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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

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.

Meme:
- All bow down (or bend over, as the case may be) der Übermensch, our rightful lords and masters, are back in control of the government!
- Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, Lord God Almighty, Bush is wrong.
- It's over, the (evil) US lost in Iraq. Give it up. Run away. Frag your officers. All the things that were so much fun in Vietnam.
Topics:
- A new Congress convened in Washington this week -- with Democrats in control.
  - How will they affect our policy on Iraq?
  - How will the race for the White House shape the debate over the war?
  - How would a surge in U.S. troop levels change the situation on the ground?
Guests
- Senator Joe Biden Democrat - Delaware
  - New Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Democrats urge Bush not to send more troops to Iraq (Malaysia Sun, Malaysia - Jan 6, 2007)
  - Joe Biden To George Bush: Level With Americans About "Troop Surge" (American Chronicle, CA - Dec 28, 2006)
  - Democrats ponder ways to check Bush (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - Jan 6, 2007)
  - White House to Joe Biden: Hold Your Horses on Rejecting Iraq Troop Surge (Editor & Publisher - Dec 27, 2006)
  - Joe Biden vs. George W. Bush (National Ledger, AZ - Dec 30, 2006)
  - Sen. Joe Biden: Release Nazi Documents (NewsMax.com, FL - Dec 29, 2006)
  - Sen. Joe Biden: I'm Running for President (NewsMax.com, FL - Dec 26, 2006)
  - Joe Biden Says to Bush: "Mr. President, This is Your War" (Huffington Post, NY - Dec 26, 2006)
- Senator Lindsey Graham Republican - South Carolina
  - Minority member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Some UCMJ rules now cover US contractors (ArmyTimes.com, VA - Jan 5, 2007)
  - Graham Says 20-Thousand More Troops Needed In Iraq (WCIV, SC - Dec 15, 2006)
  - Dodd, Graham Disagree On Troop Surge (Playfuls.com, Romania - Dec 24, 2006)
  - Digital gold and a flawed global order (Council on Foreign Relations, NY - Jan 5, 2007)
  - CBS failed to note Abizaid's dismissal of the McCain-Graham plan (Media Matters for America, DC - Dec 15, 2006)
  - Sen. Graham: Wal-Mart's prices are too low (Blogging Stocks - Dec 20, 2006)
  - Senator offers wrong answer on military action (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Dec 27, 2006)
  - McCain shifts right, builds support in SC (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Jan 3, 2007)
- Roundtable
  - Michael Gordon
    - Chief Military Correspondent of the New York Times
    - Iraq: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (RealClearPolitics Blog - Jan 2, 2007)
  - John Harwood
    - CNBC and the Wall Street Journal
    - Barnicle's Low Blow: Does 'Top Level' Consider 19 Killed Since ISG Report Issued? (NewsBusters - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Judy Woodruff
    - PBS
    - President Bush Revamps Iraq Team Before Policy Changes (PBS News Hour - Jan 5, 2007)
    - PBS 'Resurgence' documentary explores reappearance of anti-Semitism (The Jewish Journal of greater L.A, CA - Jan 4, 2007)
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