-- Ronald Reagan

News of Note
Military Jury Gives Soldier Life for Killing Two Comrades
Kuwait appoints a female Cabinet minister
Borders Offers Discount Coupon To Public Service Workers

Iraq
Commandos Continue to Press Terrorists
Coalition Transfers Base to Iraqi Army
Command Investigates Deaths in Iraq

Afghanistan
Afghan Officials Say Eight Arrested for Kidnapped Italian
Crash Kills 3 in Afghanistan

Welcome Home!
USNS Mercy Comes Home
USS Bonhomme Richard Returns Home Photos
USS Taylor Returns Home


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Iraq struggles to draft new constitution
Eight killed by bomb blasts in Iran
U.K. memo said to question postwar plan
Explosion derails Moscow-bound train
Rice takes to stage to aid ailing soprano


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
War photo gallery
Helping children cope with war
Map of military forces
Archived maps of daily action
Eight killed by bomb blasts in Iran
Palestinian Authority executes four men
Direction of Lebanon in hands of voters
Talks stall between Sudan, Darfur rebels
Gaza faces uncertain future after pullout
Kuwait suspects claim forced confessions
Report: Syria foils planned terror attacks
Bomb hits in front of Iraq Slovak embassy
11 killed by gunmen south of Baghdad
Annan sending U.N. team to Lebanon


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Slideshow: Iraq
Iraq's leadership says militants seeking talks
Kurd parliament elects Barzani as president
20 executed bodies found in Iraq
French hostage released in Iraq
17 Bodies Discovered In Northwestern Iraq
Bomb hits elite Iraqi police HQ
NATO to Expand Training of Iraqis


Fox News
French, Iraqi Hostages Freed
Airstrikes Kill 40 Terrorists
Iran Bomb Attacks Kill Eight
Palestinians Execute Four
Blast Rips Through Russian Passenger Train; 15 Hurt
Syrian Terror Attack Foiled


Department of Defense
Cheney Praises U.S. Special Operations Story
Cheney: War Won't End With Treaty
NATO Expanding Missions in Afghanistan — Story
NATO Establishing Iraqi Training Center

ON THE GROUND
Commandos Continue to Press Terrorists — Story
Coalition Transfers Base to Iraqi Army — Story
Iraqi Forces Seize Terrorists, Cash, Weapons — Story
Command Investigates Deaths in Iraq — Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Army Soldiers Strike at Terrorists in Taji
Fuel Specialists Let Pride Continue to Fly
Texans Patrol Perimeter to Keep Troops Safe
Marines, Iraqis Work Together in Ar Ramadi

IN AFGHANISTAN
Total Force Combats Explosive Devices

IN BAHRAIN
Maritime Security is Critical for Security

FACE OF DEFENSE
Enthusiastic Apache Pilot Lives out Lifelong Dream — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Duff Supports Military Families — Story
Idol Makes 'Dream Come True'

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Seven Marines Killed in Attacks
Two Non-combat Deaths Reported
Nominee Charts Way Forward
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Forces Nab Insurgents
Afghan Army Officer to Visit U.S.
Terrorist Killed in Failed Ambush
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Military Won't Drop Standards
Senior Enlisted Warfighters Meet
Marines Transform Deployments
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Marine Casualty — Story

Weather
from The Weather Channel

Iraq
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Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar


Today in History
1665 - After the Dutch pull out, the English rename New Amsterdam: New York.
1775 - In the first naval battle of the American Revolution, the American ship Unity captures the British Margaretta.
1776 - Virginia adopts a Declaration of Rights.
1787 - A law is enacted that states a senator must be at least 30 years old.
1812 - Napoleon invades Russia.
1838 - The Territory of Iowa is organized.
1839 - The first baseball game is played in America.
1845 - George Abernethy becomes Oregon's first governor.
1849 - Lewis Haslett (KY) patents the gas mask.
1898 - Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain (to U.S. control).
1900 - The German Navy Law calls for a massive increase in sea power.
1918 - The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit takes place in France.
1934 - The Black-McKeller Bill is passed, splitting the Boeing empire into United Airlines and Boeing United Aircraft (Technologies).
1937 - As Stalin's purge continues, 8 army leaders are executed.
1962 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 56,270 meters.
1967 - 300 are arrested at a race riot in Cincinnati, OH; the Supreme Court unanimously ends laws banning interracial marriages; the U.S.S.R. launches the Venera 4, for a Venus parachute landing.

Birthdays
1771 - Patrick Gass, Sgt. of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1851 - Oliver Joseph Lodge England, early radio pioneer
1897 - Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon,British PM
1924 - George Herbert Walker Bush, 43rd Vice President, 41st President
1929 - Anne Frank Holland, diarist/Nazi victim
19?? - My husband, Brian

Passings
1963 - Medgar Evers, NAACP official, murdered

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Holland, Lawrence T., USAF (CA); F100D shot down, ejected, killed in shootout on ground, KIA, body not recovered

1966
Harris, Gregory J. , USMC (records say OH, family says NY) ; captured

1972
Angus, William K., USMC (CO); A6A shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
Wiley, Richard D., US Army (IL); OH6A shot down, KIA, body not recovered