Quote of the Day
"A good plan, violently executed now,
is better than a perfect plan next week."
-- General George S. Patton
News of NoteOperation Iraqi FreedomSeven GIs, Interpreter Killed in IraqGunmen kill 7 on bus headed to BaghdadU.S. Restarting Iraqi FactoriesOperation Enduring Freedom25 Suspected Taliban Killed in AfghanistanBomber kills 10, wounds dozens in Afghanistan -
VideoHomeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah HappeningsLebanese Troops Tighten SiegeFailed German Train Bomb Suspect Killed in LebanonMore clashes in Lebanon -
VideoFactbox: Facts about militant group Fatah al-IslamIsrael pounds Gaza, threatens to kill Hamas leaders -
VideoPalestinian Rockets Hit Southern IsraelCIA briefing SEC monthly on terrorists: Barron'sTroops on TrialVets More Likely Jailed for Sex CrimesOther Military NewsBill Expands VA Loans, School BenefitsWorldwide WackosIran: Arabs should back nuclear programHomegrown MoonbatsWhite House Sticks 'n' Stones -
Carter: Bush administration 'worst in history'White House Blasts Former President Carter as 'Increasingly Irrelevant'Pelosi defends Murtha against Republican reprimandPolitics / GovernmentMeet Democrat Dennis Kucinich's Wife: She's a New Age, Tongue-Pierced BritGonzales to Quit Before No-Confidence Vote?Top court, abortion seen as 2008 campaign issueNew World Bank chief likely to be American: BrownMan charged in Braun robbery attemptMcCain to push GOP on government reformClinton wants Pre-K for all 4-year-olds (Of course - indoctrinate them in Liberal idiocy before they're old enough to have a chance of seeing through your crap)Bush meets NATO leader at texas ranchIllegal Immigration / Border ControlSenators to debate immigration policyIn the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and OrderCops Investigate Nude Photos of Nursing Home ResidentsRabbits Named for Hugh Hefner Get Help From Wildlife OfficialsDocuments: Bush's Grandfather Directed Bank Tied to Man Who Funded HitlerCops: Idaho Shooter Kills 2, Self -
PHOTOSTexas Woman Blames Devil After Husband Burns Baby Daughter in Microwave (
'Cause of course you can't just BLAME YOUR HUSBAND for his own actions...)Idaho Teens Tote Loaded Guns Around Town LegallyEx-Creed Singer Scott Stapp Arrested, Faces Domestic Violence ChargeMissing British Tot's Dad to Leave PortugalReport: Blood of Missing Illinois Woman Found in Husband's VehicleChocolate Giant Sues Jailed Pot Candy MakerCoroner: Body Likely is Missing ConstableO'Connor: Court should follow precedentSly fined for importing restricted drugsScience / Medicine / TechnologyMom Asks: Why Did I Lose My Arms, Legs?Belgians find tomb of ancient Egypt courtierDonors hope plastinated bodies educateContest helps boost math, science skillsAerospace companies seek young recruitsMother NatureBlaze Wrecks London Landmark'Extinct' Rodent Found Alive and WellFisherman Makes Ancient CatchPolar bears at risk as warming thaws icy homeWildfire spots spook insurance companiesWayward whales head back to PacificOdditiesBride turns down "dark" groom -
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Regular gasoline prices hit record highGas Tracker: Find Your Price at the PumpPeasants dig gold from 'killing fields'Route 66 motels an endangered speciesFox News20 Women Killed in Chinese Tractor AccidentStudents' Violent Writings Test TeachersReuters: Top NewsTPG, Goldman to buy Alltel in $25 billion dealFrance's Sarkozy seen winning pro-reform parliamentEuro vote result a warning to Bulgarian governmentPoll gives boost to Irish PM before Thursday voteTurkey's AK Party struggles to hold center groundHousing to weigh more than expected on growth-forecastAT&T steps up Cingular rebranding ahead of iPhoneGoogle, Salesforce in talks to form alliance: WSJHong Kong a magnet for mainland Chinese: rich and poorIggy Pop and Van Gogh: garden inspirationMexico's 3 Amigos do the Cha Cha Cha with Universal -
Video"Shrek the Third" breaks records in first weekend -
VideoAlltel rises after buyout dealIndexes look set to gain on takeoversCytyc, Hologic shares up after dealOil rises above $70, Nigeria supportsDollar jumps, yen weakens as focus shifts from ChinaBlackstone looks to ChinaBooming China stocks test govt's willBlackstone sets IPO as China to take stakeDaimler bears $1 bln Chrysler pension riskGenesco, Skechers eyed as takeover targets: paperGoldman enters investment venture with Japan's SBILowe's posts lower net, cuts year forecastTechnology IPOs set to top last year: JPMorganAP World NewsEconomists foresee sluggish 2007 growthStaples starts computer recycle programDucks rally to take 3-2 lead over WingsSpurs hold off Jazz to open West finalsRookie gives Yankees a much-needed liftBritain to issue Harry Potter stampsMilitary.comPoll:
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Are You Special Ops Material?The Baddest Knife EverCENTCOM: News ReleasesUSJFCOMU.S. Joint Forces Command, Marines begin Joint Urban Warrior 07 -
podcastUnmanned vehicle management system capability under evaluation -
podcastDefenseLinkAir, Ground Units Continue Search for SoldiersGates Issues Challenge to College Graduates Pace Salutes Gold Star Families in ChicagoFamilies of Fallen Servicemembers HonoredAnbar Operation Knocks Enemy Off Balance Chairman Still Motivated, Inspired by TroopsMore Headline NewsPace Speaks on Leadership at Grad SchoolImpatience in Iraq Troubles CommandantTroops: Armed Forces Day Really Does MatterMilitary News'Time' Magazine Honors Army Ranger'American Idol' Contestant Returns to Navy BaseArmy Officers Earn Leadership AwardsNational Guardsmen Help Battle WildfiresAirmen Strengthen Kyrgyzstan Ties with Project War on TerrorCoalition Forces Detain NineForces Battle Enemy in Kapisa Multiple Terror Suspects KilledNine Soldiers Killed in IraqTwo Car Bombs PreventedAmerica Supports YouBookseller Makes DonationMilitary Golf ProgramDVD Drive for TroopsGroup Shows Gratitude TransformationThinking Lean, a Must for ForceNavy Launches USNS ByrdNew Tactical Vehicle Rolls OutFace of DefenseTV Brings Family Together Doc to Join Medical Corps Sailor Shares Iraq ExperiencesDoc Receives Honor DefendAmericaBLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. NAVY Rear Adm. Elizabeth Hight
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StoryIN IRAQAir Cavalry Offers 24-hour Support During SearchTribal Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to UnityArmy Brigade Readys Helo for Medical Missions Troops Test Their Chemical Training in IraqInjured Iraqis Recover With Aid from U.S. MilitaryIraqi Air Force Performs Double-Patient TransferBaghdad Residents Get Free Medical CareIN DJIBOUTI Task Force Showers Orphans With SuppliesLiaison Officer Builds Cohesive RelationshipDjiboutian Institute of Arts Embraces AmericansIN AFGHANISTAN Coalition Forces Diffuse Soviet–era BombU.S. Airmen Mentor Afghan Depot PersonnelAnthrax Vaccine Becomes Mandatory for SomeBACKGROUND
IRAQRenewal In IraqIraq: Security, StabilityFact Sheet: Progress and Work AheadReport: Strategy for Victory in Iraq Iraq Daily UpdateThis Week in Iraq Multinational Force IraqState Dept. Weekly Iraq Report 'Boots on the Ground' Audio ArchiveWeekly Reconstruction Report (PDF) Iraq ReconstructionMapsAFGHANISTANAfghanistan UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISMFact Sheet: Budget RequestFact Sheet: Terror Plots DisruptedWaging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseWeatherAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGermanyAnsbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld BremerhavenDarmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau GarmischGarmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen KitzingenHanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart TrierWiesbaden WurzburgGitmoGuamAgana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan BarrigadaIraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al KutAn Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfJapanKadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo YokohamaToday in History1420 - King Charles VI gives Franct to the English in the Treaty of Troyes.
1804 - Lewis & Clark begin their expedition.
1832 - The first Democratic National Convention takes place in Baltimore
1846 - The first steamship arrives in Hawaii.
1856 - Pro-slavery forces capture and sack Lawrence, KS.
1861 - North Carolina becomes the tenth state to secede from the Union.
1871 - 17,000 die when French regular troops attack the Commune of Paris.
1881 - Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross.
1917 - Leo Pinckney becomes the first WWI American draftee.
1918 - The House of Representatives amends the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
1927 - Lindbergh lands in Paris after successfully completing the first transatlantic solo air flight.
1932 - Amelia Earhart completes the first transatlantic solo flight by a woman.
1940 - The Allies counterattack at Atrecht (North-France).
1941 - The SS
Robin Moore becomes the first American ship sunk by a U-boat; the German airforce occupies the airport at Maleme Kreta; Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau.
1944 - Hitler begins an attack on English/American "terror pilots."
1945 - Heinrich Himmler is captured.
1950 - Vietnamese troops attack Cambodia.
1953 - The French government of Mayer resigns.
1954 - A proposed Amendment to give 18-year-olds voting rights fails.
1956 - The U.S. explodes the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll.
1957 - The French government of Mollet resigns.
1958 - Indonesian paratroopers reconquer Morotai Island.
1964 - In Chesapeake Bay, the first nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations; U.S. intelligence flights above Laos begin.
1968 - The Scorpion, an American nuclear sub with 99 men aboard, is reported missing. It is later found at the bottom of the ocean off the Azores.
1969 - Robert Kennedy's murderer - Sirhan Sirhan - is sentenced to death.
1970 - The National Guard is mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University.
1971 - The National Guard is mobilized to quell a riot in Chattanooga, TN.
1979 - Elton John becomes the first western rocker to perform live in the U.S.S.R.
1980 - Ensign Jean Marie Butler is the first woman to graduate from a U.S. service academy.
1981 - François Mitterrand becomes President of France.
1982 - British troops land in the Falkland Islands.
1991 - Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ethiopia's Marxist president, resigns.
1993 - Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor is sentenced to life.
1994 - South Yemen secedes from Yemen.
Birthdays427 BC - Plato (Aristocles)
1527 - Philip II, King of Spain & Portugal
1822 - Confederate Major General Dabney Herndon Maury; Confederate General Mosby Monroe Parsons
1825 - Union Brevet Major Genreal George Lafayette Beal
1835 - Union Brevet Major Genreal Newton Martin Curtis Brevet Major General
1878 - Glenn Hammond Curtiss, American inventor of the hydroplane.
1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist, human rights worker, Nobel prize winner
1941 - Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4)
1942 - Robert C. Springer, Colonel USMC / astronaut (STS-29, STS-38)
Passings1481 - Christian I, King of Denmark/Norway/Sweden
1542 - Hernando de Soto, while searching for gold near the Mississippi River
1703 - Roemer Vlacq, Dutch Admiral, in battle
1935 - Jane Addams, ACLU co-founder
1993 - John Frost English, Lieutenant-Colonel (operation Market Garden 1944
1994 - John Henry Weidner, Dutch/American resistance fighter
1995 - Les Aspin, US Secretary of Defense
Reported Missing in Action1965Brace, Ernest C.,
civilian, USAID; Released by PL March, 1973 - alive and well in 1998
1966Buckley, Louis, Jr.,
US Army (MI)
Thackerson, Walter A.,
US Army (AL) ; Killed, BNR
1967Simpson, Walter S.,
US Army (NJ) ; Killed, BNR
Wrobleski, Walter F.,
US Army (NJ) ; UH1D shot down
1968Lemcke, David E.,
US Army (NY) ; Killed, BNR
1970Albert, Keith A.,
US Army (LA); captured in a 2-track, released by PRG February, 1973 - alive as of 1999
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