JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
U.N.: Lebanon's Hariri probe unsatisfactory
AP: Annan's son's employer audited


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
AP: Annan's son's employer audited
U.N.: Lebanon's Hariri probe unsatisfactory
U.N. votes to send peacekeepers to Sudan


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
US Death Rate Down in Iraq Since January Elections
Canada denies refugee status to US Iraq war deserter


The US News: Iraq News
Five killed by friendly fire in Iraq
Journalist freed from Iraq leaves hospital
4th Infantry Division returning to Iraq


CNN.com
Court blocks release of 9/11 emergency calls


Fox News
Embattled Kyrgyz Prez Flees
U.N.: Kofi Will Be Cleared
U.N. OKs Sudan Peacekeepers
U.N.: Probe Killing of Hariri
Canada: GI Not a Refugee


Department of Defense
Myers Outlines Threats, Countermeasures — Story
U.S. Monitors Kyrgyzstan Developments — Story
Building MP Unit From Scratch No Easy Task — Story
Commander Promises Continued Success — Story

ON THE GROUND
Buffalo Joins Brigade Combat Team Arsenal — Story
Team Helps Returning Soldiers Get Back Home — Story
Corps of Engineers Awards Bridge Contract — Story

IN IRAQ
Army Secretary Visits Camp Liberty Troops
Training to Provide Framework for Daily Ops
Iraqi SWAT Training Nears Halfway Point
Training Key to Overcoming Ambush
Unit Back in Iraq with New Mission, Focus
3rd Infantry Division Soldiers Win Over Iraqis

IN AFGHANISTAN
Flowers Symbolize Progress in Afghans' Lives
Myers Visits Deployed Soldiers in Afghanistan
Army Secretary Visits Camp Phoenix Troops
Kabul Soldier Reaches Program Milestone
Embedded Training Teams Make History

IN UZBEKISTAN
C-130s Airdrop Critical Supplies to Afghans

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine Rocker Plays Iraq, Set Sights on Big Time — Story

Grand Ole Opry Supports Troops — Story
Support Comes from the Heart — Story
Singer Signs Autographs
Sailors Participate in Heroes Salute
Country Star Tritt Honors Troops

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Tip Leads to Bombing Arrest
U.S. Troops 'Well Led, Trained'
Year 2005 to be 'Pivotal'
Coalition Requires Commitment
U.S., Iraqi Troops Find Weapons
U.S. Troops Adequately Protected
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Year in Review 2004 Fact Sheets (pdf)
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Officer Candidates Finish Training
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Defense Intel Remodel Proposed
Terrorists Thrive in Chaos
Transformation Key in Terror War
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Health Plan Benefits Some Troops
Rumsfeld in Guatemala for Talks
Support Critical to Mission
Rumsfeld Talks Weapons Sales
Chu Outlines Personnel Initiatives
Exercise Incorporates OIF Lessons
National Guard, Reserve Update


Today in History
1306 - Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scotland
1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore North America
1774 - The English Parliament passes the Boston Port Bill
1776 - The Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington
1807 - The British Parliament abolishes slave trade
1813 - The 1st US flag is flown in battle on the Pacific, on the frigate Essex
1856 - A.E. Burnside patents the Burnside carbine
1863 - The 1st Army Medal of Honor is awarded
1863 - Skirmish at Brentwood, TN
1864 - Battle of Paducah, KY, otherwise known as Forrest's raid
1865 - Battle of Bluff Spring, FL
1865 - Battle of Fort Stedman, VA, in front of Petersburg
1865 - Battle of Mobile, AL
1865 - At Cape Hatteras, the SS General Lyon catches fire & sinks, killing 400
1900 - The US Socialist Party is formed in Indianapolis
1905 - Rebel battle flags, captured during the Civil War, are returned to South
1915 - In the 1st submarine disaster, a US F-4 sinks off Hawaii, killing 21
1915 - A German U-boat torpedoes the Netherlands merchant ship Medea
1942 - 700 Jews from the Polish Lvov-district reach the Belzec Concentration camp
1943 - 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt Nazi registration
1944 - Nazis execute 335 residents of Rome
1944 - Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade (RAF) survives an 18,000-foot, parachute-less jump from his Lancaster
1945 - The US 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen
- The US 4th Armored division arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg
- The US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi for Okinawa
1949 - SS police chief Rauter's request for a pardon is denied
1955 - East Germany is granted full sovereignty by the USSR
1957 - The Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community (Common Market)
1960 - The 1st guided missile is launched from a nuclear powered sub
1961 - Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona
1965 - Martin Luther King, Jr., leads 25,000 to the state capitol in Montgomery, AL
1966 - The US Supreme court rules the "poll tax" unconstitutional
1985 - Edwin Meese III becomes the US Attorney General
1986 - Supreme Court rules that the Air Force can ban the wearing of yarmulkes
1987 - Supreme Court rules women and minorities may get jobs if less qualified
1988 - NASA launches the space vehicle S-206
1992 - The Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands
1996 - The US issues the newly-redesigned $100 bill

Birthdays
1133 - Henry II, King of England
1767 - Joachim Murat, Marshal of France/King of Naples
1818 - Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General (Union)
1823 - William Thompson Martin, Major General (CSA)
1873 - Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist
1893 - Edward Hart (Representative, NJ)/1st Chairman of the Committee on Un-American Activities
1906 - Howard Pyle (Governor, AZ)
1928 - James A. Lovell Jr., USN/astronaut (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13)
1929 - Harris W. Fawell (Representative, IL)
1944 - Terry L. Bruce (Representative, IL)
1947 - Claudine Schneider (Representative, RI)