Quote of the Day
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."
- General Douglas MacArthur
News of Note
Spouses Deploy in Support of Iraq Mission
E-Mails Contradict Annan Statements on Oil-for-Food
Australian hostage freed in Iraq
Soldiers Wounded; Troops Save Child
U.S. Army Celebrates 230th Birthday
Remarks
Photos
Veteran Reflects on Meaning of Flag Day
Top Terrorist Nabbed in Iraq
JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Memo suggests oil-for-food link to Annan
Alaskans support Eielson Air Force Base
Fighting in Afghanistan leaves 14 dead
Israeli, Palestinian officials begin talks
Canada gov't survives confidence vote
S. Korea official on North calls for unity
AP: Clerics blocked bid for better US ties
Bolivia's president names new Cabinet
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Nation/World
Donald Tsang wins Hong Kong leadership
Priceless carpets stolen in Afghanistan
Suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi soldiers
Over 200 foreigners taken hostage in Iraq
U.S., Iraq consider amnesty for insurgents
Nations lobby for Security Council seats
Reputed al-Qaida car bomb maker arrested
Iran election may lead to rare runoff
Iran's ruling clerics feeling pressure
Sharon rejects corruption charges
Sudan aims to try Darfur suspects at home
Kuwaiti lawmakers challenge woman's post
Iraq Shiite gov't gets vote of confidence
Explosions reported in southeastern Iran
AP: Hariri hopes for rebound in Lebanon
Bomb outside bank in Kirkuk kills 18
CENTCOM: News Release
GERMAN FRIGATE RESCUES SIX MARINERS IN THE ARABIAN SEA
AIR STRIKES OUTSIDE OF KARABILAH
OPERATIONS IN MOSUL NET TERROR SUSPECTS
Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Suicide Bomber Kills 23 Iraqi Soldiers
Iraq tries to halt oil output drop amid security, investment problems
Iraq 'no more safe than in 2003'
Attacks kill at least 13 in 3 Iraqi cities
Fox News
Iraq Explosion Kills 17
Journo Describes Hostage Ordeal
Spain Makes Terror Arrests
IAEA to Saudis: Co-Operate
OPEC Expected to Raise Output Ceiling
Canadian Senate: Put Armed Agents on U.S. Border
Senators Urge Vote on Bolton
Army Deserter Back in U.S.
Pols: N. Korea Policy Broke
IAEA to N. Korea: Stop Threats
Should Gitmo Be Closed?
Al-Libbi Mum on Bin Laden
Mall Bomb Plot Suspect: Bar Statements From Trial
Department of Defense
Rumsfeld, Pace Speak About Iraq’s Future — Story Transcript
Defense Secretary Defends Detention Center — Story
Media Focuses on 'Sensational,' Cheney Says — Story
ON THE GROUND
U.S. Soldiers, Iraqi Forces Uncover Weapons — Story
FACE OF DEFENSE
Blue Grass Native Supports Operation Iraqi Freedom — Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
CD Benefits Armed Services YMCA — Story
Cyclists Raise Money for Troops
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
3 Soldiers Killed; Weapons Found
Water Project on Schedule
Cheney Discusses Iraq Progress
Suicide Car Bomber Injures Four
Command Investigates Deaths
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Cheney Discusses Guantanamo
Guantanamo Provides Valuable Info
U.S. Special Operations Praised
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Military Won't Drop Standards
National Guard, Reserve Update
Weather
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Iraq
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Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar GhurianHerat Kabul Qandahar
Today in History
1215 - King John signs the Magna Carta in England.
1381 - Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London.
1567 - Jews are expelled from Genoa, Italy.
1664 - New Jersey is established.
1775 - George Washington is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the American Army.
1836 - Arkansas becomes the 25th U.S. state.
1862 - General JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"; the battle for Petersburg begins with General Grant's assault on the Confederate line; Robert E. Lee's home, in Arlington, Virginia, becomes a Union military cemetery.
1876 - Sara Spencer becomes the first woman to address a U.S. presidential cconvention.
1877 - Henry O. Flipper becomes the first black West Point graduate at West Point.
1915 - The U.S government mints 1st $50 gold pieces for the Panama Pacific Expo.
1924 - Native Americans are proclaimed to be U.S. citizens.
1940 - Germans capture the French fortress of Verdun.
1944 - U.S. forces begin the invasion of Saipan.
1960 - Argentina complains to the U.N. about Israel's transfer of Eichman.
1977 - Spain holds its first free elections since 1936.
1978 - Soyuz 29 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay for 139 days.
1982 - Riots erupt in Argentina after the Falklands/Malvinas defeat.
1983 - The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down state and local restrictions on abortion.
1985 - En route to Halley's Comet, the U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops a lander on Venus.
1986 - Pravda announces the firing of high-level Chernobyl staff.
1988 - NASA launches S-213.
1989 - Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
Birthdays
1330 - Edward, Prince of Wales ("The Black Prince")
1922 - Morris K. Udall (Rep-AZ)
1932 - Mario Cuomo (Gov-NY)
Passings
1381 - Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded
1467 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
1849 - James Knox Polk, 11th U.S. President
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Kopfman, Theodore F., USN (OH); A4E shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive as of 1998
1967
Swanson, John Willard; USAF (IL); F105D shot down
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