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• 3rd ID artillerymen support ground forces, gain experience in Afghanistan Army News 31 Aug 2013 -- U.S. Army field artillerymen with 1-76th Field Artillery provide heavy artillery support as Afghan and U.S. forces conduct operations to increase security in Logar province.
• Afghan Parties Jockey For Power Ahead Of Presidential Vote RFE/RL 31 Aug 2013 -- Rival powerbrokers and political parties in Afghanistan have begun jockeying for power ahead of next year's crucial presidential vote.
• Gov't in secret talks with Taliban IRNA 31 Aug 2013 -- Backchannel talks between Pakistan government and Taliban are under way to work out a peace formula.
• U.S. drone kills three in Pakistan IRNA 31 Aug 2013 -- An American spy aircraft fired missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday and killed at least three people.

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S. Navy, Australian Defence Force Recover and Dispose of Jettisoned Ordnance NNS 31 Aug 2013 -- The U.S. Navy and Australian Defense Force successfully recovered and disposed of the live ordnance emergency-jettisoned by two aircraft on July 16.
• Bonhomme Richard ARG, 31st MEU Kick Off Exercise Koolendong NNS 31 Aug 2013 -- Sailors and Marines of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived to participate in Exercise Koolendong 2013.
• 31st MEU inserts battalion-sized force for Exercise Koolendong 13 USMC News 31 Aug 2013 -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit utilized the capabilities of its aviation combat element and combat logistics element to transport a battalion-sized element more than 300 miles inland.
• Bonhomme Richard Departs Darwin NNS 31 Aug 2013 -- The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed Darwin, Australia Aug. 31.
• No Defense Deals With Iran While Litigation Continues RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2013 -- Russia won’t negotiate any defense contracts with Iran as long as the Islamic Republic continues its litigation with Moscow over a failed S-300 air defense systems deal.
• Russia’s Famed Aerobatic Team Tests New Su-30SM Fighter Jets RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2013 -- Pilots of Russia’s famed Russkiye Vityazi (the Russian Knights) aerobatic display team on Friday tested new Su-30SM multirole fighter jets.

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Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 31 August 2013 United Nations 31 Aug 2013
• STATEMENT BY SENATORS JOHN McCAIN AND LINDSEY GRAHAM ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S REMARKS ON SYRIA 31 Aug 2013 "... we cannot in good conscience support isolated military strikes in Syria that are not part of an overall strategy that can change the momentum on the battlefield... "
• Letter from the President - Regarding Authorization for Use of United States Armed Forces in Connection with the Conflict in Syria The White House 31 Aug 2013
• Statement by the President on Syria The White House 31 Aug 2013
• Obama: Strike Syrian Regime, But Have Congressional Debate, Vote AFPS 31 Aug 2013 -- President Barack Obama said he supports a U.S. military strike against Syrian regime targets in response to the regime’s use of chemical weapons against its own people.
• US Congressional Leaders Welcome Vote on Syria Strike VOA 31 Aug 2013 -- U.S. congressional leaders are welcoming the announcement by President Obama that he will seek a vote from both chambers of Congress to authorize any military strikes against the Syrian government.
• Obama: Syria 'Atrocity' Must Have Response VOA 31 Aug 2013 -- U.S. President Barack Obama has delayed an expected military strike against Syria, instead telling Americans he will seek congressional approval to punish the Syrian government.
• Obama Seeks Congress Approval For Syria Strike RFE/RL 31 Aug 2013 -- President Barack Obama has asked the U.S. Congress to approve military strikes against the Syrian government over the alleged use of chemical weapons.
• Obama Seeks Approval From Congress for Syria Attack RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2013 -- US President Barack Obama said that while he is prepared to launch a military strike against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
• US Strike on Syria Inadmissible, Even if ‘Limited’ - Moscow RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2013 -- A military strike on Syria not sanctioned by the UN Security Council would be inadmissible no matter how “limited” it is.
• Syria: Ban briefed by UN disarmament chief on latest developments UN News Centre 31 Aug 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban met with the top UN disarmament official, just back from Damascus, on the chemical weapons investigation and the latest developments in Syria.
• Backers of Syria's Assad Defiant, Say He Will Prevail VOA 31 Aug 2013 -- Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad say they are confident his government can withstand any strike by the United States.
• Putin: Syria Attack Would be 'Utter Nonsense' VOA 31 Aug 2013 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged world powers to exercise restraint concerning Syria as U.S. President Barack Obama mulls a possible military response to an alleged chemical weapons attack.
• Putin: US Claims About Syrian Chemical Attack ‘Unimaginable Nonsense’ RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2013 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the US saying that Washington’s allegations about the Syrian regime were "unimaginable nonsense.”
• Russia Delays Arms Supplies to Syria over Money – Paper RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2013 -- Russia is postponing supplies of fighter jets and S-300 missile defense systems to Syria because official Damascus failed to pay for them.
• Ethnic Armenians In Syria Brace For Missile Strikes RFE/RL 31 Aug 2013 -- As the United States and its allies lay plans for what many believe will be a sustained missile strike inside Syria, the sizable ethnic Armenian community in that country is bracing for the worst.
• Islamists Kill 24 Nigerian Vigilantes in Ambush VOA 31 Aug 2013 -- Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 24 members of a civilian vigilante group in Nigeria.
• Gunmen Attack Sunni Mosque In Baghdad RFE/RL 31 Aug 2013 -- Gunmen have stormed a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing five worshippers.
• Bosnian Serb War Criminal Returns After Jail Term RFE/RL 31 Aug 2013 -- Several thousand people turned out in Republika Srpska to welcome home Momcilo Krajisnik, a key wartime political leader of the Bosnian Serbs who was convicted of war crimes.

News Reports

• N. Korea: Military Drills Prompted Envoy Visit Cancellation VOA 31 Aug 2013 -- North Korea says it rescinded its offer for a senior U.S. envoy to visit Pyongyang because of U.S. and South Korean military drills that took place on the peninsula last week.
• Spokesman for DPRK FM Accuses U.S. of Spoiling Atmosphere for Humanitarian Dialogue KCNA 31 Aug 2013 -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave the following answer to the question.
• Sri Lanka heading in 'authoritarian direction', says UN human rights chief UN News Centre 31 Aug 2013 -- Although the fighting is over, the suffering is not, the United Nations human rights chief said wrapping up a week-long visit to Sri Lanka.
• Hundreds Protest Iraqi Lawmakers' Pensions RFE/RL 31 Aug 2013 -- Hundreds of protesters have demonstrated in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities against generous pensions received by lawmakers.
• False Reports on Mandela's Hospital Release VOA 31 Aug 2013 -- South Africa's presidency says reports that former president Nelson Mandela has been released from the hospital are not true.