News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
'It Is Vital That We Do the Job' - Video
Speakout! Did We Do the Right Thing in Iraq?
Iran rejects Iraq talks with US for now
Iran minister in Baghdad
Video: Blair/Bush Joint Press Conference
Car bomb kills nine in Baghdad

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Fortress Site of Deadly Siege
AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES CAPTURE TWO SUSPECTED TALIBAN IN PANJWAYI DISTRICT
COALITION FORCES PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO LANDMINE VICTIMS
ANA, COALITION BATTLE ENEMY IN URUZGAN; KILL 24

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Sole Living Beslan Attacker Gets Life in Prison
Bomb kills Islamic Jihad member in Lebanon

Troops on Trial
INVESTIGATION ORDERED INTO ALLEGATION OF MISCONDUCT
Harsher Abu Ghraib methods condoned: witness

Other Military News
VA breach discovered through office gossip

Immigration
Senate Passes Sweeping Immigration Bill
Different Paths, Same Goal

NSA / CIA
Frist Wants Vote on CIA Director Nominee Soon

Hamas Rising
Hamas militia off streets after Abbas challenge
Abbas stuns Hamas with talk of referendum

Politics / Goverment
Bush Seals Documents FBI Seized From Rep. Jefferson
Video: Hastert Threatens to Sue ABC for Abramoff Story
Bush orders FBI-Congress documents sealed
Treasury Sec'y John Snow Signals He's Ready to Resign
Vermont signs ambitious health-insurance law

Oddities
Former Peterson Juror Now Pen Pals With Scott
Murder defendant tries to strangle lawyer in court
Waiting to be discovered in Cannes...
Want to be invisible? Theories see a possible way

Other News of Note
Manhunt Ends
Video: FBI's 'Most Wanted Couple' Caught
China Plans to Upgrade Military Arsenal
Huge Security Flaw Found in Top Anti-Virus Software
Boston reports first measles outbreak in 7 years

Fox News
Ex-Enron Execs Found Guilty
Video: Lay Reacts to Verdict
Video: Lay, Skilling Guilty
Thai Rescuers Use Dogs in Flood Victim Search
Stocks to Watch: McAfee

Reuters: Top News
Migrant birds from Africa in serious decline: study
Google, Dell in deal on PC software package
Yahoo, eBay form alliance that will challenge Google
NY graffiti painters see craft as art, not vandalism
Hunt is on in Alaska for deadly bird flu virus
Daily tipple can bring health benefits -- for men
Reggae star Desmond Dekker dies of a heart attack
Almodovar ahead as Cannes readies for final fling
Mittal target Arcelor plans Severstal merger
Singapore picks Las Vegas Sands to build first casino
Germany's Postbank plans 1,200 job cuts -source
Samsung says chip business bottomed out early May
Buyout group offers to buy back most VNU debt
Icahn group preparing fresh KT&G hostile takeover bid
Arcelor/Severstal deal sends steel stocks soaring - Video
Severstal up 17 percent on Arcelor news
Nikkei climbs as Sony, exporters advance
Nasdaq, S&P closer more than 1 pct higher
Howard Stern's reach
DeMartino: No change to eBay analysis
Reuters Summit: Global Energy

AP World News
270,000 attend Mass by Pope Benedict XVI
Michael Jackson plans appearance in Tokyo
Pistons bounce back, even series with Heat
Fla. angler lands what may be record shark
Probe films underwater volcanic eruption
Ducks stay alive, beat Oilers 6-3
Devil Rays manager impressed by Beckett
Baby with heart condition recovers
Tigers' rally means unlucky 13 for Royals
Obituaries in the news

Military.com
Bush, Blair Admit Iraq Mistakes
Car Bomb Kills 8, Wounds 31
Death Brings Fight for Wiccan Soldier
Bush Orders Documents Sealed
End to Ex-Spouse Law
Czar Recommended for Army Transformation
Lawyers Look for Way to Sue Over BRAC
Senate OKs Citizenship for Illegal Aliens
DoD Inspector General Reports on NAS Oceana Closure
San Diego Sailors Get Condos, not Barracks
GW Completes 'Partnership of the Americas' Deployment
USS Nimitz Receives Major League Honors

CENTCOM: News Releases
3 TERRORISTS KILLED AFTER EMPLACING IEDs

THREE CIVILIANS KILLED IN CONVOY ATTACK

INSECTICIDE SPRAYING IN DIYALA ENDS

IA, CF Detain 15 TERRORISTS

Department of Defense
Bush: Coast Guard Vital to U.S. Security - Story
VA Works to Prevent Future Information Loss - Story
Official Requests Probe of Civilian’s Death - Story
Committee Reviews Compensation System - Story

REBUILDING IRAQ
Co-op Brings New Hope to Iraqi Farmers - Story
Military News Crew Chronicles Substation Construction

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Admiral, African Traditional Leader Meet - Story
Afghan Border Police, Villagers Secure Border - Story
Training Ensures Marines Ready for Combat - Story
Injured by Bombs, Iraqi Gets Prosthetic Hand - Story

IN IRAQ
Desert Operation Nets Suspects, Weapons
Taji Center Stresses Counterinsurgency Ops
Gunners Safer, See Better With New Turrets
Security Mission Unit Keeps Sheikh Informed

IN AFGHANISTAN
Abizaid Visits 'Mountain Lion' Battlefields
U.S. Airmen Help Rebuild a Nation
Coalition Vendor Day Aids Afghan Businesses
Afghan Soldiers Get In-Depth Airdrop Training

FACE OF DEFENSE
Sailor Helps Iraqi Army Band - Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Nation to Honor Fallen - Story
Bikers Complete 'Ride for Patriots' - Story
Memorial Parade to Salute Vets
USAA to Salute Servicemembers

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Two Soldiers Killed in Baghdad
Suicide Bombings Mask Progress
Soldier Killed While on Patrol
Coalition Forces Kill 7 Terrorists
ISF Lead Ops in More Areas
Renewal In Iraq
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (PDF)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Forces Detain Two Suspects
Forces Kill 24 Enemy Fighters
Afghan Progress Frustrates Taliban
Up to 80 Taliban Believed Killed
Forces Kill 20 Enemy in Firefight
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Rice Comments on Gitmo Closing
Conference Focus: Maritime Ops
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Border Mission Won’t Hurt Readiness
Cheney Thanks Sailors, Marines
Officials Define Response Roles
VA Urges Caution After Data Theft
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Marine 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
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
0961 - German King Otto II crowned
1798 - British troops kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara.
1805 - Lewis & Clark first see the ocky Mountains; Napoleon is crowned king of Italy.
1824 - Brazil is recognized by the U.S.
1861 - The Union blockades New Orleans & Mobile.
1864 - The territory of Montana is formed.
1865 - Battle of Galveston, TX.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote.
1896 - The last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, is crowned.
1922 - Lenin suffers a stroke.
1924 - President Coolidge signs the Immigration Law (restricting immigration).
1937 - San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens.
1941 - An Ark Royal airplane sights the German battleship Bismarck.
1942 - The Nazis require Belgian Jews to wear a Jewish star; The African corps faces the British Army in a tank battle at Bir Hakeim.
1943 - Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam.
1944 - 82nd Airborne division landsat La Haye du Puits to Ste Mère Eglise (D-Day).
1945 - The U. S. fire bombs Tokyo.
1946 - A patent is filed in the U.S. for the H-Bomb
1948 - The entire Hagana armed forces are sworn-in as Israeli soldiers; South Africa elects a nationalist government with an apartheid policy.
1961 - A USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours.
1981 - A Marine jet crashes on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz, killing 14; Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth.
1987 - Supreme Court rules that dangerous defendants can be held without bail.

Birthdays
1566 - Mohammed III, Sultan of Turkey
1835 - Confederate Artillery Brigadier General Edward Porter Alexander
1867 - Mary queen, of Great Britain/North Ireland
1877 - Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War
1899 - Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal
1903 - Estes Kefauver (Senator-TN)
1910 - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, President of México
1924 - Cooper Evans (Representative-IA)
1951 - Muhammed Ahmad Faris Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3); Sally Kristen Ride, first U.S. woman astronaut (STS-7, STS 41G)
1968 - Frederik, Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark

Passings
1421 - Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey
1512 - Bajezid II, Governor of Amasja/8th Sultan of Turkey, dies
1818 - Michael A. Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal/War Minister
1883 - Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler
1939 - Cornelis J. Cutters, supreme commander of Navy
1996 - Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Glandon, Gary A., USAF (TN); F4C crashed (Weapons Systems Officer, w/Griffey), Killed / BNR

Griffey, Terrance H., USAF (IA); F4C crashed (pilot, w/Glandon), Killed / BNR

1967
Mecleary, Read Blaine USN (CT); A4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired from active duty as a Captain, then served in the USNR, retiring as an O-6 Captain - alive and well in 1998