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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 06 Feb 2013 [PDF]
• British forces deliver the goods to the front line UK MOD 06 Feb 2013 -- The vital job of making deliveries of kit and personnel to the front line in Afghanistan comes with no shortage of challenges.
• Top AF leaders visit Kandahar Airfield AFNS 06 Feb 2013 -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody visited Airmen here Feb. 4 to thank them for their service and to discuss their priorities for the Air Force.
• Combined Force Arrests Taliban Facilitator AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- A combined Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province today, military officials reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary George Little on U.S. Carrier Strike Group Presence in the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility DoD 06 Feb 2013
• USS Truman, USS Gettysburg Deployment Delayed AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- The deployment of the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg to the U.S. Central Command area of operations has been delayed, according to a statement issued today by Pentagon Press Secretary George Little.
• Remarks by Secretary Panetta at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. DoD 06 Feb 2013-- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta
• Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary George Little on Proposed 2014 Military Pay Raise DoD 06 Feb 2013
• First F-35A four-ship flies over Eglin AFNS 06 Feb 2013 -- Increasing capability is becoming routine for the F-35 Lightning II team.
• Panetta Discusses 2014 Defense Budget Request AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta revealed that the proposed military pay raise for 2014 is 1 percent, and that the department is proceeding in a logical, careful way to do its part to cut the deficit and preserve military capabilities.
• Panetta: DOD Must 'Operate on Every Front' Against Suicide AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- Veteran and service member suicide is a problem no single approach will solve, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told a Georgetown University audience here today.
• China Important to Pacific Peace, Panetta Tells Students AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- The United States seeks to establish a strategic dialogue with China as well as a common approach to challenges, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told a Georgetown University audience here today.
• Army Revises Ground Combat Vehicle Strategy Army News 06 Feb 2013 -- The Army modified its ground combat vehicle (GCV) acquisition strategy Jan. 17 to further reduce risk and maintain an affordable program. Changes in the program extended the current technology development phase by six months to allow industry greater time to refine vehicle designs.
• Army partners with industry for vehicle efficiencies Army News 06 Feb 2013 -- The Army has partnered with the automotive industry and others in an effort to jump-start the development of more energy-saving and high-performance vehicles.
• Camp Attebury JMTC marks 10 years of Soldier training, mobilization Army News 06 Feb 2013 -- February 2013 marks the 10-year anniversary of Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Edinburgh, Ind., as a mobilization station in support of the Global War on Terror and other missions around the world.
• USS Ronald Reagan Celebrates Reactor Milestone NNS 06 Feb 2013 -- The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) completed its post-overhaul propulsion plant examination Feb. 1.
• Crash and Salvage Team Train for Upcoming Deployment NNS 06 Feb 2013 -- A flight deck crash and salvage team from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) completed refresher training at Naval Air Technical Training Center(NATTC) Feb. 2.
• Panetta Urges Congress to End Gridlock AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta called today for Congress to end partisan gridlock and resolve issues affecting the economy.
• Panetta Warns Sequestration Threatens National Readiness AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- In some of his strongest language to date, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned today that looming, massive cuts in the Defense Department budget set to be triggered by sequestration next month would pose the 'most serious readiness crisis' to the country in over a decade.
• Carl Vinson Completes PIA NNS 06 Feb 2013 -- USS Carl Vinson's (CVN 70) commanding officer announced the officialcompletion of Carl Vinson's successful six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) Feb. 3, 2013.
• Air Force Nuclear Force Anticipates Budget Constraints AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- The Air Force Global Strike Command predicts budget cuts triggered by sequestration will reduce B-52 flying hours by 10 percent and lead to a 20 percent reduction in overall flying hours should the law kick in on March 1, Air Force Lt. Gen. James M. Kowalski said.
• Panetta Warns Cyber Threat Growing Quickly AFPS 06 Feb 2013 -- Pentagon officials are concerned about the growing threat of cyber warfare, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told a Georgetown University audience today.
• India to Use Russian Avionics For Future Fighter - UAC Boss RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- India is to equip its Perspective Multirole Fighter (PMF) variant of the Russian T-50 fifth-generation combat aircraft with avionics similar to Russia's version of the plane, United Aircraft Corporation President Mikhail Pogosyan said on Wednesday.
• Russian Navy Testing Missile Defense System in Caspian RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- The coastal missile unit of the Russian Navy's Caspian Flotilla is conducting a series of exercises to practice using the Navy's only Bal coastal missile system, a representative of the Southern Military District said Wednesday.
• Missile Sub Rejoins Russia's Northern Fleet After Refit RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- The Russian Navy ballistic-missile submarine Verkhoturye has returned to service with the Northern Fleet after completing a refit, Fleet Spokesman Captain First Rank Vadim Serga said on Wednesday.
• Army Probes Reports of Kurils Soldiers Starving RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- The Russian military has launched a probe into media reports that soldiers and officers based on the Kuril Islands in the country's Far East were left to starve after being given rotten food, local Military Prosecutor's Office spokesman Andrei Metchenko said on Wednesday.
• Top Court Upholds Sentences in China Missile Spy Case RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- Russia's Supreme Court has upheld jail sentences handed down to two Russian university professors who were convicted of passing secret information about the navy's Bulava ballistic missile to the Chinese secret services, the Prosecutor General's Office announced on Tuesday.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 2/6/2013 The White House 06 Feb 2013
• February 6, 2013 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 06 Feb 2013

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for February 06, 2013

Other Conflicts

• 6 February 2013 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 06 Feb 2013
• 6 February 2013 - PRESS CONFERENCE BY Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping United Nations 06 Feb 2013
• Analysis: Refugees aim for self-reliance, not hand-outs IRIN 06 Feb 2013 -- On the streets of inner-city Johannesburg, refugees and asylum-seekers are participants in a thriving informal economy, plying their trade as tailors, barbers and street vendors.
• Islamic Summit Leaders Urge Action on Mali, Syria VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- Leaders of Islamic nations meeting in Egypt's capital have called for a negotiated end to Syria's civil war and commended France for its military intervention in Mali against Islamist militants.
• UN peacekeeping mission in Mali increasingly possible, says top official UN News Centre 06 Feb 2013 -- The head of United Nations peacekeeping today highlighted the role being played by "blue helmets" in a variety of hotspots worldwide, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan, and told journalists that a UN mission in Mali looks increasingly likely.
• Access improving in Mali but the Sahel still at risk for food insecurity – UN relief official UN News Centre 06 Feb 2013 -- Humanitarian access is improving in Mali but the situation remains volatile, a senior United Nations relief official said today, warning that an estimated 10 million people in the wider Sahel region could be at risk of starvation this year.
• UN Considering Peacekeeping Force for Mali VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- The U.N. Security Council has begun discussing the possibility of deploying a U.N. peacekeeping force in Mali, once Malian and French forces have stabilized the country.
• French, Malian Forces Clash With Militants Outside Gao VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- France's defense minister says forces working to retake control of northern Mali are encountering some 'residual jihadist groups' outside of the region's major cities.
• Aid groups mull expanding in northern Mali IRIN 06 Feb 2013 -- Relief groups are considering resuming or expanding their operations in northern Mali after French and Malian troops took key towns from militant Islamists who controlled the region for nine months.

News Reports

• Brennan Hearing Spotlights Drone Strikes, Secret Base VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- President Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA has brought the secretive use of unmanned drones to attack terrorist targets to the forefront of the counter-terrorism discussion.
• Obama CIA Pick May Face Tough Questions on Drones VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the CIA may face sharp questions about U.S. policy on targeted killings when his Senate confirmation hearings begin Thursday, and some of the pressure may come from the president's own Democratic Party.
• Dozens of Countries Aided US Secret Detentions: Report RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- As many as 54 governments throughout the world assisted the United States in its secret detention and rendition operations in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a new human rights report released Tuesday.
• White House Defends Drone Strikes As 'Legal, Ethical, Wise' RFE/RL 06 Feb 2013 -- The White House has defended the United States' use of drone missile strikes to kill Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist suspects, even if they are U.S. citizens who have not been convicted in court.
• Bitter Cold to Hit DPRK Again KCNA 05 Feb 2013 -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has experienced frequent changes of weather conditions this winter.
• Safavi: Iran is regional superpower IRNA 06 Feb 2013 -- Senior Advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on military affairs, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is superpower of the region.
• If US proves honest, its proposal will be considered - Mehmanparast IRNA 06 Feb 2013 -- Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry reacted Wednesday to the latest remarks by the US Vice President Joe Biden on direct talks with Iran, saying Tehran will review the proposal if Washington is honest.
• Ahmadinejad: Israel basically engineered for aggression, assault IRNA 06 Feb 2013 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the very presence of Zionist regime is the source of war and aggression in the region.
• President: If US behavior changes, Iran will consider direct talks IRNA 06 Feb 2013 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in reaction to US proposal for holding direct talks with Iran, said Iran evaluates the new proposal 'positive', adding if US changes its behavior, Iran will consider the proposal.
• US Sanctions Iran's Broadcasters VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- The United States Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian state-sponsored broadcasters as it continues to pressure Iran over the country's controversial nuclear program.
• Libya: UN welcomes decision on formation of constitution-drafting body UN News Centre 06 Feb 2013 -- The United Nations mission in Libya has welcomed today's decision by the General National Congress on the formation of the body that will be tasked with drafting the country's new constitution.
• Don't underestimate Mauritania needs, say aid agencies IRIN 06 Feb 2013 -- Despite a decent harvest and pasture coverage for livestock, aid agencies say they and donors must not underestimate vulnerability in Mauritania, having admitted they seriously underestimated the extent of the crisis in 2012 due to inadequate assessment systems and insufficient alarm calls to donors to respond.
• Israel's New Parliament Sworn in RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- Israel's new parliament, the 19th Knesset, convened for its inaugural session Tuesday, during which all deputies pledged their allegiance to the state of Israel and its laws, local media reported.
• Tunisia to Form New Government, as Country Reels From Killing VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali says he will form a new technocrat government without political affiliations, in response to the murder of a prominent opposition leader.
• Top UN human rights official decries killing of Tunisian activist UN News Centre 06 Feb 2013 -- The top United Nations human rights official today condemned the assassination of Tunisian activist Chokri Belaid and urged authorities to provide better protection to people who are political targets.
• Top Tunisian Opposition Leader Murdered VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- Thousands of people took to Tunisia's streets Wednesday to protest the shooting death of Chokri Belaid, a leading opposition figure, amid fears that radicals are threatening to derail the country's democratic transition.
• Russia Kills Last Terror Suspect Linked to 2010 Metro Blasts RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- Russian special services reported on Wednesday that the last remaining rebel allegedly involved in the 2010 twin suicide bombing attacks that left 40 dead on the Moscow metro has been killed.
• Some Al-Shabab Defectors Still a Security Threat VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- Somali militant group al-Shabab is losing ground and their ability to carry out al-Qaida-inspired tactics like suicide bombings appears to be waning. But for the last few months the group has increasingly turned to sympathizers and 'defectors,' who have joined the Somali national army and the intelligence service, to carry out attacks against government officials, security forces and civilians.
• Russia Launches Six Globalstar-2 Satellites RIA Novosti 06 Feb 2013 -- A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket with six Globalstar-2 low-orbit communication satellites lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday, Russia's Federal Space Agency, known as Roscosmos, said after the launch.
• Former Zambia President Banda Rejects Summons VOA 06 Feb 2013 -- Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former president Rupiah Banda to appear before its investigators Thursday to testify about alleged corruption and crime.