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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 21 Jun 2006 [PDF]
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for June 21 AFPN 21 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 21.
• DoD announces the deployment of 1st Cav. Div. units Army News 21 Jun 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced yesterday the deployment of the 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters element and the 2nd and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams later this year in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Iraqi Troops Seize 'High-Level' Terror Suspect VOA 21 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. military says Iraqi troops captured a "high-level" insurgent during a raid Wednesday in Baghdad.
• AFGHANISTAN: Press watchdog unhappy at new media restraints IRIN 21 Jun 2006 -- New media directives aimed at restricting local coverage of Afghanistan's security situation have been described as "outrageous" by a press monitoring group on Wednesday, calling the ban harassment of independent media.
• US Military: Expect Significant Fighting in Southern Afghanistan VOA 21 Jun 2006 -- U.S.-led coalition forces say an on-going offensive in Southern Afghanistan has claimed the lives of at least 20 more insurgents

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Lawmakers Approve Additional Iraq, Afghanistan Funding VOA 21 Jun 2006 -- The House of Representatives has approved a $427 billion defense spending bill that includes $50 billion in additional support for U.S. military needs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Bush Wants To Close Guantanamo RFE/RL 21 Jun 2006 -- U.S. President George W. Bush today told EU leaders that he understands international concerns about the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and said he wants to close the center.
• Troop Moves, BRAC Part of DoD's Transformation Agenda, Officials Say AFPS 21 Jun 2006 -- The pending repositioning of thousands of overseas U.S. troops and stateside base closings or adjustments mandated by the 2005 round of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission are integral to the Defense Department's transformation agenda, DoD officials said here yesterday.
• Mercy Finishes Humanitarian Aid in Philippines Navy NewsStand 21 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) left the Republic of the Philippines June 18 after spending four weeks providing humanitarian assistance in three provinces.
• ALCSG Pursues Undersea Threats During Valiant Shield ‘06 Navy NewsStand 21 Jun 2006 -- During Exercise Valiant Shield ’06, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (ALCSG) is taking advantage of the opportunity to train in undersea warfare (USW) detection and tracking in the Western Pacific, June 19-23.
• Seabees Take Part in RSOI 06 Navy NewsStand 21 Jun 2006 -- Active-duty and reserve Seabees from across the United States took part in exercise Reception, Staging, Onward-movement and Integration (RSOI) 2006 here March 25–31.
• Navy Raises Tuition Assistance Limits for Sailors Navy NewsStand 21 Jun 2006 -- To assist Sailors in their pursuit of higher educational goals, as well as certifications and qualifications associated with their Navy career field, the U.S. Navy is raising the limits on Tuition Assistance (TA) available to all active-duty members (officer and enlisted).
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE OF CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS, LIGHT WEAPONS United Nations 21 Jun 2006
• Press Briefing by Judy Ansley, NSA Senior Director for European Affairs; and Faryar Shirzad, NSA Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs on U.S.-EU Summit The White House 21 Jun 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 21 Jun 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 21, 2006
• BAE Systems Hägglunds Receives Swedish Armed Forces Order for All Terrain Vehicles BAE Systems 21 Jun 2006 -- BAE Systems Hägglunds has received an order from the Defence Materiel Administration for an additional 52 Bv206S armored all terrain vehicles. The order, which includes an option to acquire additional vehicles, is valued at approximately 250 million Swedish Kronor. Upon completion of the contract, the Swedish Armed Forces’ fleet will contain 93 Bv206S vehicles.
• Pratt & Whitney F135 Completes First Engine Runs at Joint Reserve Base in Support of JSF Flight Tests Pratt & Whitney 21 Jun 2006 -- The first flight test F135 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has completed successful runs at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The runs took place at an indoor engine test facility that was specially modified to handle the 40,000 pounds of thrust produced by the F135, the most powerful fighter engine ever built.
• Boeing Delta II Carries Technology Demonstrator into Orbit for DARPA Boeing 21 Jun 2006 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II launch vehicle today successfully carried into orbit an experimental payload for the joint U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Air Force and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) team.
• U.S. Army Awards $42.7 Million Contract to Raytheon for Excalibur Production Raytheon 21 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Company a $42.7 million contract for fiscal year 2006 production of tactical Excalibur projectiles and related test articles and services.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 21 Jun 2006
• SENEGAL: Impunity on trial IRIN 21 Jun 2006 -- Now that former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been flown off the continent to face charges of war crimes at The Hague, West Africans are turning their attention to another African leader who could face prosecution away from home.
• Lankan rebels want EU members out of truce monitoring IRNA 21 Jun 2006 -- Sri Lankan rebels on Wednesday told peace broker Norway that they were against European Union (EU) member states monitoring the island's ceasefire following the grouping branding them as terrorists.
• Sudanese President Reinforces Opposition to UN Peacekeepers in Darfur VOA 21 Jun 2006 -- Sudan's president has again said he will never allow a U.N. peacekeeping force into the volatile western region of Darfur
• New Delhi govt to hold talks two N-E rebel groups separately IRNA 21 Jun 2006 -- India's federal government will hold separate peace talks with representatives of two powerful northeastern rebel groups Thursday aimed at ending decades of bloodshed in the region, officials Wednesday said.
• SOMALIA: Gov't, Islamic leaders to talk peace in Sudan IRIN 21 Jun 2006 -- Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was expected to lead his government's delegation to Sudan on Wednesday for a meeting organised by the Arab League to try and reconcile the administration with Islamic leaders who control Mogadishu, officials said.
• Palestinian Militants Call for Attacks on Israel VOA 21 Jun 2006 -- Palestinian militant groups have called for more attacks against Israel, following a missile strike late Tuesday by Israel that left three Palestinian children dead in the Gaza Strip
• Prosecutor: No Evidence Linking East Timor's PM to Hit Squad VOA 21 Jun 2006 -- East Timor's prosecutor-general says there is no evidence linking Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri to a hit squad allegedly hired to silence political opponents.

News Reports

• Analysis: For U.S.-EU, A Wary Embrace cfr.org 21 Jun 2006 -- Determined to present a unified front to Iran on nuclear proliferation, President Bush and the current leader of the European Union, Austria's Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, warned Tehran (VOA) to respond soon to a recent offer of political and economic inducements or face a UN Security Council debate on economic sanctions.
• BAE Systems Develops High-density, Radiation-hardened C-RAM Semiconductor BAE Systems 21 Jun 2006 -- BAE Systems has introduced a radiation-hardened, 4Mb chalcogenide random-access memory, or C-RAMTM, semiconductor for space applications. The device is designed for system designers who need a high-density, radiation-hardened, non-volatile memory device and who previously relied on repackaged commercial devices or volatile memory with battery backup.
• Outstanding Performance Leads to Early Handover of Boeing Weather Satellite Boeing 21 Jun 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that GOES-N, the first of three Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) built for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has reached its orbital slot 22,300 miles above the equator, and Boeing engineers have achieved a major milestone by transferring control of the satellite to NASA.
• Mirror Backplane Prototype Structure for James Webb Space Telescope Delivered for Testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Northrop Grumman 21 Jun 2006 -- An important element of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) optical telescope, the Backplane Stability Test Article (BSTA), was delivered to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for a series of rigorous tests designed to verify its readiness for use in space.
• PWR Engine Adds to Legacy with Delta II Launch of MiTEx Satellite Pratt & Whitney 21 Jun 2006 -- A Delta II rocket carrying the MiTEx satellite was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today by an RS-27A booster rocket engine, built by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), a business unit of United Technologies Corporation [NYSE: UTX].