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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Jun 2009 [PDF]
• June 17 airpower summary: F-15Es deter anti-Afghan forces massing attack AFNS 18 Jun 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and ISAF in Afghanistan in operations.
• Air Power to Protect Iraq Security Gains as Forces Withdraw from Cities AFPS 18 Jun 2009 -- As US forces in Iraq prepare to pull back, US air support will continue to enable and protect security gains.

Deployments

• Combat tracking team deploying to Iraq Army News 18 Jun 2009 -- Spc. David Hydro and his partner Baggie left for Baghdad, Iraq, last week and will spend a year there together in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

US Policy

• Transcript: Press Conference with Secretary Gates and Adm. Mullen DoD 18 Jun 2009 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen
• US Iraq Envoy Pledges Full Compliance With Troop Withdrawal Accord VOA 18 Jun 2009 -- US Ambassador to Iraq: US will meet a deadline to withdraw combat forces from Iraqi urban areas.
• Adapting the Army: Hundreds gather to plan Army RESET for Afghanistan, Iraq; Forces Command focuses on future readiness, Soldiers' needs Army News 18 Jun 2009
• Hundreds gather to plan Army Reset for Afghanistan, Iraq Army News 18 Jun 2009 -- Key Army leaders and planners gathered to focus on reintegrating Soldiers and families, and preparing Army units for future ops.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Some In Kirkuk Fear Kurds Will Replace U.S. Forces RFE/RL 18 Jun 2009 -- Turkoman and Arab politicians in the multiethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk are concerned that Kurdish forces will fill the void after U.S. forces leave.
• Iraq, with right conditions, has potential to flourish, says outgoing UN envoy UN News Centre 18 Jun 2009 -- Top UN envoy to Iraq: Country has the potential to not only overcome its challenges but flourish.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Iraq Seeks to Reduce Debt to Kuwait for 1990 Invasion VOA 18 Jun 2009 -- Iraq's UN Ambassador told the Security Council that his government hopes to reduce or cancel the remaining $25.5 billion it owes Kuwait.