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This report discusses the issue of U.S. economic assistance to sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of continued assistance in light of U.S. national security and also various U.S.-led efforts to promote reform amongst African citizens themselves. U.S. assistance finds its way to Africa through a variety of channels, including the USAID-administered DA program, food aid programs, and indirect aid provided through international financial institutions and the United Nations.

The United States and its allies are helping Afghanistan emerging from more than 22 years of warfare, although substantial risk to Afghan stability remains. Before the U.S. military campaign against the orthodox Islamist Taliban movement began on October 7, 2001, Afghanistan had been mired in conflict since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The defeat of the Taliban has enabled the United States and its coalition partners to send forces throughout Afghanistan to search for Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters and leaders that remain at large, including Osama bin Laden. As the war against remaining Al Qaeda and Taliban elements winds down, the United States is shifting its military focus toward stabilizing the interim government, including training a new Afghan national army, and supporting the international security force (ISAF) that is helping the new government provide security.

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Report discussing the potential for terrorists to develop within the Balkans region of Europe. According to the introduction, "This report will focus on two countries and a province with majority or near-majority Muslim populations: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Kosovo. It will deal with the role of international Islamic terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda rather than indigenous nationalist groups pursuing local or regional objectives" (p. 2).

This report provides a current summary of ballistic and cruise missile activity in selected countries and discusses implications for U.S. national security policy. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Terms of Reference Handbook defines a ballistic missile as “a missile that is guided during powered flight and unguided during the free flight when the trajectory that it follows is subject only to the external influences of gravity and atmospheric drag” and a cruise a missile as “a long-range, low-flying guided missile that can be launched from air, sea, and land.” Ballistic and cruise missile development and proliferation continue to pose a threat to the U.S.

The United States and its allies are helping Afghanistan emerging from more than 22 years of warfare, although substantial risk to Afghan stability remains. Before the U.S. military campaign against the orthodox Islamist Taliban movement began on October 7, 2001, Afghanistan had been mired in conflict since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The defeat of the Taliban has enabled the United States and its coalition partners to send forces throughout Afghanistan to search for Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters and leaders that remain at large, including Osama bin Laden. As the war against remaining Al Qaeda and Taliban elements winds down, the United States is shifting its military focus toward stabilizing the interim government, including training a new Afghan national army, and supporting the international security force (ISAF) that is helping the new government provide security.

Article II of the Constitution provides that the President “shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and counsels, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for and which shall be established by law.” As a supplement to this authority, the The constitution further provides that “[t]he President shall have the Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.” The Recess Appointments Clause was designed to enable the President to ensure the unfettered operation of the government during periods when the Senate was not in session and therefore unable to perform its advice and consent function.

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Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regading the Navy Broadway Complex in San Diego, CA.

Base Input - Presentation to the BRAC Commission outlining the reasons to keep Fort Monmouth Open. Part 2 of 2

Installation Profile Cr 7 Narrative Sheet USAF 0124(440) Dover AFB, Delaware, McChord AFB, Washington, and Charleston AFB, South Carolina. Document includes tables on Demographics, Cost of living, Education, Employment, Housing, Medical Providers and Safety/Crime.

Memorandum - Report for the Don Analysis Deliberation Group(DAG). Includes Agenda, minutes, briefings, and any other additional information thats needed from the meeting.

Executive Correspondence - Notes dated 20 July 2005 to the Commissioners thanking them for their strong and dedicated leadership

Executive Correspondence - Letters dated 20 July 2005 from Neil Abercrombie to Commissioners Hill, Bilbray, Hansen, and Skinner thanking them for their recognition of Pearl Harbor's strategic importance to the United States.

Executive Correspondence - Major General Roger Lempke (President, Adjutants General Association of the United States) letter to Chairman Principi dated July 25, 2005. Letter acknowledges that many of the AF recommendations in the DoD BRAC Report are beyond the scope of the BRAC process. Letter states that the Adjutant Generals are ready and prepared to work with the Air Force to ensure that an acceptable solution is formulated. Letter includes brief outline of a possible solution that could be acceptable to both the Air Force and the States' Adjutant Generals.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding Army effects related to Naval Air Station Brunswick closing.

Memorandum - Report for the Don Analysis Group(DAG). Includes minutes, assessments, selection criteria, briefings and any other additional information needed from the meeting.

Memorandum - Report for the Don Analysis Deliberation Group(DAG). Includes Agenda, minutes, briefings, and any other additional information thats needed from the meeting.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission regarding Dyess Air Force Base and RBTI Litigation.

Memorandum - Report for the Don Analysis Deliberation Group(DAG). Includes Agenda, minutes, briefings, and any other additional information thats needed from the meeting.

Community Correspondence - 682 Form Letters from concerned citizens supporting Niagara Falls Air Force Reserve and Guard Base

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 07/20/2005 to Chairman Principi thanking the Chairman for publicly stating his concern for the impact of the base closures recommended by the DoD on the security of the Northeastern United States