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"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can."
"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can."
-- Samuel Adams
News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Medical Airmen Save Infant's Life
Reservists Go From Ground Zero to Iraq
Gunmen ambush two top diplomats in Iraq
Al-Zarqawi denounces Iraq army as enemies
U.S. soldier killed, two wounded in Iraq
Suspected Terrorist Killed Planting IEDs
Photos: July Fourth in Iraq
Operation Enduring Freedom
Bodies of Special Ops Troops Recovered
Bin Laden reportedly in Afghanistan
Guard Soldier Says Afghan Troops Eager to Serve
Fallen Heroes
Two Navy SEALS Found Dead
UN Follies
U.N. to Hand Over Notes inOil-for-Food Probe
Fox News
Bush Arrives in Denmark
Bush Rips Gonzales Critics
Bush Birthday Reminds Boomers
Envoys Attacked in Baghdad
Rice Offers to Help Egypt
Teen Confesses in Court to Creating 'Sasser' Worm
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iran protests Austrian probe of new leader
Israel commits large force for pullout
Sandstorms disrupt daily life in Baghdad
Pakistani envoy leaving Iraq after attack
Reuters: Top News
Thousands to march as G8 leaders meet in Scotland
Baghdad gunmen mount campaign against diplomats
U.S. wants G8 climate debate to move beyond Kyoto
Jail for journalists in leak case, prosecutor urges
Africa urges G8 to scrap debt, reform trade
Firm on Gaza pullout, Sharon confronts settlers
Bush starts formal process of Supreme Court pick
White House to give budget update next week
Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Countries With Diplomatic Ties in Iraq
Bush Thanks Denmark for Helping in Iraq
Zarqawi says Qaeda forms wing to fight Shi'ites-Web
Bahrain, Pakistani diplomatic convoys attacked in Iraq
Bush Urges Patience 'Until Fight Is Won'
Egyptian Envoy's Abduction Heightens Fear in Baghdad
CENTCOM: News Release
TASK FORCE BAGHDAD FINDS LARGE WEAPONS CACHE
DETAINEES RELEASED UNDER PTS PROGRAM
TROOPS FIND WEAPONS CACHE NEAR AR RAMADI
Department of Defense
Officials: Insurgents Target Iraqi Progress — Story Transcript
ON THE GROUND
Hospital Opening Furthers Iraqi Progress — Story
Engineers' Teamwork, Sweat Gets Job Done — Story
Iraqi Civilian Tip Leads to Weapons Cache — Story
IN IRAQ
Air Force Recognizes Historical Name of Iraqi Air Base
Task Force Baghdad Delivers Tons of Food
IN AFGHANISTAN
Black Hawk Crew Rescues 3 Afghan Children
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Nationals Support Troops — Story
Effort Helps N.C. Troop Families
Atlanta Parade Salutes Troops
Parade Reunites Families
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Progress Continues
Troops Track Terrorists
Doc Who Aided Terrorists Captured
Photos: Rebuilding Erbil
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Eye on Iraq' (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Fact Sheet: Helping Women in Iraq
IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Servicemember Rescued
Statement Expresses Regret
Former Rebels Sign Pledges
Battles Near Kandahar Kill 3 Enemies
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting
WAR ON TERRORISM
Bush Topics: Terrorism, Freedom
Officials Release Strategy
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Vinson Concludes Gulf Operations
President Calls for Support
Recruiters Reach Out
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties — Story
Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf
Afghanistan
Gitmo
Today in History
1483 - King Richard III of England is crowned.
1535 - Sir Thomas Moore is executed in England for treason.
1699 - Captain William Kidd is arrested in Boston.
1777 - British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from the Americans.
1785 - Congress resolves that U.S. currency will be named the "dollar," and adopts a decimal coinage system.
1798 - U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained...and removed as alien enemies..."
1885 - Louis Pasteur performs the first human inoculation (for rabies).
1908 - Robert Peary's expedition sails from New York City, bound for the North Pole.
1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
1928 - The first all-talking motion picture is shown in New York; America's heaviest hailstone falls in Coffeyville, KS (1.67 lbs.).
1944 - Fire breaks out at the Ringling Bros. Circus in Hartford, CT - 170 are killed.
1945 - Nicaragua becomes the first nation to formally accept the UN Charter; President Truman signs the executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom.
1958 - Alaska becomes the 49th U.S. state.
1976 - Soyuz-21 carries two cosmonauts to the Salyut-5 space station.
1978 - Israeli jet fighters bomb West Beirut.
1987 - Sikh extremists carry out the first of three massacres in India.
1989 - U.S. Marshals and the FCC seize Brooklyn pirate radio station WHOT.
Birthdays
1747 - John Paul Jones, Naval hero (said, "I have not yet begun to fight")
1796 - Czar Nicholas I of Russia
1903 - Axel Theorell Sweden, biochemist, studied enzymes, Nobel Prize winner
1923 - Nancy Davis Reagan, First Lady
1945 - Burt Ward, actor (Robin-Batman)
Passings
1189 - King Henry II of England
1415 - Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany
1535 - Sir Thomas Moore, executed for treason in England
1990 - Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, of AIDS
Missing in Action
1966
Hestle, Roosevelt L., Jr., USAF (FL); F105F shot down, wife believes she saw him in film footage from a Hanoi press conference
Morgan, Charles E., USAF (CA); F105F shot down, remains returned July, 1989 - ID'd April, 1990
Tomes, Jack H., USAF (AZ); F105D shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - died December, 1984
Young, James Faulds, USAF (MI); RF101C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1996
1967
Hughey, Kenneth R., USAF (CA);F4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel as of 1996 - alive as of 1998
Pollack, Melvin, USAF (NY); F4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel as of 1996 - alive and well as of 1998
1968
Mahoney, Thomas P. III, USMC (CA); KIA, body not recovered
1971
Carr, Donald G., US Army SF (IN); passenger in OV10A believed shot down while on recon mission
Thomas, Daniel W., USAF (IA); OV10A believed shot down while on recon mission
Today in History
1483 - King Richard III of England is crowned.
1535 - Sir Thomas Moore is executed in England for treason.
1699 - Captain William Kidd is arrested in Boston.
1777 - British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from the Americans.
1785 - Congress resolves that U.S. currency will be named the "dollar," and adopts a decimal coinage system.
1798 - U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained...and removed as alien enemies..."
1885 - Louis Pasteur performs the first human inoculation (for rabies).
1908 - Robert Peary's expedition sails from New York City, bound for the North Pole.
1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
1928 - The first all-talking motion picture is shown in New York; America's heaviest hailstone falls in Coffeyville, KS (1.67 lbs.).
1944 - Fire breaks out at the Ringling Bros. Circus in Hartford, CT - 170 are killed.
1945 - Nicaragua becomes the first nation to formally accept the UN Charter; President Truman signs the executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom.
1958 - Alaska becomes the 49th U.S. state.
1976 - Soyuz-21 carries two cosmonauts to the Salyut-5 space station.
1978 - Israeli jet fighters bomb West Beirut.
1987 - Sikh extremists carry out the first of three massacres in India.
1989 - U.S. Marshals and the FCC seize Brooklyn pirate radio station WHOT.
Birthdays
1747 - John Paul Jones, Naval hero (said, "I have not yet begun to fight")
1796 - Czar Nicholas I of Russia
1903 - Axel Theorell Sweden, biochemist, studied enzymes, Nobel Prize winner
1923 - Nancy Davis Reagan, First Lady
1945 - Burt Ward, actor (Robin-Batman)
Passings
1189 - King Henry II of England
1415 - Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany
1535 - Sir Thomas Moore, executed for treason in England
1990 - Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, of AIDS
Missing in Action
1966
Hestle, Roosevelt L., Jr., USAF (FL); F105F shot down, wife believes she saw him in film footage from a Hanoi press conference
Morgan, Charles E., USAF (CA); F105F shot down, remains returned July, 1989 - ID'd April, 1990
Tomes, Jack H., USAF (AZ); F105D shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - died December, 1984
Young, James Faulds, USAF (MI); RF101C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1996
1967
Hughey, Kenneth R., USAF (CA);F4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel as of 1996 - alive as of 1998
Pollack, Melvin, USAF (NY); F4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel as of 1996 - alive and well as of 1998
1968
Mahoney, Thomas P. III, USMC (CA); KIA, body not recovered
1971
Carr, Donald G., US Army SF (IN); passenger in OV10A believed shot down while on recon mission
Thomas, Daniel W., USAF (IA); OV10A believed shot down while on recon mission
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