News, December 19, 2009

	2 Million Troops Have Deployed Since 9/11
	Senate Dems Break Fillibuster, OK $636 Billion Military Spending Bill   Not Just Drones: Militants Can Snoop on Most US Warplanes   In Shift, US to Make Stopping Nuclear Terror Key Aim

Frontline

	Kremlin Says No US-Russia Arms Deal This Year
	Obama Approves $30 Billion for Israeli Military

 

	Obama on War Decision – 'You Feel It Viscerally'
	Encryption of Drone Feeds Won't Finish Until 2014, Air Force Says
	Mullen in Iraq: US Drawdown on Schedule
	Who's in Charge in Nuclear-Armed US Ally Pakistan?
	US Personnel in Iraq Could Face Court-Martial for Getting Pregnant
	Antiwar Activist Mounts GOP Campaign for Congress

'War on Terror'

	Al-Qaeda's Migrant Martyrs
	Feds: Arrests in Africa Link al-Qaeda, Drugs
	Six Yemeni Detainees at Guantánamo to Be Repatriated

US Military

	Pentagon Was Told of UAV Hacking Threat in 2004
	Pentagon Delays New Bunker Buster Bomb
	Antiwar Marine Mom Makes Contact at Army Recruitment Center

News, December 18, 2009

  Obama Ordered US Strike on Yemen
Kremlin Says No US-Russia Arms Deal This Year

	GOP Senators to Block Defense Bill to Delay Health-Care Vote
	UK Drops Fight Over Guantánamo Information Bush Intentionally Let Osama bin Laden Escape, Asserts Rep. Hinchey Insurgents Hack US Drones With $26 Software

	Veterans Group Calls for Refusal to Deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq
	McCain Rejects Quetta Attack
	House Delays PATRIOT Act Spy Vote

The War at Home Pentagon Nominee Promises Reporters Won't Be Rated Before Embeds Military Study Shows Increase in Suicide Attempts, PTSD Symptoms Guilty Plea in Leak Case From Ex-Linguist for FBI 'War on Terror' Even in Cases the US Wins, Guantánamo Evidence Is Suspect Judge: Gangs More Deadly Than Some Gitmo Detainees Ex-Gitmo Detainee Struggles to Build Life in Chad UN Will Try to Tackle Problems With Terror Sanctions

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