News, December 17, 2009 , USA

	House OKs $634B Defense Bill, Without Surge
	War Bonds Proposed to Pay for Afghanistan, Iraq Conflicts   Army Again Turns to Depleted Uranium for New Weaponry   Intelligence Improperly Collected on US Citizens   The Guantánamo Shell Game?

Frontline Roll Call: House Passes Defense Bill AfriCom Could Add Marine Air-Ground Combat Force Torture Suit Too Hot to Be Heard, US Says Poll: Americans Skeptical of Afghan Surge Afghans Fleeing Taliban Are Flooding Tajikistan Moody's Warns of 'Social Unrest' as Sovereign Debt Spirals		Massacre-Linked UN-Backed Congo Operation to Shut Down

'War on Terror'

Military Tribunals Will Be Held at Illinois Prison Guantánamo 'Far From Closed' Swiss Say They Will Accept 1 Guantánamo Detainee Short PATRIOT Act Extensions May Open Door to Tinkers DHS Made Improper Intel Report on Nation of Islam

The War at Home

House Approves $290 Billion Increase in Debt Limit Lefties Call for Alliance With Paulies Against War Raytheon Turns iPhones Into Battlefield Tools Military Reaches Out to Wider Audiences With Expanded Online Presence

News - USA, December 16, 2009

	Welcome to Gitmo, Illinois
	US: Guantánamo Prisoners Not 'Persons'
	House OKs $634 Billion Defense Bill, Doesn't Include Surge

Frontline

	Kucinich Bill to End Afghan War Gains Co-Sponsors, Including 4 Republicans
	Federal Court Weighs 'State Secrets' Claim
	After ABC Report of Secret CIA Prison, Lithuania's Head Spy Resigns
	Occupation Threatens Secularism in Israel
	US Eyes Vietnam, Libya Arms Sales
	House Vote on Iran Sanctions

The War at Home

	NYPD Must Show GOP Convention Surveillance
	Suicide Epidemic Among Veterans
	Homelessness on the Rise for Female Vets
	Back From Combat, Women Struggle for Acceptance

'War on Terror'

	Al-Qaeda Killing Mostly Muslims
	Chicago Judge Denies Bond for Terrorism Suspect
	Agency Will Not Reinstate Man Who Criticized Gitmo Policies
	American Suspect in Mumbai Attack Was DEA Informant
	Man Hounded by Ottawa Loses 'Terrorist' Tag at Last
	Libya's Coup: Turning Militants Against al-Qaeda

Frontline

	Congress Readies Defense Budget
	GAO Upends $2.8 Billion Defense Contract
	Report: Other Islamic Militant Groups Rising as al-Qaeda Fades
	Canadian Court Says Jail Reformed Terror Suspect
	22 Million Missing Bush White House E-Mails Found
	US Takes Pragmatic Rights Approach to China, Russia

'War on Terror'

	Cases of Accused al-Qaeda Operatives May Be Brought in Brooklyn
	2 Men Sentenced for Aiding Terrorists With Videos
	US Says Chicago Man Knew of Mumbai Attack Beforehand
	Al-Qaeda No. 2: Obama Cares Only About Israel
	Obama Shifts Bioterrorism Strategy to Preventive, but Congress Slow to Move
	UK Appeals Court Decision Over Guantánamo Detainee
	Spain: 11 Guilty of Belonging to Terror Group