News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
3 Options for Iraq: 'Go Big,' 'Go Long' and 'Go Home'
Bloodshed piles pressure on Iraqi PM, Bush
Senator Obama calls for Iraq troop shifts
U.S. wary of Iran, Syria role in Iraq
Iraq resumes diplomatic ties with Syria
Bush weighs next step on troops in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan desert key to world security, says Blair - Video

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Bomb kills 8, injures 60 on India train

Other Military News
Rangel Calls for Reinstating Military Draft
Key Democrats oppose renewing military draft
Football Player Booted From the Navy

Mid-East Ceasefire / Hamas Rising / Israel at War
Israeli forces launch raids in Gaza
Palestinians suspend talks on unity government

Worldwide Wackos
White House brushes off CIA draft on Iran: report
Countries must unite on N.Korea sanctions, experts say

NSA / CIA
NSA Not Required to Released Wiretapping Details

Politics / Government
Democrats call for ouster of U.S. health official

In the Courts
Judge postpones Madonna adoption hearing

U.N. News
U.N. envoy urges Somali govt to talk to Islamists Video

Science / Nature
Hopkins Doctors Perform 5-Way Kidney Swap
Crayfish enact dominance/submission rituals: study
Doctors say how we taste affects health

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News
O.J. Simpson book, TV special canceled

Oddities
'Kramer' Apologizes for Racist Rant
Male Chimps Prefer Sex With Older Females
Play it again and again and again, Sam..
Free Viagra spices up small town life

Other News of Note
Poisoned Russian Spy Moved to Intensive Care
Colombia nabs rebel suspected in U.S. kidnappings

Fox News
Motel Weddings Key to Jeffs Trial
Alabama High School Bus Crash Kills 3 Teens
Fire at Guatemalan Market Kills at Least 15
Tom Cruise: Was Wedding the End of His Career?

Reuters: Top News
Mexico leftist to swear in as "legitimate president"
Nepal government hopes to sign peace deal
Mac fans buzzing about expected Apple "iPhone"
New machines make slots a multiplayer game
Migrant women clean houses in bid for American dream
Dark humor brightens life in battered New Orleans
Studies fault U.S. hospital procedures in infections
Marathon runners may face greater skin cancer risk
Blue chips dip despite deals - Video
Platinum hits record high of $1,337 an ounce
Phelps Dodge shares surge after Freeport takeover
TD Ameritrade up as buyback raised
Yahoo up after job cuts memo, ads deal
A not-so Black Friday?
On the radar: CPI Corp.
Deal mania surges worldwide
Nasdaq makes $5.1 bln bid for LSE
Bank of America buys US Trust for $3.3bln
Freeport-McMoRan agrees to buy Phelps for $25.9 billion
Korean Air to buy Boeing aircraft worth $5.5 billion
Nordstrom quarterly profit rises

AP World News
Oregon man's prescription dog found
Nasdaq shrugs off rejection from LSE
Phillies' Ryan Howard wins NL MVP award
Companies pursue game console supremacy
Dow closes down 26, Nasdaq finishes up 7
Forecasters look for economy to slow
Missouri's Tightwad Bank to close
Wichita State makes AP basketball poll
Defenses rise up for Bears, Pats, Panthers
Strock resigns from Fla. International
'Never-ending kiss' caps TomKat wedding
33 hurt as trains collide in Germany
Students read aloud for record 6 days

Military.com
Gear in the News: HMMWV
Op-ed: A Broken Army and Corps
Blog: Holidays for Wounded Heroes
Vote For "the Deadlies" at DT
Show Your Cool Gear at Kit Up!
Advisors: No Pressure Thanksgiving
Stay at Home While Shopping Early

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES TARGETS KIDNAPPING, TORTURE CELL

COALITION FORCES CONDUCT AIR STRIKE TARGETING INSURGENTS IN RAMADI

JOINT MISSION NETS 8 CACHES SOUTHWEST OF BAGHDAD

USJFCOM
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
Iraq Violence Drops After Ramadan - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Transition Teams Teach and Mentor Iraqi Soldiers - Story
Border Transition Teams Secure Relationships - Story
New Iraqi Commander Instills Discipline, Order - Story
Baghdad Teaching Hospital Aids Infant Survival - Story

IN IRAQ
Soldiers Help Deliver Supplies to 2,000 Orphans
International Zone Soldiers Run Marathon for Vets
Iraqi Soldiers Begin Sweep in Northern Iraq
1st Cavalry Division Takes Reins in Baghdad
Maintenance Marines Provide Needed Protection

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 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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
0235 - St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0496 - St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1654 - Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1783 - Pilstre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 - Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar
1789 - North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1794 - Honolulu Harbor discovered
1818 - Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1847 - Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
1871 - Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter
1877 - Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention
1933 - 1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
1935 - 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1946 - Harry Truman becomes 1st US President to travel in a submerged sub
1952 - 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1953 - "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
1959 - Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1964 - World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)
1967 - Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1977 - 1st flight of the Concorde (London to New York)
1980 - Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84; John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1990 - Signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris

Birthdays
1694 - Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, thinker
1785 - William Beaumont,surgeon (studied digestion)
1787 - Sir Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
1817 - Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett, killed during Pickett's charge
1854 - Benedict XV, 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22)

Passings
1899 - Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, died
1916 - Franz Josef of Austria, dies
1941 - Juanita Spellini, first woman executed in California
1987 - James E. Folsom (Gov-AL, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79

Reported Missing in Action
1964
Nipper, David, USMC (GA); UH34D crashed - KIA / BNR

1965
Toms, Dennis L., USN (MN); fell overboard from USS Bon Homme Richard

1967
Reynolds, David R., US Army (NY); KIA / BNR

1972
Stafford, Ronald D., USAF (NE); F111A crashed - KIA / BNR