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• Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 Assumes authority from HMLA-369 USMC News 07 Jun 2014 -- Since Vietnam, the "Gunfighters" of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 have proven themselves a versatile unit ready to support the Marine Air Ground Task Force time and again in combat and humanitarian efforts around the globe.
• Afghan people will 'not be deterred,' declares UN envoy, condemning latest terrorist bombing UN News Centre 07 Jun 2014 -- Following yesterday's "appalling" suicide bomb attack in Kabul against the convoy of a presidential candidate, the top United Nations official in Afghanistan has condemned the incident and reiterated his belief that the Afghan people will "not be deterred by such acts of terror."

Defense Policy / Programs

• Interview With Elise Labott of CNN US Dept. of State 07 Jun 201
• Readout of Secretary Hagel's meeting with French Defense Minister Le Drian DoD 07 Jun 2014
• Blue Ridge Promotes Peace in Indo-Asia Pacific Region During Patrol NNS 07 Jun 2014 -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) returned to Yokosuka, Japan June 7, after successfully concluding a five-week patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
• HSC-15 Search and Rescue Team Saves a Life NNS 07 Jun 2014 -- USS CARL VINSON, At sea (June 5, 2014) -- The Red Lions of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 performed a search and rescue (SAR) mission after an F/A-18E Super Hornet made an emergency crash landing in the ocean June 4.
• CSG 1 Completes Composite Training Unit Exercise NNS 07 Jun 2014 -- PACIFIC OCEAN-- Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 successfully completed a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California June 2.
• USS Bataan Rescues 282 Persons in Distress NNS 07 Jun 2014 -- The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transferred 277 persons in distress to the Armed Forces of Malta offshore patrol vessel P61, and another five persons were medically evacuated to Malta, June 7.
• SECNAV Visits Sailors Aboard USS Mount Whitney in Sweden NNS 07 Jun 2014 -- KARLSKRONA, Sweden - Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus spoke to Sailors aboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) during a visit to the ship June 7.
• China opposes U.S. report on Chinese military People's Daily 07 Jun 2014 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Friday expressed 'firm opposition' to a Pentagon report that misrepresents China's military development.

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Other Conflicts

• UN peacekeepers in eastern DR Congo help restore calm after inter-ethnic violence flares UN News Centre 07 Jun 2014 -- Strongly condemning the fresh outbreak of deadly violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), sparked by a dispute over cattle, the head of the United Nations mission there has called for an immediate end to the fighting and has deployed UN peacekeepers to work alongside local authorities to help restore calm.
• Iraqi Security Forces Launch Assault To Free Ramadi Hostages RFE/RL 07 Jun 2014 -- Iraqi security forces have launched an assault to free students and staff taken hostage by gunmen at the university campus in Ramadi.
• Syrian Kurds Under Increased Pressure From Jihadists VOA 07 Jun 2014 -- Following military successes earlier this year against jihadist fighters, an ethnic Kurdish militia that has been carving out a de facto Kurdish state in northeastern Syria is now facing a renewed challenge from a powerful al-Qaida offshoot.

News Reports

• Poroshenko Says Crimea 'Is, Was, Will Be' Ukrainian VOA 07 Jun 2014 -- Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko promised to maintain the unity of Ukraine, saying Crimea 'is, was and will be Ukrainian.'
• Petr Poroshenko sworn in as president of Ukraine VoR 07 Jun 2014 -- An inauguration ceremony began in Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, at 10:00 local time (11:00 Moscow time) on Saturday. The ceremony featured 56 foreign delegations, where 23 countries were represented by their heads, prime ministers, parliament speakers and heads of international organisations.The ceremony has been broadcast live in six languages. Russia was represented by its Ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov.
• Ukraine, US will be good partners - Poroshenko VoR 07 Jun 2014 -- Ukraine and the United States 'will be good partners in the future,' Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko said during a meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden, who had been present at the Ukrainian leader's presidential inauguration in Kiev earlier on Saturday. 'I'm sure that we will get a new country, which will be free, democratic and European,' Poroshenko said, according to Interfax.
• Iran announces nuclear talks with US and Russia VoR 07 Jun 2014 -- Iran will hold two days of nuclear talks with the United States starting Monday, and then conduct two further days of negotiations with Russia, the foreign ministry said.
• Vodafone dances around GCHQ in 40,000-word spying confession RT 07 Jun 2014 -- The world’s second-largest mobile phone company has broken its silence over its cooperation with government agencies and their efforts to eavesdrop on unsuspecting customers, but what it fails to mention speaks the loudest.
• WHO concludes a MERS-CoV risk assessment mission in the United Arab Emirates IRNA 07 Jun 2014 -- A team from the WHO and technical partners from the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network has concluded a five-day mission in United Arab Emirates (UAE).