News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq's New Government Meets For First Time
New Iraqi Gov't Approved
U.S. Hopes For Fewer Troops
Video: Iraq's New Gov't
Iraqi PM vows "maximum force" as bombs kill 19
Iraq's Maliki to name key security posts in days
Bomber Kills 12 in Baghdad Restaurant
Violence Kills 3, Wounds 21 in Baghdad

Operation Enduring Freedom
34 Die in Afghan Violence
Indian soap opera transfixes Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Officials Say Top Islamic Jihad Leader Killed in Gaza City

Troops on Trial
Army Jury Convicts Soldier in Wife's Death

Other Military News
Soldiers to Watch Family Members' Graduations Online
Franks: GI Deaths Is the Cost of Security

Hamas Rising
Palestinian security says foiled bomb plot

Worldwide Wackos
Iran's Islamic Dress Code Law Raises Concern
Iran: security pledges can't solve atomic dispute

Politics
Nagin WinsRe-Election
Fast Facts: New Orleans Mayoral Candidates Background
More Than 11,000 Voted in New Orleans Mayor Race
Clinton says must "get off our butts" to stop warming
FBI raids House of Representatives office

Oddities
Elton John says photographers "should all be shot"
Hilfiger 'Just Kept Smacking Me,' Axl Says

Other News of Note
Barbaro Breaks Down at Start, Bernardini Wins Preakness (I love horseracing...this was horrible to see)

Fox News
Underground Explosion Kills 5 in Kentucky
FBI Agents Search Louisiana Congressman's Office
Kentucky Mine Blast Kills 5
Nat'l Guard Border Duty to Last at Least 2 Years- Bush: Hablas Ingles, Por Favor
97 Vietnamese Fishermen Found Alive After Typhoon
Oklahoma Judge Strikes Down Gay Adoption Law
Kevorkian May Not Survive Another Year in Prison
'American Idol' Center

Reuters: Top News
East German wounds reopen as Stasi men speak out
Birders vie for World Series glory in N.J. swamp
Taiwan's "credit card slaves" labor to repay debts
Cape baboons: Hairy, hungry and in the house
DoCoMo to make all models global standard - paper
Symantec sues Microsoft in contract dispute
Vegan diet lowers odds of having twins
Statins may help people with low cholesterol: trial
Daimler faces fine in US graft probe
Shell gets Nigerian deadline for $1.5 bln damages
BAA plans 1 bln stg cashback in bid defence-papers
Nasdaq raises LSE stake, making rival bids harder
Sanofi, FDA in talks on Ketek label after concerns
VNU takeover wins support from vocal dissenter
Stocks to take fresh look at inflation
Stocks rise on techs, oil; break week-long fall - Video
Jones Apparel eyed by private equity firms: report
CDC report supports Bausch & Lomb recall
Intel drops on fears of gains by rival AMD
Ins and Outs for the week
On the Radar: Three giants of Biotech
No easy fix for dollar on yuan revaluation

AP World News
Mountain States Imprisoning More Women
3 Calif. Teens Burned in Aerosol Accident
TV Bounty Hunter Duane 'Dog' Chapman Weds
Daughter of TV Bounty Hunter 'Dog' Dies
Bonds Ties the Babe With Home Run No. 714
2,000 Gallons of Oil Spilled Near Oahu
Meth Addict Hopes His Pain Helps Others
Finns 'Turn the Amps Up,' Win Eurovision
'Da Vinci Code' Opening Beats Expectation

Military.com
Video: Severe Clear
Army NG Unit Split on Border Plan
U.S. Soldier Killed, Six Wounded

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES KILL TWO AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS

Department of Defense
Iraqi Parliament Approves Government - Story - On Assignment
Bush: Troop Efforts Helped Government Form - Story
Forces Locate, Kill Two Al Qaeda Terrorists - Story
U.S. Soldier Killed, Six Wounded in Afghanistan
Rumsfeld, Pace: Uncle Sam Needs You - Story
Detainees Skirmish With Guantanamo Guards - Story

IRAQIS TAKE THE LEAD
Grads Join Police Ranks, Support Blood Drive - Story
Iraqi Army Humanitarian Mission Aids Villagers

ON THE GROUND
Security Mission Unit Keeps Sheikh Informed - Story - On Assignment
Combat Support Hospital Still Saving Lives - Story - On Assignment
Bulletproof Jacket Keeps Troops Afloat - Story

IN IRAQ
84th Engineers Build Bridges for Anaconda
U.S. Marines, Iraqi Troops Hold Medical Clinic
Airmen Keep Fleet Rolling Through Dust, Mud

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Soldiers Get In-Depth Airdrop Training

IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Marines Help Rebuild Djiboutian Soccer Field
Pakistani Admiral Visits Camp Lemonier
Task Force Troops Visit African Orphanages

DefendAmerica Week in Review
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Italian Embassy Welcomes Troops - Story
'Connect and Join' Joins ASY
Troops, Families Stay Connected

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Operation Roll Tide Finds Weapons
Coalition Forces Save Boy
Support Key to Ending Violence
Strike Targets Support Base
General: Iraqi-Run Ops Increasing
Forces Stop Terrorists, Disarm Bomb
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
Weapons Found, Taliban Targeted
Forces Kill 61 Enemy, Nab 20
Taliban Fighters Killed in Operation
New Radio Station Opens
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Conference Topic: Security Efforts
Detainee Transfer Announced
Pentagon Tests Bio-Attack Response
U.S., Australia to Share More Info
Bush, Howard Focus: War on Terror
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
Rumsfeld, Pace: No Mission Conflict
U.S. Relinquishes IADB Position
Leaders Discuss Guard at Border
Rumsfeld Urges Support of Budget
Pace: Encourage Military Service
Guard Border Role Has Limits
Film Examines Combat Hospital
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Marine Casualty - 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
1420 - King Charles VI gives Franct to the English in the Treaty of Troyes.
1804 - Lewis & Clark begin their expedition.
1832 - The first Democratic National Convention takes place in Baltimore
1846 - The first steamship arrives in Hawaii.
1856 - Pro-slavery forces capture and sack Lawrence, KS.
1861 - North Carolina becomes the tenth state to secede from the Union.
1871 - 17,000 die when French regular troops attack the Commune of Paris.
1881 - Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross.
1917 - Leo Pinckney becomes the first WWI American draftee.
1918 - The House of Representatives amends the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
1927 - Lindbergh lands in Paris after successfully completing the first transatlantic solo air flight.
1932 - Amelia Earhart completes the first transatlantic solo flight by a woman.
1940 - The Allies counterattack at Atrecht (North-France).
1941 - The SS Robin Moore becomes the first American ship sunk by a U-boat; the German airforce occupies the airport at Maleme Kreta; Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau.
1944 - Hitler begins an attack on English/American "terror pilots."
1945 - Heinrich Himmler is captured.
1950 - Vietnamese troops attack Cambodia.
1953 - The French government of Mayer resigns.
1954 - A proposed Amendment to give 18-year-olds voting rights fails.
1956 - The U.S. explodes the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll.
1957 - The French government of Mollet resigns.
1958 - Indonesian paratroopers reconquer Morotai Island.
1964 - In Chesapeake Bay, the first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations; U.S. intelligence flights above Laos begin.
1968 - The Scorpion, an American nuclear sub with 99 men aboard, is reported missing. It is later found at the bottom of the ocean off the Azores.
1969 - Robert Kennedy's murderer - Sirhan Sirhan - is sentenced to death.
1970 - The National Guard is mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University.
1971 - The National Guard is mobilized to quell a riot in Chattanooga, TN.
1979 - Elton John becomes the first western rocker to perform live in the U.S.S.R.
1980 - Ensign Jean Marie Butler is the first woman to graduate from a U.S. service academy.
1981 - François Mitterrand becomes President of France.
1982 - British troops land in the Falkland Islands.
1991 - Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ethiopia's Marxist president, resigns.
1993 - Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor is sentenced to life.
1994 - South Yemen secedes from Yemen.

Birthdays
427 BC - Plato (Aristocles)
1527 - Philip II, King of Spain & Portugal
1822 - Confederate Major General Dabney Herndon Maury; Confederate General Mosby Monroe Parsons
1825 - Union Brevet Major Genreal George Lafayette Beal
1835 - Union Brevet Major Genreal Newton Martin Curtis Brevet Major General
1878 - Glenn Hammond Curtiss, American inventor of the hydroplane.
1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist, human rights worker, Nobel prize winner
1941 - Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4)
1942 - Robert C. Springer, Colonel USMC / astronaut (STS-29, STS-38)

Passings
1481 - Christian I, King of Denmark/Norway/Sweden
1542 - Hernando de Soto, while searching for gold near the Mississippi River
1703 - Roemer Vlacq, Dutch Admiral, in battle
1935 - Jane Addams, ACLU co-founder
1993 - John Frost English, Lieutenant-Colonel (operation Market Garden 1944
1994 - John Henry Weidner, Dutch/American resistance fighter
1995 - Les Aspin, US Secretary of Defense

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Brace, Ernest C., civilian, USAID; Released by PL March, 1973 - alive and well in 1998

1966
Buckley, Louis, Jr., US Army (MI)

Thackerson, Walter A., US Army (AL) ; Killed, BNR

1967
Simpson, Walter S., US Army (NJ) ; Killed, BNR

Wrobleski, Walter F., US Army (NJ) ; UH1D shot down

1968
Lemcke, David E., US Army (NY) ; Killed, BNR

1970
Albert, Keith A., US Army (LA); captured in a 2-track, released by PRG February, 1973 - alive as of 1999