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Current Operations

• 15th Sustainment Brigade Soldiers attacked (Baghdad)
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• Oct. 12 airpower summary: F-15Es target enemy positions AFPN 13 Oct 2007 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Oct. 12, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USS Robert G. Bradley Visits Boston Navy NewsStand 13 Oct 2007 -- USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) completed a port visit to Boston, Mass., participating in a number of events throughout the city over the Columbus Day holiday weekend.
• Gates: U.S. Prepared to Work with Russian Military AFPS 13 Oct 2007 -- The United States and Russia face some common security challenges and there are ways to cooperate in meeting those challenges, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
• Russians Query Gates on Space Weapons, Arms Sales, Eastern Europe AFPS 13 Oct 2007 -- Russian officers here attending the 175 year-old Military Academy of the General Staff were poised and ready when U.S. Defense Secretary Robert. M. Gates opened the floor to questions following his nearly hour-long speech.
• In Moscow, Rice And Gates Meet With Russian Dissidents And Military RFE/RL 13 Oct 2007 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates delivered a two-pronged message to Russia today, offering U.S. support for democratic dissidents and military cooperation with Moscow to take on common threats.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Officials Cautiously Optimistic Ahead of Rice Middle East Visit VOA 13 Oct 2007 -- Israeli and Palestinian officials are cautiously optimistic about the upcoming of visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, due to arrive in the region on Sunday

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