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Current Operations

• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• March 17-23: The week in airpower AFPN 25 Mar 2007 -- In Afghanistan this week 310 close-air-support missions were flown in support of the International Security Assistance Force and Afghan troops, reconstruction activities and route patrols.
• Forces Capture, Kill Terrorists, Seize Weapons Caches in Iraq AFPS 25 Mar 2007 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces captured or killed insurgents and confiscated explosives, weapons and other contraband during operations in Iraq over the past few days.
• Forces Thwart Insurgent Attack in Afghanistan AFPS 25 Mar 2007 -- American and Afghan forces killed 12 insurgents yesterday during a firefight near Fire Base Tillman in Paktika province, Afghanistan, officials said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• President Requests Spending Bill Without Deployment Restrictions, Deadlines AFPS 25 Mar 2007 -- President Bush yesterday urged Congress to send him an emergency war-spending bill that funds overseas troop operations, but contains no deployment restrictions or deadlines for a withdrawal of forces from Iraq.
• Pace Visit Paves Way for Better Relations With China AFPS 25 Mar 2007 -- By their words and deeds, Chinese military leaders made Marine Gen. Peter Pace welcome in their country and showed their desire to find common ground.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• UN Secretary-General Meets Palestinian President, but Shuns Hamas VOA 25 Mar 2007 -- The secretary-general of the United Nations is continuing a Middle East peace mission, meeting with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank
• Sudan: UN official blocked from Darfur camp UN News Centre 25 Mar 2007 -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived today in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan but was blocked at a military checkpoint and denied permission to continue to a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs).
• Rice Calls Upon All States To Advance Mideast Peace Process Washignton File 25 Mar 2007 -- The leadership and commitment of every nation in the region is vital to advancing the Mideast peace process and making the vision of a two-state solution a reality, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said during her third trip to the Middle East in 2007.
• Rice Seeks 'Common Agenda' for Settling Israel-Palestinian Conflict VOA 25 Mar 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in separate talks Sunday as she continued a quest for what she termed a "common agenda" to move forward on a two-state solution of the Middle East conflict
• Sudanese Police, Darfur Rebels Die in Clashes VOA 25 Mar 2007 -- Eight former Darfur rebels and two Sudanese police officers were killed during clashes on Saturday outside of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum
• Cautious Calm Returns to Democratic Republic of Congo VOA 25 Mar 2007 -- Residents of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, are relieved but bitter, as calm has returned after two days of brutal fighting between government forces and the guard of opposition leader and former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba

News Reports

• EU 50th Birthday Overshadowed by Tensions Over Constitution VOA 25 Mar 2007 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned European Union leaders that they will make "a historic failure" if they do not agree on a time table for the adoption of an EU constitution