U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contract On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Contracts/Contract.aspx?ContractID=3401 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 FOR RELEASE AT5 p.m. ET No. 1278-06December 14, 2006 CONTRACTS ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10296 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1282-06December 14, 2006 DoD Announces Soldier's Captured Status The Department of Defense announced today a change in the status of a soldier serving in Operat ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Press Advisories On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Advisories/Advisory.aspx?AdvisoryID=2785 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 No. 110-06 December 14, 2006 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Commander to Brief Live From Iraq Army Col. David Sutherland, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Di ...Continue Reading

If you cannot see the images in this email view them on the web at:http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/images/news_images.pl?Lbox=defenselink.December_14_2006&ban=3 United States Department of Defense Image GalleryMedia contact: media@defenselink.mil or +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 More photos: http://www.dod.mil/multimedia/ *December 14 2006**There are 5 items in this collection* *Thumbnails with Captions* Send an image as an electron ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Press Advisories On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Advisories/Advisory.aspx?AdvisoryID=2784 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 No. 109-06 December 14, 2006 Secretary of Defense Farewell Honor Ceremony Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld will be honored at an armed forces full honor parade at the Pentag ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Transcript On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3826 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld December 10, 2006 12:00 PM EST Town Hall Meeting with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah! ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Transcript On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=3827 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld December 10, 2006 12:00 PM EST Town Hall Meeting with Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld at Mosul, Iraq GEN. CHIARELLI: Well, I've had to d ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10294 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1280-06December 14, 2006 DoD Announces Installation Realignment in Germany The Department of Defense announced today that the United States will cease operatio ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10293 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1279-06December 14, 2006 Detainee Transfer Announced The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred 16 detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Saudi Arabia. ...Continue Reading

*Press Communique FORMER US ENVOY TO THE MIDDLE EAST DENNISROSS BRIEFS NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS * Ambassador Dennis Ross, former US special envoy to the Middle East, strongly advocated a re-engagement of the US administration in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in front of some 70members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Washington DC. “But we should do it for good reasons”, Ross stressed, “not simply because we believe it would help to solve the situation in Iraq”. Ambassador Ross rei ...Continue Reading