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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 08 Nov 2006 [PDF]
• Marine killed in Al Anbar
• One Task Force Lightning Soldier killed, three U.S. Soldiers wounded
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Nov. 8 AFPN 08 Nov 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Nov. 8
• Fresh Attacks Kill at Least 11 Near Baghdad VOA 08 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi security officials say at least 11 people have been killed in separate attacks across the Baghdad area.
• Iraqi Security Forces Continue Security in Fallujah, Nab Insurgents AFPS 08 Nov 2006 -- Iraqi security forces searched the Fallujah general hospital yesterday as part of their continuous operations to maintain the security and safety of the citizens of Fallujah.
• US Military: 14 Terrorists Killed, 48 Detained in Iraq VOA 08 Nov 2006 -- The U.S. military in Iraq says coalition forces have killed 14 suspected terrorists and rescued a kidnapped Iraqi policeman in two separate operations.

Deployments

US Policy

• Press Conference by the President The White House 08 Nov 2006 -- "The election has changed many things in Washington, but it has not changed my fundamental responsibility, and that is to protect the American people from attack. As the Commander-in-Chief, I take these responsibilities seriously. And so does the man who served this nation honorably for almost six years as our Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. Now, after a series of thoughtful conversations, Secretary Rumsfeld and I agreed that the timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon"
• Bush Replaces Rumsfeld After Republican Defeat VOA 08 Nov 2006 -- President Bush has ousted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one day after the president's Republican Party suffered a significant defeat in congressional elections that pollsters said was caused largely by public dissatisfaction over the conduct of the war in Iraq.
• Bush Holds Post-Election News Conference, Announces Rumsfeld Resignation VOA 08 Nov 2006 -- President Bush says Democratic Party gains in the U.S. Congress are in part the result of voter disillusionment with the war in Iraq
• Democrats Applaud Decision to Replace Rumsfeld VOA 08 Nov 2006 -- A day after Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in key midterm elections, they came a step closer to doing so in the Senate, with television networks projecting a Democratic victory in Montana.
• Rumsfeld's Resignation Decided Yesterday, Bush Tells Reporters AFPS 08 Nov 2006 -- The decision to change leadership at the Pentagon came yesterday, after President Bush had had a chance to meet with his prospective nominee for secretary of defense and to have the last in a series of conversations with outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the president told reporters at the White House today.
• Rumsfeld Worked to Transform Defense Department During Tenure AFPS 08 Nov 2006 -- Donald H. Rumsfeld, who resigned today as the longest-serving defense secretary in U.S. history, took office with a mandate from President Bush to transform the Defense Department.
• Defense Secretary Nominee Boasts Strong Intelligence Background AFPS 08 Nov 2006 -- President Bush's nominee to succeed Donald H. Rumsfeld as secretary of defense brings more than a quarter century of experience in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council to the table.
• Analysis: Rumsfeld Exits in Wake of GOP Rout cfr.org 08 Nov 2006 -- Facing the prospect of confrontation with a Congress dominated by his Democratic rivals, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stepped down on Wednesday
• Bush Replaces Rumsfeld After Republican Defeat VOA 08 Nov 2006 -- President Bush has ousted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one day after the president's Republican Party suffered a significant defeat in congressional elections that pollsters said was caused largely by public dissatisfaction over the conduct of the war in Iraq.
• Bush, Rumsfeld Agree: 'Timing Right for New Leadership at Pentagon' AFPS 08 Nov 2006 -- Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld "a superb leader during a time of change," President Bush announced at a White House news conference today that he and Rumsfeld have agreed the time has come for a change in leadership at the Pentagon.
• Rumsfeld Resigns; Bush Names Former CIA Director as Replacement Washington File 09 Nov 2006 -- President Bush, responding to concerns expressed by American voters in November 7 midterm elections, has accepted the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and has nominated former CIA Director Robert M. Gates to replace him.
• Iraq War Dominates Elections in US Northeast VOA 08 Nov 2006 -- The war in Iraq was front and center in two of the closest Congressional races in the northeast region of the United States
• Analysis: Voters Rebuff Bush on Iraq cfr.org 08 Nov 2006 -- Broad disapproval of the Iraq war helped Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994

United Nations

• Monitoring Board for Iraq finds transportation costs by contractor 'very high' UN News Centre 08 Nov 2006 -- A monitoring board overseeing Iraq's past oil revenues has concluded that settlements between Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) and the United States Government over non-competitive contracting were "reasonable," but the company's transportation costs when providing humanitarian fuel supplies were "very high," a United Nations spokesman has reported.

Reconstruction Issues

• Saddam Co-Defendant: Iraqi Kurds Spied for Iran Before 1988 Crackdown VOA 08 Nov 2006 -- A co-defendant in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial says Iraqi Kurds were spying for archrival Iran in 1988, as Saddam's government began a crackdown that killed tens of thousands of Kurds.
• Iraq: Kurdish Oil Law Poses Problem For Baghdad RFE/RL 08 Nov 2006 -- On October 22, the Kurdish regional government published a final draft of the petroleum law
• Iraq Weekly Status Report US Dept. of State 08 Nov 2006 [PDF]

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Analysis: Tracking U.S. Dollars to Iraq cfr.org 08 Nov 2006 -- The cost of combat operations in Iraq has soared above $300 billion (PDF), even as hundreds of millions of dollars still go unaccounted for
• Backgrounder: The Cost of the Iraq War cfr.org 08 Nov 2006
• IRAQ: Sectarian violence forces mixed couples to divorce IRIN 08 Nov 2006