 2006)
    • UN Ambassador John Bolton on Mideast Turmoil (FOX News - Jul 20, 2006)
    • US Bolton: Israel Force Vs Hezbollah Not Excessive -MSNBC (Easy Bourse (Communiqués de presse), France - Jul 20, 2006)
    • US Bolton Says Cease-Fire Call Pointless In Lebanon (Easy Bourse (Communiqués de presse), France - Jul 19, 2006)
    • ArenÂ’t You Glad John Bolton is at the UN? (Wide Awakes - Jul 15, 2006)
    • US and Israeli ambassadors address sustained cease-fire efforts (Fox 12 Boise, ID - Jul 21, 2006)
  • Dennis Hastert
    • Speaker of the House
    • House web site | Bio
    • Speaker Hastert Supports House Measures to Condemn the Recent Terrorist Attacks Against Israel (U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jul 20, 2006)
    • Congress members to Israel (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY - Jul 21, 2006)
    • Murtha: US Staying in Iraq Helps Potential Enemies (CNSNews.com, VA - Jul 21, 2006)
    • Hastert insists on border security first (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Jul 21, 2006)
    • Dennis Hastert Released From Hospital (CBS2 Chicago, IL - Jul 17, 2006)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

[Phsstpok]

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • The trouble in the Middle East is all Bush's fault™
  • Iraq is the worst disaster in US military history
• Topics:
  • White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten "Meets the Press" for the first time
    • The ongoing violence in the Middle East
    • The war in Iraq
    • The President's veto of expanded stem-cell research funding
    • The administration's priorities for the remainder of the year
  • Washington Post Senior Pentagon Reporter Tom Ricks will unveil his new book, "Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq."
• Guests
  • Josh Bolten
    • White House Chief of Staff
    • Bio (White House web site)
    • The Bush Bounce (Yahoo! News - Jul 10, 2006)
    • If Bush wants to change course, fire Rumsfeld (Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - Jun 25, 2006)
    • White House tells rabbis U.S. won't pressure Israel (WorldNetDaily, OR - Jul 4, 2006)
  • Tom Ricks
    • Author of "Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq"
    • Reviving the Generals' Revolt (Yahoo! News - Jul 6, 2006)
    • Law and Gender in the Military: Ricks Interview (ADM Online - Nov 3, 1997)
    • On Point : The Searing Anger Inside the Pentagon - 5/27/2004 (WBUR.ORG (Boston NPR) May 27, 2004)
    • Growing Pessimism on Iraq (Washington Post - Sep 29, 2004)
    • How to lose a national reporter in five minutes (ThinkPR - Jan 18, 2006)
• What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)