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• June 23 airpower summary: HH-60Gs support medical evacuations AFNS 24 Jun 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan during operations.
• Iraqi, Coalition Forces Arrest Terror Suspects AFPS 24 Jun 2009 -- Iraqi forces and coalition advisors arrested suspected terrorists, including a senior leader, in operations in Iraq.
• Medevac Crew Stays Ready in Iraq AFPS 24 Jun 2009 -- 1st Cavalry Division medical evacuation aircrews of C/2nd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, have time limits from when they receive a call to when they leave.
• On the Ground: Forces Work Toward Goals in Iraq AFPS 24 Jun 2009 -- Iraqi and US forces continued to make strides toward meeting the terms of the US-Iraq security agreement.
• Increased Violence Expected as U.S. Troops Leave Iraqi Cities AFPS 24 Jun 2009 -- Pentagon Press Secretary Morrell: Deployed troops have geared up for the heightened threat.
• Pentagon Expects Growing Violence in Iraq VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- US military is expecting an increase in violence in Iraq as next week's deadline approaches for all U.S. combat forces to withdraw from Iraqi cities.
• Baghdad Bombing Kills At Least 55 VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Iraqi authorities say a bomb blast in Baghdad's Sadr City has killed at least 55 people and wounded more than 100.
• Training the Daughters of Iraq Army News 24 Jun 2009 -- Daughters of Iraq gathered to train new hires, update information in the US forces database and discuss present conditions.
• P3 Marines to see increased workload in Iraq for drawdown USMC News 24 Jun 2009 -- US military is reducing its footprint and responsibly drawing down personnel from Iraq.
• USS Chinook Assists Stranded Iraqi Fishing Dhow Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- USS Chinook provided assistance to an Iraqi fishing dhow experiencing mechanical problems June 22 in the North Arabian Gulf.
• Afghan, Coalition Forces Target Taliban Fighters' Southern Strongholds VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Afghan and coalition forces have killed at least 48 suspected militants in two operations in southern Afghanistan.
• Attack on Afghan aid workers prompts UN call for better security UN News Centre 24 Jun 2009 -- Acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan called for better security for aid workers.
• Kremlin Approved U.S.-Kyrgyz Agreement On Manas RFE/RL 24 Jun 2009 -- Spokesman for the Russian FM: Agreement between the US and Kyrgyzstan on Manas air base is a domestic issue for Kyrgyzstan.
• Kyrgyz parliament approves U.S. Manas base deal RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Kyrgyz parliament approved deal allowing the U.S. to continue using its Manas airbase for supply and troop transits to Afghanistan.
• Manas Air Base Agreement Awaits Kyrgyz Parliament Vote AFPS 24 Jun 2009 -- Kyrgyz parliament expected to vote on agreements reached to extend US access to Manas Air Base.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. DoD 24 Jun 2009 -- Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
• Afghanistan Strategy Fuels 'Unprecedented' Government Cooperation AFPS 24 Jun 2009 -- Top Pentagon policy official: Af-Pak strategy has garnered unprecedented cooperation among U.S. government agencies.
• US Envoy Grilled by Lawmakers on Afghan, Pakistan Strategy VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan faced more questionsabout the administration's Af-Pak strategy.
• US, Russia Resume Nuclear Arms talks VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- The United States and Russia have resumed negotiations in Geneva on cutting their nuclear arsenals.
• Arms Control Key Issue at Upcoming Moscow Summit VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Many analysts agree that during the eight years of the Bush administration, U.S.-Russian relations steadily deteriorated.
• China, US Hold Defense Talks, Plan More VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Chinese and US officials: 2 countries share common concern over a nuclear-weapons armed DPRK and both want to avoid confrontations at sea.
• Network-based field tests underway for BCT modernization Army News 24 Jun 2009 -- US Army conducting a series of high-tech network and equipment verification tests as part of brigade combat team modernization.
• Pendleton units benefit from LAV upgrades USMC News 24 Jun 2009 -- Camp Pendleton's Light Armored Vehicle units feeling some of the upgrades that the Marine Corps has in store for the 25-year-old vehicle.
• SEAL Team 4 Bids Farewell to Commanding Officer Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- Cmdr. Dennis DeBobes relieved Cmdr. Travis Schweizer as commanding officer of Sea Air Land (SEAL) Team 4 during a ceremony at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek June 19.
• NMCB 11 Changes Command for First Time Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 held a change of command ceremony June 22 at Camp Arifjan.
• NMCB 40 Seabees Complete First Projects in Timor-Leste Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- Seabees from U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40, Detail Timor-Leste, completed two construction projects on the eastern coast of Timor-Leste June 19.
• Navy Supply Corps Leaders Discuss Maritime Strategy Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- Supply Corps active and Reserve flag officers and senior executives met and discussed major challenges and initiatives affecting the community during a conference at Naval Station Newport, June 18.
• Essex Focuses on Environment While Refueling Underway Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) successfully conducted an underway replenishment (UNREP) with fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194) June 21.
• SEALs Learn From Northern Warfare Training Center Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- A West Coast-based SEAL team continued their training during Northern Edge 2009 with the help from the Northern Warfare Training Center June 17.
• Gates Establishes New Cyber Subcommand AFPS 24 Jun 2009 -- Defense Secretary Gates signed a memo establishing a subcommand focused on cyber security.
• Joint Base San Antonio moves closer toward implementation AFNS 24 Jun 2009 -- Representatives met to finalize way ahead for Randolph AFB, Lackland AFB and Fort Sam Houston during a joint basing workshop.
• Warriors train for sling load operations Army News 24 Jun 2009 -- Soldiers from C Company, 304th Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade, conducted sling load operations June 16 at the Camp Mobile airfield.
• USS Ronald Reagan Arrives in Singapore Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- Two ships and more than 5,000 Sailors from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) arrived in Singapore June 24.
• Pilot dies in F-16 accident AFNS 24 Jun 2009 -- Hill Air Force Base officials confirmed an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot was killed at about 10:25 p.m. June 21 after the aircraft crashed on the Utah Test and Training Range about 35 miles south of Wendover, Utah.
• Army Leaders Struggle to Understand Record Suicides AFPS 24 Jun 2009 -- Soldiers are taking their own lives in record numbers, and Army senior leaders are struggling to understand why.
• Japanese Seeking to Purchase F-22 KCNA 24 Jun 2009 -- Japanese Defense Minister Hamada expressed his intention to introduce F-22 from the US.
• Senior ROK-U.S. Soldiers train together at Korea Combat Training Center Army News 24 Jun 2009 -- Senior US and ROK Army trained together June 22 at the Korea Combat Training Center in Gwangwon In-Je.
• Training Future Aviators of Partner Nations Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- Training Squadron 21 presented Brazilian Navy Lt. Igor S. Bastos his 'wings of gold' at a winging ceremony held at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, June 5.
• Air National Guard members visits Polish air base AFNS 24 Jun 2009 -- Members of the 182nd Airlift Wing arrived at the 33rd Air Base here as part of the Illinois Air National Guard's role in the State Partnership Program.
• Construction of 2nd Adm. Gorshkov class frigate to start in 2009 RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- The construction of a second Admiral Gorshkov class frigate will begin this year in St. Petersburg.
• Russia may export up to 40 diesel submarines by 2015 RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Russia could sell up to 40 fourth-generation diesel-electric submarines to foreign customers by 2015.
• GLOBAL: Geneva Conventions and 21st-century combatants IRIN 24 Jun 2009 -- To mark the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross Movement IRIN spoke with humanitarian and legal experts about how conflict has changed in the 21st century and to what degree the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols stand up when it comes to protecting civilians in conflict.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 24 Jun 2009
• Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman, and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, 6-24-09 The White House 24 Jun 2009

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 24, 2009
• BAE SYSTEMS AWARDED $124.8 MILLION TO REFURBISH M113 VEHICLES BAE Systems 24 Jun 2009 -- BAE Systems has been awarded $124.8 million in U.S. Army contracts to reset, upgrade and maintain M113 vehicles.
• General Dynamics Awarded Contract by U.S. Navy for Aircraft Radomes General Dynamics 24 Jun 2009 -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Inventory Control Point for the refurbishment of radomes for the EA-6B fighter jet. The initial award value is $2 million with a total potential value of $10 million over five years if all options are exercised.
• Northrop Grumman Wins Navy C4I Interoperability Contract Northrop Grumman 24 Jun 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has received a U.S. Navy contract to ensure Navy, joint and coalition command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) systems share critical warfighting data to enhance situational awareness and improve combat effectiveness.
• Northrop Grumman Announces $213.8 Million Advance Procurement Contract for Tenth San Antonio (LPD 17) Class Amphibious Ship Northrop Grumman 24 Jun 2009 -- The U.S. Navy awarded a $213.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) that will provide long lead materials for LPD 26, the tenth amphibious transport dock ship of the USS San Antonio (LPD 17) class.
• Raytheon Selected to Compete for U.K. Royal Navy Training Contract Raytheon 24 Jun 2009 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been selected by the U.K. Ministry of Defence to compete for a program that will provide support to the Royal Navy across initial entry training, warfighting shore training and youth training.
• Raytheon Forum Links Small Businesses, Latest Technology and Battlespace Integration Raytheon 24 Jun 2009 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) recently held the first Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)-Small Business Technology Transfer forum at the company's Warfighter Protection Center, Huntsville, Ala.
• SAIC Awarded Blanket Purchase Agreement, $357 Million Task Order to Support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Operations SAIC 24 Jun 2009 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime single award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to support the Joint Program Office (JPO), Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle by providing MRAP Joint Logistics Integrator (JLI) and Operational Readiness Services.

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 24 Jun 2009
• Unresolved Gaza crisis hampering efforts to advance Mid-east peace - UN envoy UN News Centre 24 Jun 2009 -- Top UN envoy to the region: Commitment by both Israel and the Palestinians to change the dynamics in Gaza is vital.
• Israel PM Meeting With US Envoy Postponed VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- A meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell has been postponed so the two sides have more time to prepare.
• Suicide Bombings Increase in Somalia VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Last week, a top Somali government minister was killed in a suicide bombing claimed by al-Shabab militants opposed to the government.
• SOMALIA: UN calls for improved access to the displaced IRIN 24 Jun 2009 -- A top UN official has urged those who control the parts of Somalia to which large numbers of displaced civilians have flocked, to beef up security and improve access to those in need.
• Darfur: joint UN-African Union mission reports calm although banditry persists UN News Centre 24 Jun 2009 -- Joint UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur reported that the security situation was calm although banditry remains a problem.
• Washington Forum Seeks Renewed Comprehensive Peace Deal for Sudan VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Expected arbitration court ruling on Abyei would go a long way toward cementing renewal of the 2005 CPA.
• SUDAN: Mounting ethnic tensions in the south - analysis IRIN 24 Jun 2009 -- Leaders from northern and southern Sudan meeting in Washington against the backdrop of a series of bloody clashes.
• Chechnya's Kadyrov to end militant attacks in south Russia RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Struggle to tackle militant attacks in the Russian Caucuses regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia is continuing to plan.
• Ingushetia, Chechnya to probe Yevkurov assassination attempt RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- The authorities of Ingushetia and Chechnya will conduct their own joint probe into Monday's assassination attempt on the Ingush president.
• Ingushetia's Ex-President Volunteers For Temporary Comeback RFE/RL 24 Jun 2009 -- Former Ingushetian President Ruslan Aushev affirming readiness to take over the republic's top post temporarily.
• Nigerian Militants Discuss Amnesty Deal with Government VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Members of Nigerian militant groups have met with the government to discuss a proposed amnesty deal.
• Five IMU Members Killed In Kyrgyz Shoot-Out RFE/RL 24 Jun 2009 -- Press secretary of Kyrgyzstan's Jalal-Abad regional administration: 5 armed individuals killed by Kyrgyz national security troops were members of the banned extremist group the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
• PHILIPPINES: Vendettas and violence on Mindanao - analysis IRIN 24 Jun 2009 -- Murder of Helen Accoon on the southern conflict-ridden island of Mindanao in 2008 seemed to mark an escalation in clan feuding.
• Ex-Kosovo premier arrested in Bulgaria on Interpol warrant RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Serbia has sent Bulgaria an official request to extradite former Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku, who is wanted for alleged war crimes.

News Reports

• U.S. Official Sheds Light on Possible Upcoming Obama Africa Policy VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- New US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Administration plans to invest in agricultural development.
• US Rescinds Invitations to Iranian Diplomats VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Obama administration rescinded invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 US Independence Day celebrations.
• Experts Tell Senate Panel that Opposition Movement in Iran Likely Will Continue VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Several experts on Iran spoke at a roundtable held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
• Iranian police, protesters clash in Tehran - unofficial reports RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Another rally in the Iranian capital Tehran was brutally put down on Wednesday, according to unofficial Twitter reports.
• Police, Protesters Clash Near Iran's Parliament VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Witnesses say riot police forcibly dispersed hundreds who tried to gather in Tehran for another post-election protest.
• New Clashes Reported In Iran RFE/RL 24 Jun 2009 -- Witnesses say hundreds of protesters clashed in Tehran with riot police today.
• Iranian Opposition Tarred By Public 'Confessions' From Arrested Protesters RFE/RL 24 Jun 2009 -- The streets of Tehran have gone quiet for the first time in more than 10 days.
• Iran election unrest will not affect Bushehr plans RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Mass protests in Iran over alleged electoral fraud will not affect Russia's work on the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran.
• Iran declines invitation to G8 meeting in Italy RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Iranian FM Mottaki: No plans to take part in a G8 meeting on Afghanistan in Italy this week.
• Iran's opposition calls for new mass demonstrations RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Iranian opposition has called for another round of protests in the wake of the government's refusal to review disputed results.
• Iran's Supreme Leader: Nation Will Not Yield to Pressure VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Iran's Supreme Leader is not prepared to back down, under pressure, over Iran's disputed June 12 presidential election.
• Iran Reviewing Ties With Britain VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Top Iranian official has said Tehran is considering whether to downgrade relations with London as a dispute over post-election crackdown.
• With Latest Remarks, Obama Seeks To Silence Critics On Iran RFE/RL 24 Jun 2009 -- Over the past 10 days, US President Barack Obama has made numerous comments about the unfolding crisis in Iran.
• Reports: US to Send Ambassador to Syria After 4-Year Absence VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- News reports US President Barack Obama has decided to send an ambassador to Syria after a four-year absence.
• Afghan Presidential Election Campaign Under Way, Underwhelmingly RFE/RL 24 Jun 2009 -- The campaign for Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election is gathering momentum in Kabul.
• Five More Nations Report 1st Swine Flu Cases VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Five more nations have reported their first cases of swine influenza A-H1N1, as the disease continues to spread worldwide.
• Indonesia Reports First Case of Swine Flu VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Indonesia reported its first two confirmed cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus.
• Navy Updates Confirmed Cases of H1N1 Navy NewsStand 24 Jun 2009 -- The Navy updated its confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza June 23 to 320 Sailors, of which 263 have returned to duty.
• Russian State Duma calls peace talks with Japan 'senseless' RIA Novosti 24 Jun 2009 -- Russia's lower house of parliament adopted a statement declaring peace treaty talks with Japan pointless unless Tokyo cancels amendments on the disputed Islands.
• Aung San Suu Kyi's Lawyer Appeals Again to Allow Witnesses to Testify VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Burma's Supreme Court has heard an appeal by lawyers for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow two of her key aides to testify at her trial.
• China Arrests Prominent Dissident on Subversion Charges VOA 24 Jun 2009 -- Chinese state media: Leading dissident formally arrested on charges of activities aimed at overthrowing China's socialist system.