News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Scattered Violence in Iraq Kills 2 GIs, Marine
Mubarak Warns Against Hanging Saddam
McGovern to Discuss Iraq Exit Plan With Democrats
Iraqi official: 150,000 civilians dead
Elections may shift U.S. Iraq war policy

Homeland Security / War on Terror
British Intel Agency Tracks 30 Alleged Terror Plots
3 Americans convicted of terror in Vietnam

Troops on Trial
Army Charges Ex-Sergeant in 3 Killings

Other Military News
Italy wants U.S. to press Israel, rethink Afghan war
Gates inherits challenges at Pentagon
Opinion: Rumsfeld Resignation Welcomed

Worldwide Wackos
Iran could review IAEA ties over UN draft: Larijani
Iran's once active campuses falling silent

Politics / Government
Bush Meets With Incoming Congressional Leaders
RNC Chairman to Step Down in January
Mass. Lawmakers Pass on Gay Marriage Ban
Political winds shift for 2008 White House race
Iowa Gov. Vilsack running for president
R.I. senator may leave Republican Party
Lame duck session tackles spending bills

U.N. News
John Bolton Won't Get Up-Or-Down Vote in Lame Duck Congress
New U.N. chief ready for "most impossible job"
U.N.: Lack of sanitation has human cost

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News
Journalism pioneer Ed Bradley dead at 65

Mother Nature
Climate change melting fabled African glaciers
Expert says oceans are turning acidic

Oddities
British Man Injured After Lighting Firecracker in Buttocks (Geeeeeeeez...)
We're looking for a few dull men
Hospital plans to set up baby hatch
Deer's head gets stuck in fake pumpkin

Other News of Note
Houston Landscapers Condemned for Refusing Business With Gay Couple
Drugmaker Recalls 11 Million Bottles of Painkillers
Old-style Communist speakers blare in Vietnam's new era
U.S. pushes for progress at India, Pakistan talks
Thousands riot over China land seizure: paper
Sri Lanka says sinks rebel boats, Tamil MP killed
German neo-Nazis attack Jewish memorial

Fox News
Google Sued for Copyright Infringement in Videos
Michelle Kwan Appointed Public Diplomacy Envoy
Stocks to Watch: Walt Disney and Kohl's
Britney Takes Publicity Into Her Own Hands
I Wnt 2 Dvrce U: Britney Dumps Kevin Via Text Message

Reuters: Top News
Gays in Jerusalem rally under tight security
Bangladesh president slammed over constitution
Libraries in the sand reveal Africa's academic past
Dumped by text? Britney's ex joins growing club
IBM accelerates push into 3D virtual worlds
High blood sugar levels add to heart, stroke deaths
Lifestyle changes shown to cut risk of diabetes
Novartis shares drop on Tanox, Medicare
Lenovo shares dive after quarterly results
Stocks drop on drug worry, oil up; AIG up late
Oil down 1 percent after surge
Dell, Hewlett shares up on growing tech confidence
Measuring oil prices
On the radar: Consolidated Graphics
OECD G7 indicator points to improved economic outlook
Corus CEO defends Tata Steel takeover bid
Surging demand, OPEC cuts to tighten oil market: IEA
Vietnam gives Intel nod to invest $1 billion total
AIG earnings more than double, beat estimates
Disney profit doubles on networks, studios, parks

AP World News
FBI probes use of force in L.A. arrest
Online game nets 22-year-old $1 million
Intel to spend $1B on Vietnam plant
Rutgers stuns No. 3 Louisville 28-25
U.S. cars rise in reliability ratings
49ers, A's heading for Silicon Valley
K-Fed's ex says he's 'such a nice guy'
Woman who drowned children ordered freed
1 dead, 1 missing in train derailment

Military.com
Sign the Veterans Bill of Rights
Learn to Use Your GI Bill
Podcast: Financial Planner J.J. Montanaro
Tips for Transitioning to Civilian Life
Gear in the News - MH-53E

CENTCOM: News Releases
WEAPONS CACHE DESTROYED NEAR JULAYBAH

IRAQI, COALITION FORCES SEARCH MOSQUE, DETAIN INSURGENTS, DISCOVER IEDS

THREE TERRORISTS CAPTURED BY AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES

MND-B SOLDIERS KILL 38 TERRORISTS, WOUND 9

COALITION FORCES REPEL ATTACK

USJFCOM
USJFCOM signs cooperative research and development agreement with Raytheon - podcast
USJFCOM to join high-tech scientific research network
Planning discussions continue for next multinational experiment
More about Multinational Experiment 5
USJFCOM to participate in Orlando military conference - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Rumsfeld: Change Needed to Combat New Threats - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Reward Offered to Find Kidnapped Soldier - Story
Marines Work to Dissolve Cultural Barriers - Story
Iraqis Interdict Insurgents on The Euphrates River - Story
Medical Personnel Provide Care to Residents - Story

IN IRAQ
Afghan Officer Saves Governor, Coalition Soldiers
Hawija SWAT Unit Graduates Elite Fighting Force
Iraqi Marines Learn Critical Maritime Security Skills
Security Marines Change the Pace of Logistics
Iraqi Army Brigade Receives New Pickup Trucks

IN AFGHANISTAN
Coalition Sponsors Chamkani Sports Tournament
Afghan Reconstruction Projects Continue
Turkey to Open Provincial Reconstruction Team

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
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

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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1674 - The Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to the English.
1775 - Congress establishes the U.S. Marine Corps.
1801 - Kentucky outlaws dueling.
1808 - The Osage Treaty is signed.
1836 - Louis Napoleon is banished to America.
1864 - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico.
1917 - 41 suffragists are arrested in front of the White House.
1918 - Jozef Pilsudski proclaims Poland's independence.
1926 - Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian minister to the U.S.
1928 - Hirohito is enthroned as Emperor of Japan.
1945 - College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0; General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania.
1951 - For the first time, a long distance telephone call is made without operator assistance.
1954 - The Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising the U.S. flag) is dedicated in Arlington, VA; Lt. Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled.
1960 - The Senate passes a landmark Civil Rights Bill.
1968 - Zond-6 is launched - the second unmanned circumlunar and return flight.
1969 - "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS-TV.
1970 - Luna-17, with the unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod-1, is launched.
1975 - The ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew of 29 are lost in a storm on Lake Superior; in NYC, PLO leader Yaser Arafat addresses the U.N.; the U.N. General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism.
1978 - Israel's top negotiators break away from Middle East peace talks.
1980 - Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie; CBS pays the $12.55 fare.
1989 - Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador; Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall; Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped.
1990 - Lebanon releases two French hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari).
2084 - Transit of Earth as seen from Mars.

Birthdays
1483 - Martin Luther, founded Protestantism
1683 - King George II of England (1727-60)
1759 - Frederich von Schiller, German poet/lyricist (Ode to Joy)
1793 - Jared Kirtland, physician/naturalist - reformed penitentiaries
1844 - Sir John S.D. Thompson, 4th Canadian PM (1892-94)
1882 - Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member (Secretary of Labor 1933-45)
1930 - Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88)
1935 - Ronald E. Evans, Captain USN / astronaut (Apollo 17)

Passings
1865 - Henry Wirz, Confederate prison Commandant (Andersonville), executed for excessive cruelty
1938 - Kemal Atarok, first President of Turkey
1982 - Leonid I. Brezhnev Soviet First Secretary

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Carter, William T., USN (SC); S2E crashed (crew), Killed, body not recovered

McAteer, Thomas J., USN (PA); S2E crashed (pilot), Killed, body not recovered

O'Brien, John Lawrence, USAF (PA); A1E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Riordan, John M., USN (WA); S2E crashed (crew), Killed, body not recovered

Schoderer, Eric J., USN (NJ); S2E crashed (crew), Killed, body not recovered

1967
Cook, Kelly F., USAF (IA); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Crew)

Crew, James A., USAF (PA); F4C shot down (bombardier/navigator, w/Cook)

Huneycutt, Charles J., Jr., USAF (NC); F4C shot down (bombardier/navigator, w/Morgan), remains returned September, 1989

Morgan, James S., USAF (AR); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Huneycutt)

1972
Wright, Frederick W., USN (NJ); A7A shot down, remains returned September, 1998 - ID'd December, 1990