Quote of the Day
"There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free."
-- Walter Cronkite
2nd Lt. Ilario Pantano News:Hearing for Marine accused of murdering two Iraqis closes after ...Marine returns to stand, gives key testimonyKey Witness Testifies at Marine's HearingKey Witness Appears in Iraq Murder TrialKey Witness Testifies Defendant Stripped Him of Leadership Role in IraqProsecutors give arguments in Marine caseWitness Given Immunity in Marine HearingJuneauEmpire.com: Associated PressReport: N. Korea may have fired missileAstronaut Hall of Fame inducts 3 membersNine killed in third day of Iraq attacksMrs. Bush steals show at reporters' dinner2 attacks in Egypt leave 3 dead, 9 hurtSeattle Post-Intelligencer: War on IraqRoadside bomb kills three Afghan policeUN deplores Iraq violence, people deserve better says AnnanLebanon marks Syria pullout from countryPilgrims mark Orthodox Easter in JerusalemIran likely to resume nuclear activitiesTurkey leader to visit Israel, mend tiesThe US News: Iraq NewsBodies will play role in the case against SaddamIraqi unit brings quiet to rebel areaThree Iraqis killed in Fallujah attackU.S. Security Firm Struck Hard By Iraqi InsurgencyEleven die as Iraq attacks stay at peakBlair, Howard play down Iraq issueSudan, ex-foes begin constitution talksIraqi Neighbors Pledge to Boost SecurityFuneral for Eastern Shore Marine who died in IraqInsurgents Kill 17 Iraqis, US SoldierU.S. Military gives Wolfowitz full honors farewellExperts Probe Kurdish Mass Graves in IraqYahoo! News: War with IraqGunmen Kill Five Iraqi Police in Baghdad AttackItaly furious at report clearing U.S. soldiers over death of agentYork Soldier Wounded By Mine In IraqGunmen Kill Five Iraqi Police in Baghdad AttackIraqi WMD Might Be In Syria From Unofficial SourcesSix Iraqi neighbours pledge support as US troops cleared of Italian's death7 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, 6 woundedInsurgents unleash 17 bombs in Iraq, killing at least 50Iraqi Cabinet haggling goes onU.S. Report Clears G.I.'s in Death of Italian AgentInfant is only survivor of bus blast that killed his mother, grandmotherSuit accuses contractor of bilking millions in IraqEngland's Family Deals With Guilty PleaFox NewsMore Iraq Attacks Kill NineSyria to Restore Iraq RelationsReports: U.S. Warns Japan of N. Korea Missile LaunchAfghan Bomb Kills ThreeU.S. Releases DetaineesLebanese Celebrate PulloutEgypt Attacks Raise WorriesDepartment of DefenseCivic Leaders View Coast Guard Duties —
StoryRadio Hosts See Iraq, Kuwait Ops During Visit —
StoryDefense Department Honors Wolfowitz —
StoryON THE GROUNDAmbassador Visits U.S. Troops in Georgia —
StoryMobile Training Team Visits Camp Lemonier —
StoryMarine Unit Storms Djiboutian ShoresAfghan Army Gets Armored Personnel Carriers —
StorySoldiers, K-9 Partners Work to Deter Attacks —
StoryIraqis Train to Fly C-130s in Combat Zone —
StoryIN IRAQTexas Guard Soldiers Patrol Deadly GroundsArmy Medics Bring Care to Remote VillageHawaii National Guard Secures Camp VictoryIN AFGHANISTANKhost Team Helps Restore Mosque, ShrineU.S. Army Europe Commander Visits TroopsTeam Effort Manages Bagram’s Busy Air OpsIN SOUTHWEST ASIA Deployed Airman Says 'I Do' Via PhoneIN THE HORN OF AFRICATask Force Troops Dedicate Kenyan Girls' SchoolTask Force Helps Renovate Ethiopian SchoolsFACE OF DEFENSEMarine Neighbors Serve Together in Iraq —
StoryTOP NEWSIN IRAQUAV Nabs Suspects; Soldiers KilledBombs Rock Baghdad; Troops KilledBush Pleased With ProgressU.S. Soldiers Aid Attack Victims Iraq Daily UpdateIraq ReconstructionMapsWeekly Progress Report (pdf)IN AFGHANISTAN
Airstrike Kills Afghan CiviliansAfghans Treated at U.S. BaseAfghans Majority of Workforce Afghanistan Daily UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISMSenators Get Intel UpdateRumsfeld Stresses Troops' Legacy Waging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseMILITARY NEWSPace Visits West Point CadetsCivic Leaders Visit Parris IslandPhotos: Civil Leaders Visit BasesCivic Leaders Visit Georgia BaseSenator Compares Myers to IkeNational Guard, Reserve UpdateToday in History 408 - Theodosius II succeeds to the throne of Constantinople.
1308 - King Albert is murdered by his nephew John.
1486 - Christopher Columbus convinces Queen Isabella to fund his West Indies expedition.
1805 - The state of Virginia passes a law requiring freed slaves to leave or risk imprisonment or deportation.
1863 - The Battle of Chancellorsville begins as Union General Joe Hooker attacks Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
1867 - Reconstruction in the South begins with black voter registration.
1877 - President Rutherford B. Hayes withdraws Federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.
1898 - The US Navy the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay.
1915 - The Lusitania leaves New York Harbor for Europe.
1927 - Adolf Hitler holds his first Nazi meeting in Berlin.
1934 - The Philippine legislature accepts a US proposal for independence.
1937 - President Roosevelt signs an act of neutrality, keeping the US out of World War II.
1944 - The first combat jet makes its first flight (Messerschmitt Me 262)
1945 - Adolf Hitler's personal secretary escapes the Fuhrerbunker ahead of the advancing Red Army.
1948 - North Korea is established.
1960 - Francis Gary Powers' U-2 is shot down over Russia.
1961 - Fidel Castro announces that Cuba will have no more elections.
1968 - US Marines (with Naval support) continue their attack on a North Vietnamese Division at Dai Do for a second day.
1970 - Students from Kent State University riot in downtown Kent to protest the American invasion of Cambodia.
1972 - The North Vietnamese capture Quang Tri City, effectively gaining control of that province.
1986 - Tass reports the Chernobyl accident.
Birthdays1764 - Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the US Capitol building.
1769 - Arthur Wellsley, Duke of Wellington.
1878 - James Graham, inventor of the first naval aircraft-carrying ship / first to film a total eclipse of the Sun.
1887 - Alan G. Cunningham, British General, commanded forces that liberated Ethiopia from the Italians in World War II.
1896 - Mark Clark, American World War II General.
1923 - Joseph Heller, American author of
Catch 22.