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 reiterated ...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=10292 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. 1277-06December 13, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedo ...Continue Reading

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=3400 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. 1273-06December 13, 2006 CONTRACTS ...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_13_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 13 2006**There are 6 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) News Release On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10291 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. 1276-06December 13, 2006 National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized as of December 13, 2006 This week, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps ...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=10290 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. 1275-06December 13, 2006 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freed ...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=10289 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. 1271-06December 13, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...Continue Reading

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Today In DOD On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Today/index.aspx?ShowDate=12/14/2006 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.aspx or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 Today in the Department of Defense, Thursday, December 14, 2006 Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England have no public or media events on their schedules. ...Continue Reading