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• 6 US Service Members Killed in Afghanistan VOA 10 Jul 2010 -- NATO says six American service members have been killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan, on a day marked by violence across the country.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Obama: Veterans With Post-traumatic Stress Deserve Best Care AFPS 10 Jul 2010 -- The Veterans Affairs Department will begin making it easier for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to obtain the benefits and treatment they need starting next week, President Barack Obama said today in his weekly message, calling veteran care the nation’s “solemn responsibility.”
• KITP 10-4 graduates ROK Marine Corps Basic Ranger Course USMC News 10 Jul 2010 -- A burning sensation creeps into leg muscles from climbing twenty flights of stairs, heading to a ten-story high platform where jumping off is the only way down. Dizziness runs eyes and mind around in circles as the top is reached. People on the ground are smaller than a pinky finger-nail and the platform feels higher than it looked from the bottom.
• Navy Medical Research Team Joins Partnership to Combat Malaria Navy NewsStand 10 Jul 2010 -- The U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment (NMRCD) Peru has joined a consortium of institutions from Peru, Brazil and the United States to help eliminate malaria from the Amazon region.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Tensions Rise as Gaza Aid Ship Leaves Greek Port VOA 10 Jul 2010 -- A ship carrying international aid to the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip has set sail, raising concerns in Israel. It is not clear exactly where the ship is headed.
• Northern, Southern Sudan Meet to Discuss Referendum VOA 10 Jul 2010 -- Leaders from northern and southern Sudan are meeting to plan for a peaceful transition after next year's referendum that will determine if the south becomes an independent state.
• UN Condemns South Korea Ship Sinking, Avoids Blaming North Korea RFE/RL 10 Jul 2010 -- The UN Security Council has condemned a deadly attack in March on a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors.

News Reports

• FM Spokesman on Presidential Statement of UNSC on "Cheonan" Case KCNA 10 Jul 2010 -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry on Saturday gave the following answer to the question raised by KCNA as regards the issue of the presidential statement of the United Nations Security Council on the "Cheonan" case:
• ‘Spy’ Sutyagin In Britain After U.S.-Russian Swap RFE/RL 10 Jul 2010 -- A Russian arms control expert involved in a "spy swap" between Russia and the United States has contacted his wife from Britain.
• Sutyagin says he is in Britain without visa after Russia-U.S. spy swap RIA Novosti 10 Jul 2010 -- Scientist Igor Sutyagin, who was one of the four Russians exchanged Friday as part of a Russia-U.S. spy swap deal, is near London, Sutyagin's friend told RIA Novosti.
• Two convicted spies may stay in U.K. after Vienna swap - media RIA Novosti 10 Jul 2010 -- A former colonel in the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Skripal, and scientist Igor Sutyagin will most likely stay in U.K. after Friday's spy swap in Vienna, British media reported on Saturday.
• U.S. plane lands near Washington after spy swap in Vienna - media RIA Novosti 10 Jul 2010 -- A U.S. plane landed near Washington after completing a Russian-U.S. spy swap in Austria on Friday, The Telegraph said on Saturday.