News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi PM Urges Faster Progress on Benchmarks
Al-Maliki asks lawmakers to skip summer break
PHOTOS: Iraqis Rejoice in Soccer Victory
Iraqi sects are locked in power struggle

Operation Enduring Freedom
Taliban Seeks Prisoner Exchange for Hostages
Fate of Taliban hostages in dispute

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Israel's Olmert rejects Syria conditions for talks
Israel kills 2 Hamas gunmen in Gaza: medics
Bush: al Qaeda safe haven in Pakistan "troubling"

Politics / Government
Bush Reclaims Presidential Power After Colonoscopy
Bush has polyps removed in routine cancer test
White House race stays nice and polite -- for now
Analysis: GOP senators nervous about war
Despite all-nighter, Calif. lacks budget
Federal minimum wage rising this week
Giuliani's mayoral record is complicated
Governors address climate change

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Foster program for immigrants criticized

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Raiders Nab Baby at Gunpoint - Police hunt trio of masked suspects (MS Amber Alert)
Ex-Con ID'd in Missing 'Escort Mom' Case
Police Stun Marlins Pitcher in Alleged Arrest Scuffle
Court Orders Shell to Suspend Alaskan Drilling

U.N. News
U.N. suspends Moroccan contingent in Ivory Coast

Science / Medicine / Technology
Microchip implants raise privacy concern
Chips: High tech aids or tracking tools?
Aviation Hall honors Ride, Fossett
Recalled canned meats

Mother Nature
Angry Elephant Stomps Thai Man to Death
Texas Floods Strand 170 Train Passengers
Deadly floods show no let-up across China
Dry conditions hinder Utah firefighters

Oddities
Please Return to Sender
Woman Arrested for Kissing $2M Painting
Faulty fire-extinguisher poisons China library-goers

Other News of Note
Once-Popular Televangelist Dies at 65 - PHOTOS (Tammy Faye Bakker Messner)
Questions linger about L.A. cardinal
Builder: Dubai high-rise world's tallest

Fox News
Source: Natalee Holloway Died of Drug Overdose
Pop Tarts: Britney Spears Has Her Pants in a Bundle
Report: Al Gore III Caught With 140 Vicodin Pills
Fans Finally Get Hands on Final 'Harry Potter' Book

Reuters: Top News
Bonds, Selig drama plays out in Milwaukee
Turkey to vote in most important poll in decades
Amazon radar failure deepens Brazil air travel woes
Beckham finally makes Galaxy debut as sub
Stock bull riders eye home sales, earnings - Video
Earnings misses, subprime woes punish Wall Street - Video
Dollar declines with stocks as subprime woes linger
Oil steadies near record on supply concerns
Investors shun risky securities
Bridge loans becoming a bridge too far?
ABN CEO says merger with Barclays is better: report
CAT execs say internal issues key in earnings miss
Barclays may have lost big in Bear fund: report
Bear Stearns to be sued over subprime funds: CNBC
Internet entrepreneur details Dow Jones proposal
Business Books: Shoeshine boy dishes Wall Street dirt

AP World News
Vt. town welcomes Simpsons film debut
Yankees crush D-Rays to sweep twin bill
Everyone's talking Potter; last book out
Bonds remains at 753 as Giants cruise
Garcia poised to finally claim a major
L.A. port clerks present final offer

Military.com
12-Month Tours by Spring 2008
Poll: Grade the VA Director
Op-ed: Intel and Tax Dollars
DT: Russians Testing Brits?
Podcast: Get Fit with a SEAL
Daily Shock: Attack on the FOB
To Be a U.S. Army Ranger

CENTCOM: News Releases
ROCKETS AIMED AT FOB HAMMER FOUND, NEUTRALIZED
IRAQI ARMY AND COALITION FORCES KILL INSURGENT CELL COMMANDER IN BAGHDAD
AL-QAEDA CELL LEADER, 17 SUSPECTED BOMBERS CAPTURED
SIX TERRORISTS KILLED AFTER ENDANGERING WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ENGAGING COALITION FORCES

USJFCOM
Joint Systems Integration Command kicks off Joint Intelligence Operations – Command and Control program - podcast
Capability Portfolio Manager aids better decision-making process - podcast
Strategic Initiatives Forum - July 2007 - photos
Empire Challenge 07 exercise focuses on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Sheiks meet in reconciliation effort
New Iraqi Police Station opens in Wahida
Fort Benning Cavalry troops conduct humanitarian mission
Cavalry troops aid Iraqi farmers
IA, CF Soldiers discover “several tons” of explosives outside Mosul
Coalition Forces detain 14
Task Force Lightning Soldier attacked
18 suspected terrorists detained near Baghdad mosque
3rd HBCT nabs top insurgent
Rocketman, assistant captured during Marne Avalanche

DefenseLink
Bush: Terrorists Still Threaten U.S. Homeland
Pace Visits Wounded Warriors at Landstuhl
Progress Continues in Iraq, Despite Violence
‘Herculean Work’ Drives MRAP Production
Defense Department Seeks MRAP Improvements
Video: House Armed Services Committee's MRAP Hearing
President Urges Congress to Pass Defense Bill
White House Transcript on President's Statement

More Headline News
U.S. Working With Pakistan to Solve Problem
Recruiting Standards Remain High, Official Says
September Reporting Requirement Still on Track

Military News
Some TRICARE Beneficiary Data Put at Risk
Guard, Reserve Forces Need Experienced Leaders
Troops Benefit from Financial Management Help

War on Terror
Top Marine Notes Progress
Anbar Has ‘Turned the Corner’
Iraq Ops Capture Suspects
Troops Detain Enemy Fighters

Transformation
Army Launches Chain-Teaching
Cyber Command Online for Future
Symposium Keys on Future

Face of Defense
Tours Highlight Defense Department Headquarters
Sailor is All About Fitness
Sailor Re-enlists on Sunken Ship

America Supports You
Servicemembers a Driving Force
NASCAR Fans Support Troops
Marine Angles to Honor Troops
Group Provides Link to Home

DefendAmerica
ON THE GROUND
Afghan National Army, Coalition Provide Aid - Story
Joint Team Assesses, Rates Afghan Police - Story
Marine Inspires Others with Artistic Talents - Story

IN IRAQ
New Iraqi Police Station Opens in Wahida
Lifeblood Pumped into Iraqi Farming Community
Offensive Moves into Iraq's Eastern Baqouba
Sheiks Meet in Reconciliation Effort at Camp Taji
Clinic Provides ‘More Than Standard’ Care
Navy Assisting Marines in Counterinsurgency
Hawaiian Soldiers Strengthen Ties with Project
Role-model Town Produces Positive Results

IN DJIBOUTI
Marines Train Djiboutian Police on Firearms
Air Force Chaplain Visits Djibouti Orphanages
Volunteers Build Bookshelves for Youth Center
Civil Affairs Donates Supplies to African Hospital

IN AFGHANISTAN
Medical Mission Breaks Barriers, Builds Trust
Army Operation Links People to Government
Personnel Services Support Deployed Troops
Individuals Assist in Search for Criminals
Coalition, Afghan Workers Complete Projects

DefendAmerica Week in Review
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday

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
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
War on Terror Reconstruction Report
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

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
1298 - The English defeat the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk.
1775 - George Washington takes command of American troops.
1796 - Cleveland, OH, is founded by General Moses Cleaveland.
1812 - In Spain, the Duke of Wellington defeats the French at the Battle of Salamanca.
1864 - Confederate General John Bell Hood attacks William Sherman's Union forces at the Battle of Atlanta; the Confederates suffer terrible losses.
1916 - During the San Francisco Preparedness Parade, anti-militarist terrorists detonate a bomb, killing 10.
1917 - Alexander Kerensky becomes PM in Russia.
1937 - The U.S. Senate rejects FDR's proposal to enlarge the Supreme Court.
1942 - Gasoline rationing begins in the U.S.; the Nazis begin deportations from Warsaw to Treblinka.
1943 - Allied forces captured Palermo, Sicily.
1944 - Soviets set up the Polish Committee of National Liberation.
1950 - After six years in exile, King Leopold returns to Belgium
1952 - The Polish constitution is adopted (National Day)
1955 - Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. Vice President to preside over a Cabinet meeting.
1962 - Mariner 1, the first American Venus probe, fails at lift-off.
1969 - The U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 50 and the Molniya 1-12 communications satellite.
1972 - Venera 8 makes a soft landing on Venus
1975 - The House of Representatives votes to posthumously restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee.
1981 - In Rome, Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca is sentenced to life.
1983 - Polish PM Januzelski lifts martial law.
1986 - The U.S. House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion
1987 - The Soyuz TM-3 Is launched with three cosmonauts (1 Syrian); the U.S. begins escorting Kuwaiti tankers in the Persian Gulf.
1991 - Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 young men in 1978.

Birthdays
1478 - Philip I (the Handsome), first Habsburg king of Spain (1506)
1822 - Gregor Mendel, monk/geneticist; discovered the laws of heredity
1849 - Emma Lazarus, poet ("The New Colossus," at the base of the Statue of Liberty)
1887 - Gustav Hertz, quantum physicist, Nobel Prize Winner
1890 - Rose Kennedy, mother of JFK, RFK, Ted
1921 - William Roth (Sen-DE)
1923 - Robert Dole (Sen-KS)
1930 - Yuri P. Artyukhin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14)
1955 - Willem Dafoe, actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning)

Passings
1461 - Charles VII king of France (1422-61), dies at 58
1802 - Marie-François-Xavier Bichat, one of the founders of histology (microscopic study of tissue)
1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi discoverer of 1st asteroid, dies
1934 - John Dillinger shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago
1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: The Prarie Years)

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Wells, Robert J., US Army (PA); drowned when his safety line broke as he was crossing a river, Killed, body not recovered

1972
Paige, Gordon C., USN (CA); RF8G shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

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