JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Bush warns Sharon on settlement growth
India, China to form strategic partnership
U.S. contractor kidnapped in Iraq
Bolton pledges to help strengthen U.N.


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
American contractor kidnapped in Iraq
U.S.: Iraq insurgent push in north waning
Israeli Holocaust museum honors Nazi
Hezbollah flies spy drone over Israel
U.S. sends envoy to talks on aiding Sudan
Disputes delay naming of Lebanese Cabinet
U.S.-Iraqi forces launch big Baghdad raid
Egypt: Bomber was student turned extremist


The US News: Iraq News
U.S.-Iraqi raid nets dozens of suspects
Groups provide disabled Iraq vets housing


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraq refugee camp drama wins film award
Bomb kills at least two in Iraqi market
Defense: GI couldn't plan Kuwait attack
Two Car Bomb Blasts in West Iraq -Witnesses
Pentagon sees possible troop reduction in Iraq by 2006
Pakistani Kidnapped in Iraq Safe, Pakistan Says


Fox News
American Kidnapped in Iraq
Iraq Troop Levels May Drop
Grenade GI 'Mentally Ill?'
Bush: Return to Road Map
Hezbollah Spy Craft Over Israel
Gas Hits Record for 4th Week
Cops Tackle Man at Capitol
Video: Takedown at the Capitol


Department of Defense
New Iraqi President Discusses Coalition — Story
Military Confronts Stress at Front Lines — Story
Engineer District Chief Updates Projects — Story

ON THE GROUND
Joint Fuels Effort Keeps Airlift Airborne — Story
Battalion Gets a New Look at Insurgents — Story
Civil Affairs Sergeant Organizes Donations — Story
Recon Soldiers Scout Desert, Meet Locals — Story
Marne, Rainbow Soldiers Get Combat Patch — Story

IN IRAQ
U.S. Soldiers Awarded for Hostage Rescue
Troops Deliver Donated School Supplies

IN AFGHANISTAN
Deployed Airmen Adopt a Village, or Two
Medal of Honor Recipients Visit Troops

FACE OF DEFENSE
Civil Affairs Soldier Accepted into U.S. Military Academy — Story

Company Donates Comfort Insoles — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Medal of Honor
Two Years in Iraq
Gitmo Detainee Camp

IN IRAQ
Baghdad Fall Marks New Beginning
Government Moves Forward
Bush Praises New Iraqi Government
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Department Goal: More Linguists
Adaptability Key to Success
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Partnership Helps at Tax Time
Moroccan Frigates Guide Kearsarge
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties — Story


Today in History
1713 - The Treaty of Utrecht is signed, ending the War of Spanish Succession. France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain.
1783 - Congress proclaims a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.
1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1898 - President William McKinley asks Congress for declaration of war with Spain.
1941 - Germany bombs Conventry, England.
1942 - In Burma, detachment 101 of the OSS--a guerrilla force--is activated.
1945 - The Red Army finally takes the Seelow Heights north of Berlin.
The U.S. Army liberates Buchenwald concentration camp.
1951 - President Truman removes General Douglas MacArthur from command of the United Nations forces in Korea.
1961 - Israel opens the trial of Adolf Eichman for war crimes during WWII.
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1968 - President Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act - a week after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1972 - American B-52's attack North Vietnamese positions.
1974 - The Judiciary committee subpoenas President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for an impeachment inquiry.
1981 - President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House after recoving from an assassination attempt.
1991 - The U.N. Security Council issues a formal cease fire with Iraq.
1996 - Forty-three African nations sign the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty.

Birthdays
1770 - George Canning, British Prime Minister.
1794 - Edward Everett, governor of Massachusetts / statesman / orator.
1862 - Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1893 - Dean G. Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State; helped create NATO.
1925 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.