News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Insurgents Demand U.S. Forces Leave Iraq in 2 Years (Telling, isn't it - but we're not beating them, no...of course not...)
Video: Suspect Caught in Raid

Operation Enduring Freedom
Soldier in Afghanistan US-led force killed by mine

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Architect unveils details of Freedom Tower
Crisis in Gaza
Jewish settler found dead
Planes Buzz Syrian President's Home
Video: Can Diplomacy Work?
Video: White House Backs Israel
Israel seizes Hamas leaders
New Bin Laden Tape (a video tribute to Zarqawi)
Welcome Home!!

Troops on Trial
Coast Guard Cadet Gets Six Months for Sex Assault

Other Military News
Pentagon Revises Listing Homosexuality as Disorder
VA worker had OK for data later stolen

Worldwide Wackos
G8 statement to urge Iran to reply soon: diplomat
China summons North Korea envoy on missiles: report

Politics / Government
Rice: We'll Beat Taliban
House Supports Bilingual Ballots in 31 States (Gotta love mixed messages. English is our national language - sort of - and now this)
Henry Paulson Approved as Next Treasury Secretary
Bush, Koizumi aim to cement strong bilateral ties
House votes to overturn mandatory gun locks (Yes!)
Bush promotes war, candidate in Missouri
Obama: Democrats must court evangelicals
San Jose City Council want mayor to resign

In the Courts
Supreme Court Keeps Most of Texas Redistricting Map

Hurricane Season / Wild Weather
Storm Surges - Worst may still be to come (we are still OK here in my area of CT)
Photo Essays: Downpous Soak Northeast
Officials Work to Protect Artifacts From Floods
Waters recede in Wilkes-Barre - Video

Oddities
Halt! Or I'll shoot you with my pawn shop ticket!
Then we play "Here Comes the Bride" on harmonica...
Dubai embezzler busted for posing as Brad Pitt
Conspiracy theorists unmoved by British UFO denial

Other News of Note
Female Kuwaitis Participate in Parliamentary Elections (for the first time!)
Hubble Telescope Camera Should Be Fixed by Monday

Fox News
Stocks to Watch, June 29: Red Hat, 3Com, Disney
Asteroid Approaching Earth Set to Just Miss July 3
Nevada Wildfires Rage On
WORLD CUP COVERAGE

Reuters: Top News
No sign of breakthrough as WTO ministers meet
Weather could get in the way of space shuttle launch
Analyst sees iPod delay
Sri Lanka's forgotten war displaced long to start over
Egyptian women flock to hear female preachers
Groups challenge Medicaid citizenship law
Physical activity helps reduce blood pressure
Congenial chat show "The View" turns chilly
Fed set to raise rates, keep options open
Google Checkout to make debut
Judge approves Yahoo "click fraud" settlement: WSJ
Elan, Biogen get European approval for Tysabri
US Senate panel backs telco bill, no Net neutrality
UK's Trinity Mirror sees ad market remaining weak
Stock futures rise as Fed rate decision looms
Nikkei rises 1.6 pct on tech gains, Fed eyed
Apple dips to 8-month low
Omniture shares rally in market debut
Wells Fargo rises on split
REUTERS SUMMIT: REAL ESTATE
Home buyers drive a hard bargain
US real estate execs step up Asia push
Targeting volatility
When to take a tax hit, by Linda Stern

AP World News
BP unit charged with price manipulation
Pregnant Spears poses nude for magazine
Larry Brown files grievance over firing
Bargnani, Aldridge, Morrison go 1-2-3
Panel to recommend age for HPV shots
Egypt tomb reveals ancient woven flowers
Warrant issued after DMX misses court
Porsche tops J.D. Power satisfaction study
Brooks, Roy headline Hockey Hall of Fame
Bodies of 2 missing Belgian girls found
Woman in prostitution case names clients
Obituaries in the news
Train severs rail yard worker's legs
Tennessee inmate spared from execution
Defense prepares to begin in Yates case
Teen's journey may have legal consequences
Post-Katrina looters get 15-year sentences

Military.com
GI Says Song About Killing Iraqis a Joke
Mourners Urged to Honor Soldier's Memory

CENTCOM: News Releases
GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, MNF-I RELEASE 430 DETAINEES

COALITION FORCES DETAIN AIF TERRORIST

AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES RAID TALIBAN COMPOUND IN URUZGAN

Department of Defense
Project Creates Water Wells - Story

ON THE GROUND
KC-135 Aircrew Vital Part of Mission Success - Story
Marines’ Goal: Gain Trust, Improve Community - Story
Italians Assume Command of Task Force 152 - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraq Progress Evident, General Casey Says
Rescue Unit at Balad Serves as '911' for Iraq
Soldiers Train to Exit Overturned Humvee
U.S. Marines Provide Logistical Support to Iraqi Army
Soldiers Rescue Abandoned Baby
Firefighters Get $10,000 in Donated Equipment

IN AFGHANISTAN
Air Force Turns to Old Standby for Army Re-supply
Medical Assistance Team Visits Afghan Villages

BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
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
Weekly Reconstruction Report (PDF)
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
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

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
1613 - Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down
1767 - The British Parliament passes The Townshend Acts, levying taxes on America.
1776 - Virginia adopts its state constitution, and names Patrick Henry as governor.
1862 - Day 5 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station
1863 - Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PA.
1913 - The Second Balkan War begins.
1916 - The first flight of a Boeing aircraft.
1940 - The U.S. passes the Alien Registration Act.
1949 - South Africa begins implementing apartheid with the banning of mixed marriages; U.S. troops withdraw from Korea following WW II.
1952 - The USS Oriskany becomes the first aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn (she was decommissioned in 1989, and now is due to be scuttled in May 2006 to form the world's largest artificial reef.
1954 - The Atomic Energy Commission votes against Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's reinstatement.
1964 - After more than eighty days of Senate filibuster, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed.
1965 - USAF Captain Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in the X-15.
1966 - The U.S. bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities.
1967 - Israel re-unifies Jersualem, removing barricades.
1969 - The first Jewish worship service is held at the White House.
1970 - The U.S. concludes a two-month military offensive into Cambodia.
1971 - Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days .
1972 - The U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 2 into Earth orbit.
1982 - The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is extended.
1984 - The U.S.S.R. offers to start talks on banning SDI.
1985 - NASA launches Intelsat VA

Birthdays
1858 - George Washington Goethals, engineer (Panama Canal)
1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age (120 y 237 d) ; William E. Borah lawyer/(Sen-ID)
1934 - Carl Levin (Sen-MI)
1948 - Fred Grandy, actor (Gopher-"Love Boat")/(Rep-Iowa)

Passings
1852 - Henry Clay, Senator, Secretary of State, "The Great Compromiser"
1923 - General J.C. Gomez, Venezuala's first vice president, assassinated
1978 - Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Lindsey, Marvin Nelson, USAF (LA); RF101C shot down, no parachute seen

1966
Jones, Murphy N., USAF (LA); F105D shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired from the USAF as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Hardy, William H., US Army ; Released by DRV February, 1973 - alive as of 1996

1968
Owen, Timothy S., US Army (NY); disappeared while conducting a night ambush

1970
Aldern, Donald D., USN (SD); A7A shot down, no parachute seen