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Current Operations

• U-S/PHILIPPINES VOA 04 June 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he is still weighing proposals that could see American soldiers go out on actual anti-terrorist patrols in the southern Philippines

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 04 Jun 2002
• HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL United Nations 04 Jun 2002
• ISRAEL / FENCE VOA 04 June 2002-- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved construction of a fence between Israel and the West Bank to help stop Palestinian militants from crossing into the Jewish state
• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS VOA 04 June 2002-- The director of the U-S Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet, is meeting (has met) with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as diplomatic efforts continue to end more than 20-months of bloodshed

Defense Policy / Programs

• Defense Department Briefing Transcript Washington File 04 June 2002-- Rumsfeld: The elements that have moved away from the Afghan border area have, as I said, been relatively small, modest elements and not larger units. The larger units are still there. And -- is the tension between Pakistan and India a distraction from the efforts against the global war on terrorism? Why, I would say yeah. Has it specifically damaged in -- oh, precise ways what we're trying to do? Not that I know of.

Defense Industry

• Boeing and Turkey Sign $1 Billion Contract for Airborne Early Warning & Control System Boeing 04 Jun 2002 -- The Undersecretariat for Defense Industries of the Republic of Turkey has signed a $1 billion-plus contract with The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] for the design and development of a state-of-the-art 737 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) system also being developed for Australia.
• General Dynamics Awarded Two Contract Modifications Valued at $104 Million General Dynamics 04 Jun 2002 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) announced today that two of its units had received modifications to existing U.S. Department of Defense contracts valued at a total of more than $104 million.
• Northrop Grumman -- U.S. Army Team Conducts Second Successful Flight Test of Improved P3I BAT Northrop Grumman 04 Jun 2002 -- A U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) team conducted a successful flight test of the Pre-Planned Product Improved (P3I) Brilliant Anti-armor (BAT) submunition May 14 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

News Reports

• SHAPE NEWS MORNING UPDATE 04 June 2002-- Russian defense minister defends nuclear deal with Washington, new alliance with NATO
• SHAPE NEWS SUMMARY & ANALYSIS 04 June 2002-- International Crisis Group report criticizes UNMIK