News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Rumsfeld Won't Promise Troop Drawdown This Year
Iraq's Incoming PM to Unveil Cabinet

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Ex-Lockheed agent pleads guilty to China arms plot
Rumsfeld Reveals Split Over Interrogations

Immigration
'Good Fences Make Good Neighbors' (It's a start...the text of the prosposed amendment is here)
Immigration bill moves forward - Video

NSA / CIA
Senators Awaits NSA Briefing
Video: Intel Gathering
Secret Documents to Be Used
NSA gives broader look at domestic-spying program
Judge Keeps Papers Sealed in AT&T Spy Suit

Hamas Rising
Hamas Makes Gaza Power Play

Worldwide Wackos
Chavez, Qaddafi Meet in Libya (Yep, good thing we took Libya off that list, eh...?)
Iran scorns EU atomic incentives - Video

Homegrown Moonbats
Protesters Arrested at Halliburton Meeting

Politics
Bill Clinton Signs Book Deal
Bush trumpets tax cuts, seeks to rally Republicans
Bush Signs $70 Billion Tax Cut Extensions

Oddities
If you're THAT drunk, then don't steal a car!
California home for sale for $75 million

Other News of Note
Wall Street Wipeout
FBI Digs Up Property After Tip in Jimmy Hoffa Disappearance
Last chromosome in human genome sequenced
Oldest Man Ever Reportedly Scales Everest
Fla. Gator Hotline Swamped
Woman Shoots Gator That Attacks Her Dog (What the heck is up with these 'gators?)
Villagers Brush Off Mount Merapi Eruption

Fox News
Brazil Nabs Major Drug Lord
Enron Trial Goes to Jury
Philip Morris Verdict Nixed
Indonesia Volcano Rumbles
'American Idol' Center

Reuters: Top News
Genetic study reveals surprises in human evolution
Breadth, ease, not original content, is Yahoo aim
Microsoft unveils new search tools for businesses
America's elderly face growing drug addiction problem
Florida citrus farms brace for hurricane season
Many US women abused by men, study finds (Odd that they never look at how many men are abused by women, isn't it?)
Americans may take too many vitamins, experts say
Ignoring reviews, big crowds await "Da Vinci Code"
Paul McCartney blames media for marriage split
Wall Street rout rewards neglected shares
Investors seek protective option strategies
Cannes Film Festival
"Da Vinci Code" panned - Video
Bono in Africa
Blogs: Bono visits Africa with U.S. execs
Jury ends day one of deliberations at Enron trial
Yahoo sees no boost from ad system before '07
Glaxo CEO extends contract, commits to Britain
Cingular spends $60 mln on hurricane preparation
Vivendi rejects investor's approach, break-up plan
Napster falls; Synopsys rises
European shares suffer biggest fall since 2002 - Video
Shop talk
DeMartino: Even after rallying, H-P remains undervalued
Tricks of the credit card trade

AP World News
Nationals $450 Million Sale Appears Set
Seahawks Coach Mike Holmgren to Stay On

Military.com
Rumsfeld Defends Border Plan
Carrier's Future in Dispute on the Hill
Soldier Pleads Guilty in Porn Site Case
Blog: Telcos Deny NSA Ties
Pentagon Crash Video Released
Baghdad Attack Leaves 19 Dead

CENTCOM: News Releases
MND-N SOLDIERS SAFELY DIMANTLE CAR BOMB IN MOSUL

Department of Defense
Rumsfeld Urges Support of Budget - Story - Photos
Pace: Convey Nobility of Military Service - Story
Rumsfeld: Guard Border Role Has Limits - Story
Pentagon Tests Bio-Attack Response - Story
U.S., Australia to Share More Information - Story
HBO Film Examines Army Combat Hospital - Story

IRAQIS TAKE THE LEAD
Iraqi Army Medics Bring Skills to Battlefield - Story

ON THE GROUND
Afghan Soldiers Get In-Depth Airdrop Training - Story
Pakistani Admiral Visits Camp Lemonier - Story
Oldest Amphib Provides Maritime Ops Support - Story

IN IRAQ
U.S. Marines, Iraqi Troops Hold Medical Clinic
Airmen Keep Fleet Rolling Through Dust, Mud
U.S. Coast Guard Trains Iraqi Marines in Maritime Ops
Georgians Arrive at Forward Operating Base Caldwell

IN AFGHANISTAN
Soldier Runs 5K Race to Honor Grandmother
Army Chief of Staff Visits U.S., Afghan Troops

IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Task Force Troops Visit African Orphanages
Task Force Commander Thanks Military Spouses

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
Global Hawk UAV Enables Advanced Operations

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine Pilot Logs 5,000 Hours in Hornet - Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Troops Receive Gourmet Coffee - Story
Paralympians Visit Wounded - Story

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Army Secretary Views Progress
Command Procedures Change
Tank Unit Assumes Responsibility
Casey: Iraqis Hopeful About Future
Province Fire Station Renovated
Forces Kill, Detain Terrorists
U.S. Troops Conduct Patrol
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
New Radio Station Opens
Enemy Rockets Injure Afghans
IED Injures Two Afghan Civilians
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Bush, Howard Focus: War on Terror
U.S., Libya Diplomacy Restored
More Detainee Names Released
Decatur Joins French-Led Force
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 Addresses VMI Grads
Bulgarian Official Visits Enterprise
Guard Border Support Not New
Navy Unit Gets Presidential Citation
Guard to Assist Border Patrol
Carrier Hosts Moroccan Dignitaries
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
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
1096 - Crusaders massacre Jews at Worm.
1631 - John Winthrop is elected as the first governor of Massachusetts.
1652 - Rhode Island enacts the first law declaring slavery illegal.
1756 - England declares war on France.
1803 - England declares war on France...again.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France.
1830 - Edwin Budding signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower.
1860 - The Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for presiden.
1861 - Battle of Sewall's Point, VA (The first Federal offense against the CSA).
1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, MS.
1864 - Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize / Old Oaks).
1896 - The U.S. Supreme court affirms the "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v. Ferguson).
1910 - The passage of Earth through the tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic .
1916 - U.S. pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down a German aircraft.
1917 - The U.S. passes the Selective Service Act.
1934 - Congress approves the "Lindbergh Act", making kidnapping a capital offense.
1940 - German troops conquer Brussels.
1941 - The Italian army surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia; Jewish veterans honor their dead. 1942 - New York City ends night baseball games for the rest of WWII.
1943 - Allied bombers attack Pantelleria.
1944 - The USSR begins the expulsion of more than 200,000 accused of collaborating with the Germans; the Polish 2nd Army corps captures Monte Cassino.
1948 - The Arab Legion captures the fort on Mount Scopus; Saudi Arabia joins the invasion of Israel.
1951 - The United Nations moves its headquarters to New York City.
1953 - American Jacqueline Cochrane becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1954 - The European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect.
1964 - The Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to their home country for more than 3 years.
1967 - Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals the "Monkey Law", upheld in the 1925 Scopes Trial.
1969 - Apollo 10 is launched.
1974 - India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb.
1977 - Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister.
1980 - China launches its first intercontinental rocket; Mount Saint Helens erupts, kiling 60. 1983 - The Senate revises immigration laws, giving millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
1986 - South African troops occupy Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
1991 - The USSR launches two cosmonauts to MIR.

Birthdays
1798 - Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Union Major General
1817 - James William Denver, Union Brigadier General
1850 - Oliver Heaviside, physicist; predicted the existence of the ionosphere
1868 - Nicholas II, last Czar of Russia
1901 - Vincent du Vigneaud, U.S. biochemist
1907 - Robley D. Evans, nuclear physicist
1917 - Charles Wintour, journalist
1929 - Johan N. Block, aviation pioneer
1930 - Don Leslie Lind, astronaut (STS 51-B), Warren B. Rudman (Senator-NH)
1952 - Martin R. Hoke (Representative-OH)
1954 - Martyn Wiley, writer / broadcaster

Passings
0323 - Alexander III (the Great), King of Macedonia /conqueror
1862 - William H. Keim, Union Brigadier General, in battle
1864 - James Byron Gordon Confederate Brigadier General
1949 - James T. Adams, US historian, Pulitzer prize winner
1967 - Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick
1973 - Jeannette Rankin, first Congresswoman
1987 - Wilbur J Cohen, first employee of the Social Security System

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Hrdlicka, David L., USAF (CO); photo published July, 1966

Tavares, John R., Civilian - merchant seaman; Last seen in Da Nang bar

1966
Guillet, Andre R., USAF (CT)

Harley, Lee D., USAF (VA)

Moore, William J., USAF (IL)

Wall, Jerry M., USAF (TX)

1967
Cameron, Kenneth R., USAF (CA); Died in captivity October, 1970; Remains returned March, 1974

DeLong, Joe L. US Army (TN); reportedly died in captivity November, 1967

Naughton, Robert J., USN (IA); Released by DRV March, 1973

1968
Gist, Tommy Emerson, USAF (OK)

James, Charlie N. , USN (CA); Released by DRV March, 1973

Monroe, Vincent D., USN (NJ); Remains returned August, 1978

Padilla, David E., USMC (TX)

Uyeyama, Terry J., USAF (NJ); Released by DRV March, 1973

1969
Cudlike, Charles J., US Army (MI)

1971
Entrican, Danny D., US Army SF (MS)

1972
Bednarek, Johnathan B., USAF (NY); Remains returned May, 1989

Ratzel, Wesley D., USAF (PA); No-show at POW camp; Remains returned May, 1989

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