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• OIF/OEF/OND Casualty Update 30 Sep 2013 [PDF]
• Afghanistan Drawdown Proceeds on Schedule, Austin Reports AFPS 30 Sep 2013 -- Calling the drawdown in Afghanistan a “herculean undertaking,” the U.S. Central Command commander overseeing it said he’s applying some of the lessons he learned in Iraq.
• UK hands over base to Afghan forces UK MOD 30 Sep 2013 -- British troops have handed over control of Patrol Base (PB) Ouellette to the Afghan National Civil Order Police.
• US Army advisory team 'Peacemaker' completes mission in eastern Afghanistan Army News 30 Sep 2013 -- U.S. Army advisers with the 36th Engineer Brigade were recognized as their advisory mission came to an end.
• AF movement team oversees retrograde operations AFNS 30 Sep 2013 -- A steady flow of C-130 Hercules cargo planes passes through the small dirt landing strip near the Pakistan border to pick up 80,000 to 100,000 pounds of cargo a day.
• Former Afghan Finance Minister To Run For President RFE/RL 30 Sep 2013 -- Afghanistan's former finance minister, Ashraf Ghani, has announced he will run for president, becoming the first big name to declare his candidacy.
• Pakistan condemns US drone strikes PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- Pakistan has condemned the latest US assassination drone attack that killed four people in the tribal region of North Waziristan.
• Libya rebels stole millions in US weaponry PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- Libyan rebels allied with terrorist groups stole millions of dollars in “highly sensitive” American military equipment during raids on a US Special Forces base outside of Tripoli last summer.

Defense Policy / Programs

• ROK-US Alliance 60th Anniversary Dinner DoD 30 Sep 2013
• Media Availability with Secretary Hagel at Freedom House in Panmunjom, South Korea DoD 30 Sep 2013
• Remarks by Secretary Hagel at a Troop Event with the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea DoD 30 Sep 2013
• Readout of Secretary Hagel's Meeting with the President of the Republic of Korea DoD 30 Sep 2013
• Hagel Praises 60-year-old U.S.-South Korean Alliance AFPS 30 Sep 2013 -- The U.S.-South Korean alliance that began here 60 years ago was based on mutual defense, but has grown into a force for global peace and stability, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here today.
• Hagel Watches Training, Tours DMZ During Korea Visit AFPS 30 Sep 2013 -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel traveled north from the South Korean capital, visiting U.S. and South Korean soldiers.
• U.S., South Korean Military Leaders Hold Talks in Seoul AFPS 30 Sep 2013 -- American and South Korean military officials discussed interoperability, capabilities and the threat from North Korea during the 38th Military Committee Meeting.
• Remarks by Deputy Secretary Carter on the U.S.-India Defense Partnership at the Center for American Progress DoD 30 Sep 2013
• Carter: U.S.-India Defense Collaboration Moves to Next Level AFPS 30 Sep 2013 -- Deputy Secretary Ash Carter delivered a groundbreaking collaborative defense proposal to Indian military officials.
• 173rd IBCT (Airborne) lands in Grafenwoehr Army News 30 Sep 2013 -- With U.S. Army units in Europe in a constant state of flux and restationing, many face a mission much different than before. As some units inactivate, others are being restationed to enduring installations.
• Incorporating space knowledge into Army training Army News 30 Sep 2013 -- On May 9, 2011, the secretary of the Army and the Army chief of staff signed the Army Strategic Space Plan.
• Secretary Hagel’s Message to the Force on the Potential Government Shutdown DoD 30 Sep 2013
• Carter Says Shutdown Would Be ‘Disruptive, Stupid’ AFPS 30 Sep 2013 -- The shutdown that looms if the government isn’t funded beyond the end of the fiscal year at midnight tonight would be “disruptive and stupid,” Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said here today.
• U.S. Navy to Conduct Exercise with Republic of Korea Navy NNS 30 Sep 2013 -- The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group will conduct a series of exercises with the Republic or Korea Navy Sept. 30-Oct. 13 to strengthen maritime interoperability and tactics, techniques and procedures.
• 13th MEU participates in PHIBLEX 14 USMC News 30 Sep 2013 -- The “Fighting 13th” wrapped up its participation in the bilateral training exercise known as Amphibious Landing Exercise 2014 (PHIBLEX 14) Sept. 22.
• Royal Netherlands Navy Ship, International Marine Task Force Stop in Ghana for APS NNS 30 Sep 2013 -- The Royal Netherlands Navy landing platform dock HNLMS Rotterdam arrived in Sekondi, Ghana for a comprehensive set of security-enhancing activities.
• Core capabilities secure CROWS workload Army News 30 Sep 2013 -- Tobyhanna Army Depot will leverage its extensive resources to become the Army's new depot source of repair for the Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station, known as CROWS.
• Navy Announces Contract Award for Repairs to NAVSEA Headquarters Building NNS 30 Sep 2013 -- The Navy awarded CH2M Hill Constructors, Inc. a $6.4 million dollar firm-fixed-price contract for the repair and restoration of the Historic Headquarters Facility of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Building 197, at the Washington Navy Yard Sept. 30.
• No money to burn: Air Force Fire Emergency Services makes every dollar count AFNS 30 Sep 2013 -- Air Force firefighters are accustomed to confronting danger on the job, but recent Department of Defense budget cuts have brought a different kind of heat.
• Navy Medicine SPRINT Team Supports Navy Yard NNS 30 Sep 2013 -- The Navy Medicine Special Psychiatric Rapid Intervention Team (SPRINT) is making a difference.
• Russia, US Neck and Neck in Hypersonic Research – Rogozin RIA Novosti 30 Sep 2013 -- Russia and the United States are running neck and neck in their research of hypersonic military technologies.
• New Naval Communication Ship Floated Out in St. Petersburg RIA Novosti 30 Sep 2013 -- A state-of-the-art communication ship for the Russian Navy was launched in St. Petersburg.
• Crackdown on Greenpeace Is Part of Russia’s New Cold War in the Arctic? VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- Russia increasingly is flexing its military muscles in what some call a new Cold War in the Arctic.
• Senior NATO officials, commanders observe major naval exercise off Italian coast NATO 30 Sep 2013 -- A large fleet of warships from NATO’s Response Force are currently conducting manoeuvres as part of the ''Brilliant Marine'' exercise.
• NATO Response Force put to the test NATO 30 Sep 2013 -- The NATO Response Force is being put to the test in a series of live exercises this autumn.
• UK overseas mil. bases embroiled in controversies PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- London officially runs eight military bases around the world - other than Faslane - in Cyprus, Germany, Gibraltar, Kenya, Sierra Leone, the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, Brunei and Canada.
• Daily Briefing by the Press Secretary, 9/30/13 The White House 30 Sep 2013
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing, September 30, 2013 US Dept. of State 30 Sep 2013

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 30, 2013
• Airbus Military celebrates first A400M delivery to French Air Force EADS 30 Sep 2013 -- More than 700 people celebrated the delivery of the first production A400M new generation airlifter to the French Air Force.

Other Conflicts

• Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 30 September 2013 United Nations 30 Sep 2013
• UN Chemical Inspectors Leave Syria RFE/RL 30 Sep 2013 -- A team of UN inspectors investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria has wrapped up its mission and left the country.
• International Weapons Experts En Route to Syria VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- An advance group of weapons inspectors who will oversee Syria's destruction of its chemical arms has arrived in Beirut en route to Damascus.
• UN chemical weapons investigators depart Syria after six-day mission UN News Centre 30 Sep 2013 -- The United Nations team investigating allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria has left the country after completing its six-day mission.
• Conflict in Syria ‘a war on terror,’ Deputy Prime Minister tells UN General Assembly UN News Centre 30 Sep 2013 -- The conflict ravaging Syria is not a civil war but a war on terror, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister said.
• OPCW trusts Syria info on chemical weapons PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says there is no reason to doubt the information provided so far by Syria about its chemical weapons.
• Use of military force not sidelined: Kerry PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- retary of State John Kerry rejected the notion that the US military has been “sidelined,” telling Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes” that “we will continue to stand up for our interests.”
• Russia Vows All Assistance to Syria Chemical Arms Destruction - FM RIA Novosti 30 Sep 2013 -- Russia is ready to provide funds and personnel for future efforts to eliminate Syrian chemical weapon stockpiles, Russia’s top diplomat said.
• With Syria’s neighbours ‘stretched to the limit,’ UN refugee chief urges greater support UN News Centre 30 Sep 2013 -- The United Nations refugee chief called on Syria’s neighbours to continue to keep their borders open and provide protection to those fleeing the conflict.
• US Defense Chief: North Korea Watching World Deal with Syria VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- U. S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says North Korea is watching how the world deals with Syria and its chemical weapons.
• North Korean Leader Calls for ‘Friendly Relations’ With China RIA Novosti 30 Sep 2013 -- North Korea reached out to China in an apparent attempt to mend ties damaged by the latest Korean crisis earlier this year.
• Al-Shabab Finds Fighters Among Somali Youth in Minnesota VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- It is known that the large Somali community in the U.S. state of Minnesota has been fertile ground for recruitment by the terrorist group.
• Al-Qaida Group Claims Mali Bombing VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- Al-Qaida's North African branch has reportedly claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Mali that killed at least four people.
• Nigerian Senator Says Poverty the Cause of Boko Haram Insurgency VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- A Nigerian senator says Sunday’s killing of 40 students heightens the need for the federal government of Nigeria to make available more resources to boost security in the region.
• Gunmen seize army headquarters in Yemen’s Mukalla PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- Yemeni security officials say gunmen have seized an army headquarters in the country’s southern port city of Mukalla.
• Fatal Car Bombings Rip Baghdad VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- Dozens of people were killed or wounded in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, when multiple car bombs exploded in mostly Shi'ite districts during morning rush hour.
• Baghdad bombings death toll reaches 54 PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- Death toll from a wave of deadly bombings across Iraq’s Baghdad Province has risen to 54 with more than 140 people wounded.
• Turkey Unveils Democratization Plan VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a package of reforms aimed at strengthening democracy and keeping on track a faltering peace process with the Kurdish rebel group, the PKK.
• Turkey Outlines Rights Reforms Plan RFE/RL 30 Sep 2013 -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has outlined a long-awaited package of proposed human rights reforms.
• Turkey's pro-Kurdish party rejects govt. reforms PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party has rejected a recently unveiled reform package by Ankara, saying it is not enough to advance the ongoing peace process with the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants.
• Pakistan-India Talks in New York Get Muted Response Back Home VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- The much-awaited meeting in New York between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan on Sunday has been met with a mixed response back in their home nations.
• 3 policemen, 1 civilian killed in Egypt’s Sinai PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- At least three policemen and a civilian have been killed in two separate attacks in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula as insecurity continues in the area.

News Reports

• Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel After Bilateral Meeting The White House 30 Sep 2013
• Obama, Netanyahu Stress Need for Iran to Verify Nuke Program VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have discussed negotiations with Iran to resolve concerns about its nuclear program.
• US will take no options off table on Iran: Obama PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- American President Barack Obama once again repeats the US will take no options off the table with regard to Iran.
• Iranian President Faces Backlash Over US Visit VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani may have made a favorable impression on many in the West during his visit to the United Nations last week, but some of his country’s hardline military leaders were not at all pleased with the trip.
• Iran To Consider Resuming Flights To U.S. RFE/RL 30 Sep 2013 -- Iranian President Hassan Rohani has ordered aviation authorities to study the possibility of resuming direct flights between Iran and the United States for the first time in more than three decades.
• Khartoum Under Threat from Protests, Observers Say VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- Over the past week, Sudan has seen its most serious protests in almost three decades.
• Bahrain hands 37 Shias jail terms up to 15 years PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- A Bahraini court has handed 37 Shias prison terms of up to 15 years for allegedly carrying out "terrorist crimes" in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
• Attorney Says Uganda Soldiers Unlikely to Receive Fair Trial VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- Four Ugandan soldiers accused of subversive activities, including plotting to overthrow President Yoweri Museveni’s government, are unlikely to receive a fair trial, according to their attorney.
• Guinea Voter Turnout Tops 80 Percent VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- People in Guinea are awaiting results from Saturday's parliamentary elections, which officials say were marked by heavy voter turnout.
• US-China College Partnership Strained By Treatment of Outspoken VOA 30 Sep 2013 -- U.S. colleges and universities are expanding into China, setting up satellite campuses with Chinese counterparts to reach new students.
• Portugal’s Coelho admits defeat in local polls PressTV 30 Sep 2013 -- Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has admitted ‘national defeat’ in local elections, as voters showed their dissatisfaction toward the government’s harsh austerity cuts.