News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Terrorists Bomb 3 Bridges in Iraq in 3 Days
Iraq makes slow progress on meeting U.S. targets
Iraq Study officials question March goal
Navy Takes Aim at Roadside Bombs
Al Anbar Police Turn a Corner
Iraqi troops lead security searches in Baghdad neighborhood

Operation Enduring Freedom
Officials: U.S. Killed 7 Afghan Policemen (mistakenly)
Militants Detained in Khowst
Afghan Highway Police, Coalition Forces Repel Enemy Attacks in Kandahar

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Al Qaeda to Lebanon: Back Off Camp
Palestinian PM Unharmed After Attack
Gaza violence rages - Video
Fatah force seizes Hamas TV
Gaza fighting descends into new brutality
Israel's Labor holds runoff vote for new leader
Lebanon army, militants fight on at refugee camp
Hamas gunmen attack Fatah HQ in Gaza City - Video
FBI warns colleges to watch for spies
Court rules in favor of enemy combatant

Troops on Trial
Three Guardsmen Charged With Immigrant Smuggling
Ex-Navy Midshipmen Accuse Doc of Taping Them While Having Sex

Supporting Our Heroes
Letters Boost Troop Morale

Other Military News
F-15 Fighter Jet Crashes After Mid-Air Collision With Another Military Jet in Alaska
Soldier missing for 4th day at Fort Hood

Religion of Peace??
British Court Finds Muslim Father Guilty of Murdering Daughter in 'Honor Killing'
EU cites progress in bid to free Bulgarian nurses - Video

Worldwide Wackos
Iran: You'll Be Sorry - Official says U.S. will 'regret' holding 5 Iranians

Politics / Government
Senate Kills Gonzales No-Confidence Vote
China warns U.S. Congress on trade legislation
U.S. voters may face outbreak of "campaign fatigue"
Clinton seeks support of minority women

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
18 charged in alleged marriage scam

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Prosecutor Turns Prosecuted
Paris Hilton: 'God Has Given Me This New Chance'
Former New Orleans Cop Charged in Videotaped Post-Katrina Beating Dies of Apparent Suicide
Report: Cadaver Dogs Get Positive Hit in Home of Missing Mom Lisa Stebic
Court to Weigh Vaccine Link to Autism - VIDEO
10-year sentence thrown out in sex case
Bush to push immigration bill at Capitol

Adventures in Political Correctness
2 Ill. students fail to ask for apology

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Is Apple Playing Partisan Politics in iPhone Ad?
Google complains about Microsoft's Vista

Science / Medicine / Technology
Colorado College Student Dies of Tuberculosis
Space Station Power Boosted - PHOTOS
China plays down extent of food safety troubles
Targeting HIV better than broad screening: study
International space station's new wings unfold - Video
Chinese demand drives global deforestation (Hmmmmm...why isn't the U.N. all over China?)
Astronauts get 2 extra days in space

Mother Nature
Bangladesh Storm Death Toll Up to 107
Study: Salvage logging, replanting worse
Vet arrested in Chihuahua's beating
Deaf Dolphin gives birth to healthy calf

Oddities
Oregon Student Finds School's Toilet Water Cleaner Than Fountain's
Man Oozes Green Blood Before Operation
Runaway 'Hiccup Girl' Found Safe in Florida
Man Oozes Green Blood Before Operation
The plane in Spain gives passengers a pain...
The wurst new flavors you can imagine...

Other News of Note
Former Croatian Serb leader convicted

Fox News
NEWS IN PICTURES: Bikini-Clad Vegetarians
5 Children Killed in Pittsburgh Fire
Pop Tarts: Did Timberlake Sing Sarcastically About Sad Spears?
A 'Tony' Ending for 'The Sopranos'

Reuters: Top News
Thaksin can return to fight graft charge: Thai PM
Congo denies cutting power supply to Zimbabwe
Fundamental Mormons seek recognition for polygamy
Taiwan's HTC to launch iPhone rival
YouTube to test video ID with Time Warner, Disney
Let kids get into scrapes, says British report
China piano star inspired by ageing Japanese maestro
Could boy archaeologist be next Harry Potter?
Lehman shares gain after earnings
Futures drop on rate worry, Texas Instruments
Oil on slide towards $69
Interest rate worries haunt global markets - Video
Flat start tipped for Wall St as rates, oil weigh
CEOs losing M&A battle to private equity
Audio: What private equity bubble?
Lehman sees housing downturn lingering
Video: BofA Sec sees Fed raising rate
Lehman Brothers quarterly earnings rise
Toyota surpassed GM as top carmaker in 2006: journal
UK in contact with Ford over Jaguar, Land Rover
Citigroup raises stake in Nikko Cordial to 68 pct
EU court backs Anheuser on Bud non-beer trademark
Japan poison pills won't stop buyouts: Steel Partners

AP World News
Sopranos creator: movie no sure thing
Barry Bonds ends home run drought
Willis in action for new 'Die Hard' film
Bonds launches 747th homer as Giants win
Eaton lifts beleaguered Phillies to win
Golfers prepare to experience Oakmont
Klansman: I feared defendant in '64 case

Military.com
Blog: Paris Hilton, Patriot
Daily Shock: Laser on Target
Op-Ed: Of Homosexuals and Generals
Action Alert: PTSD Testing
Review: Ocean's 13
Summer Travel Military Discounts
Military.com Career Fair Coming to Las Vegas on June 13th

CENTCOM: News Releases
ENORMOUS MUNITIONS CACHE RECOVERED
1-15 INF CONDUCTS AIR ASSAULT MISSION, DESTROYS CACHE
'DRAGON' SOLDIERS SEIZE, DESTROY BOMB FACTORY
'PATRIOTS' UNCOVER CACHE, CAPTURE SUSPECTED TERRORIST IN WESTERN BAGHDAD
VBIED ATTACKS IN TIKRIT
IA, CF SOLDIERS ATTACKED IN BAQOUBA
AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 9
STATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING YESTERDAY'S BOMBING OF TIKRIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING
12 DETAINED IN COALITION RAIDS
AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 10

USJFCOM
USJFCOM Transformation Advisory Group helps command shape future
More about the Transformation Advisory Group - podcast
Joint Transformation Command - Intelligence welcomes new commander
More about Joint Transformation Command - Intelligence - podcast
Regional Cooperation 07 begins
Transformational program demonstrates developing logistics support concept
Noble Resolve 07-1 yields new opportunities for experimentation - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
‘Golden Dragons’ foil truck bomb attack
Iraqi Army partners with ‘Stallions’ in security sweep
Marines, IPs work together after IED explosion rocks Rawah
UPDATE: IA, CF Soldiers attacked in Baqouba
1-15 Inf. conducts air assault mission, destroys cache
Radio Newscast – Task Force Marne Soldiers find weapons cache
Coalition Forces target al-Qaeda leaders, detain 11 suspects

DefenseLink
Officials Eye Military Proviso in Immigration Bill
Dubik Takes Responsibility for Training Iraqis
Officials Optimistic About Army Recruiting Goals
United States, Colombia Strengthen Cooperation
TV Icon Remains True to Marine Corps Roots

More Headline News
Admiral Describes Way Forward for Troop Surge
Command Needs Reservists for Headquarters
Additional Units Stand Up to Assist Wounded

Military News
Army Path Takes Amputee Soldier to Forefront of Care
Military, Hollywood Team Up on Big Screen
Video: Marine Volunteers Battle California Fires

War on Terror
12 Suspected Terrorists Held
3 Soldiers Killed by Car Bomb
Afghan Civilians Aid Police
Airman, Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Combined Forces Kill One, Detain 13
Iraq Raids Net 32 Terrorists

America Supports You
Group’s Mission is Giving Back
Singer Makes Sailor's Life Easier
Golfers for Injured Troops
Illinois Group Plays Santa

Transformation
Meeting Focuses on Transformation
Medics Train with New Equipment
New Pentagon Channel Show Helps Make Troops ‘Fit for Duty’

Face of Defense
Father, Son Seek Out Iraq
Katrina Survivor Joins Marines
F-16 Pilot Lauded
Heavy-Equipment Operator
Top Blood Platelet Donator

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Dubik Takes on Training Duties - Story

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Seabees Improve Primary School in Ethiopia - Story
Iraqi Army Joins ‘Stallions’ in Security Sweep - Story
USS Carter Hall Conducts Coalition Operations - Story
Medical Outreach Brings Care to Afghans - Story

IN IRAQ
New Baghdad Courthouse Complex Takes Shape
Iraqis Lead Community Soccer Field Project
Iraqi Village Committed to Higher Quality of Life
Airfield Techs Build, Maintain Airfields in Iraq

IN DJIBOUTI
Navy Exchange Brings More, Varied Products
Teamwork in Djibouti Gets Ships Underway
Medical Techs Keep Troops Mission-Ready

IN AFGHANISTAN
Airmen Bring Hospital to Wounded In Afghanistan
82nd Airborne Goes the Distance in Operation
Reporters Visit Bagram Airfield for Media Day
Task Force Anzio Takes on New Command

Weather
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Germany
Ansbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld Bremerhaven
Darmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau Garmisch
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen Kitzingen
Hanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart Trier
Wiesbaden Wurzburg

Gitmo

Guam
Agana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan Barrigada

Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut
An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Japan
Kadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo Yokohama

Today in History
1665 - After the Dutch pull out, the English rename New Amsterdam: New York.
1775 - In the first naval battle of the American Revolution, the American ship Unity captures the British Margaretta.
1776 - Virginia adopts a Declaration of Rights.
1787 - A law is enacted that states a senator must be at least 30 years old.
1812 - Napoleon invades Russia.
1838 - The Territory of Iowa is organized.
1839 - The first baseball game is played in America.
1845 - George Abernethy becomes Oregon's first governor.
1849 - Lewis Haslett (KY) patents the gas mask.
1898 - Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain (to U.S. control).
1900 - The German Navy Law calls for a massive increase in sea power.
1918 - The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit takes place in France.
1934 - The Black-McKeller Bill is passed, splitting the Boeing empire into United Airlines and Boeing United Aircraft (Technologies).
1937 - As Stalin's purge continues, 8 army leaders are executed.
1962 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 56,270 meters.
1967 - 300 are arrested at a race riot in Cincinnati, OH; the Supreme Court unanimously ends laws banning interracial marriages; the U.S.S.R. launches the Venera 4, for a Venus parachute landing.

Birthdays
1771 - Patrick Gass, Sgt. of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1851 - Oliver Joseph Lodge England, early radio pioneer
1897 - Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon,British PM
1924 - George Herbert Walker Bush, 43rd Vice President, 41st President
1929 - Anne Frank Holland, diarist/Nazi victim
19?? - My husband!

Passings
1963 - Medgar Evers, NAACP official, murdered

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Holland, Lawrence T., USAF (CA); F100D shot down, ejected, killed in shootout on ground, KIA, body not recovered

1966
Harris, Gregory J. , USMC (records say OH, family says NY); captured

1972
Angus, William K., USMC (CO); A6A shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Wiley, Richard D., US Army (IL); OH6A shot down, KIA, body not recovered

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