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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 02 Jun 2009 [PDF]
• MND-B Soldier dies of combat-related injuries (Baghdad)
• June 1 airpower summary: C-17s support coalition forces AFNS 02 Jun 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF troops in Afghanistan during operations.
• Forces Capture 45 Suspected Militants in Kirkuk AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- Iraqi and coalition forces captured 45 suspected militants and killed one during operations May 31 in Kirkuk, Iraq.
• 42nd Military Police Brigade ends 15-month tour at Camp Bucca (Bucca) MNF-I 02 Jun 2009 -- Col. David P. Glaser, commander, 42nd Military Police Brigade, transferred authority of Task Force Bucca to Lt. Col. Jesse D. Galvan, commander, 89th Military Police Brigade Tactical Actions Center (TAC) during a ceremony June 2 at Camp Bucca, Iraq
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Schloesser From Afghanistan DoD 02 Jun 2009 -- Presenter: Commander, Combined Joint Task Force-101 Afghanistan Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser
• Troops in Afghanistan Combat Militants AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- Coalition and Afghan forces conducted operations against militants and defeated them today in Afghanistan.
• Taliban Increasingly Target Civilians in Eastern Afghanistan, Commander Says AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- Conditions in eastern Afghanistan have been challenging, but coalition efforts have paid off.
• Blast Near US Base Kills 6 Afghan Civilians VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- Afghan official: Blast on a road near the main base for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan has killed six civilian family members, including two children.
• Suspect car bomb kills six civilians in Afghanistan RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- A family of six died, when a suspected roadside bomb exploded near the Bagram U.S. airbase.
• Kandahar Airmen protect servicemembers from IEDs AFNS 02 Jun 2009 -- Improvised explosive devices kill people.
• Pakistani Military Recovers Abducted Students VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- Pakistani officials say troops have rescued all students and staff who were kidnapped y suspected Taliban militants.
• UN agency opens new camps for Pakistanis fleeing fighting UN News Centre 02 Jun 2009 -- The United Nations refugee agency said today it has opened two new camps in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to house thousands of people who took advantage of the lifting of a curfew over the weekend to flee fighting in the Swat Valley.
• Militants kidnap over 500 students of army-run college: official IRNA 02 Jun 2009 -- Suspected militants kidnapped over 500 students of an army-run college in the North Wazirisan tribal region.
• CIA director meets President Zardari, assures support in anti-terror IRNA 02 Jun 2009 -- US Director National Intelligence: US and international community willing to help Pakistan in its fight against militants.

Defense Policy / Programs

• New Commander Pledges to Protect Afghan Civilians in 'Winnable' War VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- US Army general nominated to be commander of forces in Afghanistan says the conflict is "winnable."
• US Pick for Top Commander in Afghanistan Predicts Success VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- US Army general nominated to oversee American and NATO forces in Afghanistan believes the war can be won.
• Afghan Strategy Requires 'Holistic' Approach, General Tells Senate AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- ISAF commander nominee: Situation in Afghanistan remains serious.
• Court: Release Evidence Against Guantanamo Detainees VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- US federal judge ordered the government to publicly release unclassified evidence that justifies continued detention of suspects.
• Strategic arms deal may be drafted before Obama visit - Kremlin RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- New draft strategic arms reduction deal may be ready before US President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow.
• Kremlin: Progress on Nuclear Deal Could Come Soon VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- Kremlin: Russian and US negotiators could reach a tentative agreement in time for US President Obama's visit to Moscow.
• Gates Gets Up-close Look at U.S. Missile Defense AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- Defense Secretary Gates: System will protect the United States from an intercontinental ballistic missile threat.
• Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team Certified For Guam and the United States Virgin Islands DoD 02 Jun 2009 -- The Department of Defense (DoD) notified Congress yesterday that the Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST) of the Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands National Guard are now certified
• Army Announces BCT Stationing Decision DoD 02 Jun 2009 -- The secretary of the Army announced today that in accordance with the President's budget, the Army has halted the plan to build three additional brigade combat teams (BCTs) at Fort Bliss, Texas, Fort Carson, Colo., and Fort Stewart, Ga
• Stavridis Stresses Transatlantic Alliance in Afghanistan at Senate Hearing AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- Nominee for NATO command job: Urge European allies to continue standing “shoulder-to-shoulder” in Afghanistan.
• Obama Picks McHugh as New Army Secretary AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- President Obama announced that Congressman John McHugh is his choice to become the next Secretary of the Army.
• Nominee Promises to Continue Interagency Approach at Southern Command AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- President Obama’s nominee to lead USOUTHCOM promised today to continue the interagency approach that has been successful in the region.
• Navy Terminates Contract For VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2009 -- Navy announced June 1 that it will terminate the VH-71 System Development and Demonstration program contract.
• Mount Whitney Hosts President of Lithuania Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2009 -- USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) hosted a reception for the president of Lithuania and the U.S. ambassador to Lithuania during a three-day port visit to Klaipeda June 1.
• Multinational mobility unit welcomes top Air Force mobility Airman AFNS 02 Jun 2009 -- The first-of-its-kind mobility unit comprising airmen from 12 nations recently hosted the commander of Air Mobility Command at Pápa Air Base, Hungary.
• Officials activate 617th Air and Space Operations Center AFNS 02 Jun 2009 -- Officials at 17th Air Force took big step toward full operational capability with the activation of the 617th Air and Space Operations Center.
• VP-8 Crew Comes Home to Jacksonville Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2009 -- Naval Air Station Jacksonville welcome first crew of the Patrol Squadron 8 to its new duty station.
• 391st CSSB hands over reins Army News 02 Jun 2009 -- The 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion transferred authority to the 264th CSSB during a ceremony.
• Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors to conduct air defense exercise AFNS 02 Jun 2009 -- An Oregon National Guard base will host a major US Northern Command air defense exercise in mid-June.
• Deployable Assessment Team trains during Exercise Army News 02 Jun 2009 -- JTF-Homeland Defense's Deployable Assessment Team capable of going anywhere in 24-72 hours to provide "eye on the ground."
• USARPAC's JTF Homeland Defense participates in Hawaii preparedness exercise Army News 02 Jun 2009 -- Mil and civil authorities test their skills this week for emergency response to category 4 hurricane.
• Mullen Fights for Mental Health Funding on Capitol Hill AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- Top military officer: Increased mental health care services for returning combat troops a priority that can’t be allowed to fall by the wayside.
• CIS defense ministers to discuss military cooperation up to 2015 IRNA 02 Jun 2009 -- Commonwealth of Independent States Defense ministers will discuss prospects for military cooperation up to 2015.
• Russian defense industry production up 2.5% in 1Q09 RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- Russia's defense related sectors increased production by 2.5% in the first quarter, year-on-year.
• Russian Navy to commission Nerpa submarine in fall - source RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- Nuclear submarine involved in a fatal accident will be commissioned by the Russian Navy in the fall.
• Russian Navy chief of staff resigns over poor health - source RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- Admiral Mikhail Abramov, the chief of Russia's Navy Staff, has submitted his resignation citing poor health.
• HMS Portland Intercepts, Disarms Pirates Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2009 -- While conducting counterpiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden as part of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Task Force 151, Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland (F 79) detected, intercepted and boarded two suspicious skiffs preventing a possible pirate attack June 2.
• Russia plans to rotate warships off Somalia coast in July RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- Commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet issued an order to prepare a new task force for anti-piracy patrols.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 02 Jun 2009
• Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 6-2-09 The White House 02 Jun 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 02, 2009
• Boeing Submits Proposal for USMC Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Demonstration Boeing 02 Jun 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] on June 1 submitted a proposal offering its A160T Hummingbird for the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's Immediate Cargo Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Demonstration Program
• Boeing Reacts to Appeals Court Decision in A-12 case Boeing 02 Jun 2009 -- J. Michael Luttig, executive vice president and general counsel of The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA], today directed that an immediate appeal be made following a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision upholding the government’s position in the long-running A-12 case.
• CACI Awarded $30 Million Prime Contract to Support U.S. Navy Aviation Training of Combat-Quality Professionals CACI 02 Jun 2009 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today it has been awarded a $30 million contract to continue support for the Naval Aviation Production Process–Sustainment (NAPP S) program.
• General Dynamics Awarded Project Support Contract by U.S. Joint Forces Command General Dynamics 02 Jun 2009 -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) to provide “Project Support” services to the USJFCOM Enterprise and the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate (J9).
• General Dynamics Awarded Mission-Support and Experimentation Services Contract by U.S. Joint Forces Command General Dynamics 02 Jun 2009 -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) to provide essential mission and business-sustainment support services to the USJFCOM enterprise and the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate (J9).
• GE Awarded NAVAIR Engine Overhaul Contract GE Aviation 02 Jun 2009 -- Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded GE Aviation a contract to overhaul up to 757 T700-401/401C engines, cold section modules and power turbine modules for the SH-60 helicopter over the next five years. The overhauls will be performed at GE's Engine Services operation in Strother, Kansas.
• General Dynamics to Appeal A-12 Decision General Dynamics 02 Jun 2009 -- The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today affirmed an earlier decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims sustaining the government’s default termination of the A-12 aircraft contract to which General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and McDonnell Douglas were parties with the Navy. McDonnell Douglas is now owned by The Boeing Company.
• SAIC Awarded $21 Million Defense Information Systems ENCORE II Task Order SAIC 02 Jun 2009 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime task order by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) to provide information assurance (IA) training support to the Department of Defense (DoD).
• U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin $1.5-Billion Contract For SBIRS Follow-On Spacecraft Lockheed Martin 02 Jun 2009 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $1.5-billion contract for the third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload, the third geosynchronous orbit (GEO-3) satellite and associated ground modifications for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) constellation.
• Raytheon Completes Acceptance Testing for Intelligence-Sharing Backbone Raytheon 02 Jun 2009 -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Integration Backbone, or DIB, team has completed a rigorous, multiple-day test of its new DIB version 1.3, representing an important step toward delivering new intelligence-sharing technology to users worldwide.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 02 Jun 2009
• Ban renews call for Israeli cooperation with UN Gaza human rights probe UN News Centre 02 Jun 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has renewed his call for Israel’s cooperation with the team mandated by the United Nations Human Rights Council to probe alleged rights abuses and violations of international law during the recent conflict in Gaza, his spokesperson said today.
• Israel's foreign minister to participate in Moscow Mideast talks RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- Israeli FM Lieberman told Russian President Medvedev that he would attend a Moscow Middle East peace conference.
• Mideast Quartet foreign ministers could gather in June - Lavrov RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- Russian FM Lavrov: Meeting of FMs from the Middle East Quartet could be held in June.
• EGYPT-OPT: Gaza aid inefficiencies, bottlenecks IRIN 02 Jun 2009 -- The lack of proper warehousing facilities in the northeastern Egyptian cities of Al-Arish and Rafah is partly to blame for bottlenecks and inefficiencies in delivering food and other aid to the Gaza Strip, a former senior Egyptian aid official has said.
• OPT: Gaza reconstruction project hit by Israeli sanctions IRIN 02 Jun 2009 -- Thousands of non-refugee Palestinians in Gaza receiving financial assistance from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) are finding it difficult to reconstruct and rehabilitate their homes, because they are unable to access sufficient quantities of building materials, UNDP programme officer Husam Toubil told IRIN.
• UN starts investigation in Gaza into human rights violations RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- UN investigative team began work in Gaza to examine claims of human rights violations by Israeli troops on Gaza in January.
• Access to Displaced Tamils Better, But Still Limited VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- UN refugee agency reports access to about 300,000 internally displaced Tamils in northern Sri Lanka is getting better, but remains limited.
• At Least Seven Killed in Mogadishu Fighting VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- At least seven people have been killed in new clashes between militant Islamists and pro-government forces in Somalia's capital.
• Darfur refugees in Chad to receive identity cards under UN-backed scheme UN News Centre 02 Jun 2009 -- Some 110,000 Sudanese refugees over the age of 18 in eastern Chad will receive identity cards under a new programme launched with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
• Ban commends Burundi for strides in carrying out peace pact UN News Centre 02 Jun 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban: Burundi has made progress in implementing the 2006 ceasefire pact between the Government and rebels.

News Reports

• US Inviting Iranians to July 4 Embassy Events VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- State Department: US ambassadors abroad authorized to invite Iranian diplomats to embassy events celebrating US Independence Day.
• Obama Faces Challenges, Mixed Expectations On Speech To Islamic World RFE/RL 02 Jun 2009 -- Amid the clamor of Cairo's deafening streets and crowded cafes, the talk of the town is the speech that US President Obama plans to deliver this week.
• Obama's Speech to Muslims to be Part of Lengthy Effort VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- White House: President Obama's upcoming speech in Cairo is part of a concerted effort to improve US relations with the Muslim world, but will not accomplish goal by itself.
• US Supreme Court Nominee Meets Senate Leaders VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor Tuesday met with Senate leaders ahead of her confirmation hearings.
• El Salvador's new leader restores ties with Cuba RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- El Salvador's newly elected president signed an agreement to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, hours after being sworn in.
• Washington refuses to recognize S.Ossetian elections RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- US State Department: Washington would not recognize last weekend's parliamentary polls in the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia.
• U.S. Denounces Separatist Elections In South Ossetia RFE/RL 02 Jun 2009 -- The United States has joined condemnations of the separatist elections in the South Ossetia region of Georgia.
• Aung San Suu Kyi's Lawyers Challenge Witness Ban VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- Lawyers for Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi say they have asked a court to overturn an earlier decision to ban 3 defense witnesses from testifying at her trial.
• Niger Opposition Agonizes over President Tandja's Plan to Change Constitution VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- Niger's opposition parties have vowed to continue to resist any attempt by embattled President Mamadou Tandja to change the constitution.
• Russia's chief doctor rules out chance of swine flu pandemic RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- Russia's chief doctor Onishchenko: Swine flu is not aggressive enough to cause a worldwide pandemic.
• ISRAEL: Sharp rise in swine flu cases IRIN 02 Jun 2009 -- There has been a sharp rise in the number of confirmed cases of A(H1N1) influenza, commonly known as swine flu, in Israel.
• Navy Updates Number of Confirmed H1N1 Cases Navy NewsStand 02 Jun 2009 -- The Navy updated its confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza June 1 to 106 Sailors.
• Communist Leadership Splits Ahead Of Moldova's Presidential Showdown RFE/RL 02 Jun 2009 -- Leadership of Moldova's ruling Communist Party facing a crucial split just a day before lawmakers due to meet for one last attempt to elect a president.
• Defection Stings Moldova's Communists Ahead Of Key Vote RFE/RL 02 Jun 2009 -- Former Moldovan parliament speaker Marian Lupu has told RFE/RL's Moldovan Service that he will leave the party and join the opposition.
• Navy Aircraft Joins Search For Missing Air France Aircraft AFPS 02 Jun 2009 -- US Navy aircrew joined international search for survivors and debris from an Air France aircraft that went missing off the Brazilian coast.
• Brazil says remains of missing Air France plane found RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2009 -- Brazil's Air Force said that it had found wreckage in the area that a missing Air France passenger plane last made contact.
• Possible Air France Debris Spotted in Atlantic VOA 02 Jun 2009 -- Brazilian search planes have spotted aircraft debris in the South Atlantic that could be wreckage from the Air France jetliner that disappeared off Brazil's northeastern coast.