News of Note
Happy Thanksgiving!
Weather Hampers Holiday Travelers - PHOTO ESSAY

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Report: Iraqi PM to Meet With Insurgent Leaders
New Commandant Says Stress on Marine Corps Increasing
Bush, Iraqi Prime Minister to Meet in Jordan, Talk Security

Mid-East Ceasefire / Hamas Rising / Israel at War
U.N. to help Lebanon investigate Gemayel murder - Video

Science / Nature
Russian cosmonaut hits golf ball into orbit
Scientists flick switch on giant telescope

Other News of Note
Drug "submarine" off Costa Rica was disguised boat

Fox News
Serial Killer Fears Hit Atlantic City
Genetic Breakthrough Reveals Human Differences

Reuters: Top News
Jury finds Arizona rancher responsible in vigilante trial
Argentina confirms theft of Bush daughter's purse
Texas Catholic diocese settles with abuse victims
Death toll in Polish mine disaster rises to 21
Microsoft says Office unfazed by Google threat
Satellite, cable fight for U.S. customers in stores
O.J. says advance spent as book removed from eBay
Asian shares gain as Dell earnings boost techs
Demand seen boosting Armor Holdings: magazine
Platinum steady after dip, gold firm in quiet trade
Oil steady after slide on big U.S. crude stockbuild
Dollar mired near lows in quiet holiday trade
Verizon hike casts doubt on price war
Airlines rally, but customer service falls
Sentiment data spurs retail worries
Goldman Sachs to buy into China Midea -official paper
Stores set flat-panel TV blitz for holiday weekend

AP World News
Moderate gas prices boost holiday travel
Gusty wind threatens Macy's balloons
Richards apologizes, hires crisis expert
Scientists try to make robots more human
Tiger wins 7th straight PGA Grand Slam

Military.com
Army Signs More Dropouts
Energy Efficiency Key to New Weapons
Op-ed: Backsliding in Ukraine
Blog: Elbow Grease in Mid East
Def Tech: Nuke Bazookas and more!
Kit Up! Takes Off With Cool Gear
Thanksgiving: Pressure on Milspouses?
Beat the Mall Crowds this Friday
Gear in the News: FFG7

CENTCOM: News Releases
TERRORIST CACHES SEIZED IN RAID

ISF TARGETS KIDNAPPING AND MURDER CELL, CAPTURES 7

IA, CF DETAIN 4 INSURGENTS, FIND CACHE, RESCUE 2 HOSTAGES

THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, FOUR DETAINED

MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN WANTED TERRORIST IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD

'GATORS' DISCOVER LARGE WEAPONS CACHE

JOINT OPERATION DETAINS 45 SOUTH OF IRAQI CAPITAL

USJFCOM
Exercise preps 82nd Airborne Division staff for Afghanistan deployment
Milestone reached in development of Cross Domain Collaborative Information Environment - podcast
Liveblogging: Unified Endeavor 07-1
Omni Fusion ties Army into UR 2015 - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Iraqi Forces Target Suspect in U.S. Soldier's Disappearance - Story
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ON THE GROUND
Preparation Key to Turkey Day in Iraq - Story
Army’s BOLT Helps Secure Iraqis Future - Story
New Iraq-Zakros Primary School to Open in Kirkuk - Story
Musical Marine Helps Lift Morale of Wounded - Story

IN IRAQ
Marines Stop Insurgents With Vehicle Checkpoints
Transition Teams Teach and Mentor Iraqi Soldiers
Border Transition Teams Secure Relationships
New Iraqi Commander Instills Discipline, Order

IN AFGHANISTAN
Aircraft Continue Missions Over Afghanistan
Engineers Dodge Explosives to Provide Services
Afghan Officer Saves Governor, Coalition Soldiers

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

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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1765 - The people of Frederick County, MD refuse to pay England's Stamp tax.
1832 - The French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium.
1835 - Henry Burden patents a horseshoe manufacturing machine in Troy, NY.
1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30'.
1863 - The Battle of Chattanooga begins.
1936 - The first issue of Life magazine is created by Henry R. Luce.
1942 - The Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) is authorized.
1943 - U.S. forces seize control of Tarawa and Makin from the Japanese.
1948 - F.G. Back patents a Lens to provide zoom effects.
1955 - The British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Island (in the Indian Ocean) to Australia.
1960 - The weather satellite Tiros-2 is launched.
1963 - JFK's body lays in repose in the East Room of the White House.
1971 - The People's Republic of China is seated in the U.N. Security Council.
1977 - The European weather satellite Meteosa-1 is launched from Cape Canaveral.
1980 - 4,800 die in a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.
1985 - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm a hijacked Egyptair jet in Malta; retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin is arrested on charges of spying for China.

Birthdays
0912 - Otto I (the Great), German king, Holy Roman emperor (962-73)
1221 - Alfonso X (the Wise) king of Castile and Leon (1252)
1749 - Edward Rutledge (Gov-SC), signer of the Declaration of Independence
1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th U.S. President (1853-1857)
1859 - Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney), criminal
1860 - Karl Branting, Swedish statesman/diplomat, Nobel Prize winner (1921)
1930 - William E. Brock, Senator / U.S. Secretary of Labor (1985-87)
1935 - Vladislav N. Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz-7, 11)

Passings
1914 - Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame)
1991 - Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, of AIDS

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Cuthbert, Bradley G., USAF (IA); RF4C shot down (pilot, w/Ruhling), remains returned, ID'd December, 1991
Ruhling, Mark J., USAF (PA); RF4C shot down (backseater to Cuthbert), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive as of 1998

1969
Jones, Grayland, US Army (IN); disappeared while swimming, Killed, body not recovered

1971
Altus, Robert W., USAF (OR); F4E crashed while on mission (pilot, w/Phelps)

Phelps, William, USAF (NY); F4E crashed while on mission (weapons/systems operator, w/Altus)