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• LAAD keeps CentCom skies safe USMC News 17 Jan 2003 -- The helicopter is coming in low from the left side. The gunner presses the IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) switch, the tone comes back unknown. He engages the weapon system by depressing the actuating switch. The sound comes back like music to his ears, the weapon is active, the head seeking and searching for the target
• I MEF conducts MPF offload USMC News 17 Jan 2003 -- Ships from the Maritime Prepositioning Force were offloaded in support of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Jan. 17 at a port in Kuwait

Other Conflicts

• FRANCE / IVORY COAST VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- The Paris peace talks between Ivory Coast's government and rebels have been complicated by claims from each side that the other is violating a cease-fire. There has been little movement in the negotiations, now in their third day
• U-S-Kosovo-Serbia VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- The United States said Friday it is premature to start discussing the final status of Kosovo, the Yugoslav province that has been a de facto international protectorate since 1999. The comments follow a call for talks on the status of Kosovo Thursday by Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic
• U-S/SUDAN PEACE VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- The special U-S envoy for Sudan says the next three months of talks are particularly important to efforts to end Africa's longest-running civil war. Talks were supposed to start on Wednesday but the Sudanese government refused to attend

Defense Policy / Programs

• White House Daily Briefing White House 17 Jan 2003
• Joint Chiefs Chairman Takes Transformation Message to Industry Forum AFPS 17 Jan 2003-- Air Force Gen. Richard Myers hammered away at the "T" theme via video teleconference to a San Diego industry meeting this week.
• GUATEMALA/US VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- Guatemala is facing a possible suspension of U-S aid for failing to cooperate in the war on drugs. Catherine Elton reports from Guatemala City, the country risks being included on a U-S list of "decertified" nations that do not cooperate in the drug war
• PHILIPPINES / U-S TROOPS VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- American troops are preparing for another mission in the Philippines to train elite forces how to hunt terrorist groups. The southern Philippines has been plagued by violent Muslim separatists, kidnappers and suspected Southeast Asia terrorist cells
• Successful Tomahawk Launch Aboard Florida Precursor to SSGN Conversion Experiment NAVSEA News Wire 17 Jan 2003-- Two Tomahawk missiles were successfully launched from a missile tube of USS Florida (SSBN 728), an Ohio-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, in demonstration and validation (DEMVAL) tests earlier this week in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of western Florida.
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Completes Record Breaking Availability on Alexandria NAVSEA News Wire 17 Jan 2003-- Christmas arrived early for the Navy's submarine force, as USS Alexandria (SSN 757) returned home to Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., following a depot maintenance period (DMP) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine.
• EDITORIAL: REBUILDING AFGHANISTAN VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- Since October 1st, 2001, the United States has committed nearly eight-hundred-million dollars in humanitarian and reconstruction aid to help the people of Afghanistan
• BUSH / AFGHANISTAN VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- President Bush has paid a visit to several soldiers who were injured in U-S military operations in Afghanistan
• BUSH / AFGHANISTAN VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- President Bush has paid a visit to several soldiers who were injured in U-S military operations in Afghanistan

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 17 Jan 2003
• SHAPE News Summary Analysis SHAPE 17 Jan 2003
• ZIMBABWE POLITICS VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- Speculation about the future of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF party increased Friday, with publication in a local newspaper of an interview with the head of the security forces, who acknowledged Zimbabwe is in an economic crisis
• INDONESIA KELLY VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- U-S Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly is in Indonesia, for talks on security measures and anti-terrorism efforts. But the visit comes amid a new controversy over the U-S-led war on terror
• INDONESIA / SPEAKER CORRUPTION VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- A high court in Indonesia has upheld the three year jail sentence of Parliamentary Speaker Akbar Tandjung -- convicted of corruption last year. Mr. Tandjung's lawyers say they will appeal to the Supreme Court
• KENYA/ I-M-F VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- The head of the International Monetary Fund in Africa says he expects to resume funding for Kenya by mid-year. The new Kenyan government is set to push through crucial anti-corruption legislation to meet I-M-F demands