Chairman Says Afghanistan Strategy, Resources Now Match - AFPS
Pentagon Spokesman Addresses Strategy Review, Budget - AFPS
Petraeus: All Strategy Aspects Contribute to Progress - AFPS
Partnered Forces Target Taliban in Helmand - American Forces Press Service
Bravo Company Bids a Tearful Goodbye to Fallen Friends - Stars and Stripes
Suicide Bombing Targets Afghan District Chief - Associated Press
Germany's Merkel Visits Afghanistan - Associated Press
2011 to 2014: What a Difference Momentum Makes - National Review opinion
5 Ways to Win the War in Afghanistan - Foreign Policy opinion
Pakistan
Pakistani Role Is Suspected in Revealing U.S. Spy's Name - New York Times
Top U.S. Spy in Pakistan is Removed after Threats - Washington Post
U.S. Official Expresses Confidence in Pakistan - New York Times
CIA Recalls Pakistan Station Chief After Named Publically - Los Angeles Times
Pakistani Spy Agency Denies it Unmasked CIA Chief - Associated Press
Mullen: Eliminating Pakistani Safe Havens is Key - Washington Post
Flournoy: U.S.-Pakistan Relations 'Central' to Fight - AFPS
Deadly U.S. Missiles Target Pakistani Militant Bases - Voice of America
Chinese Premier Visits Pakistan to Reinforce Ties - New York Times
China, Pakistan Ink Trade Deals During Wen's Visit - Associated Press
Korean Peninsula
N. Korea Says Live-Fire Drill Will Prompt Another Attack - VOA
South Korea Drilling Plans Bring New Threats from North - Washington Post
North Korea Threatens Another Attack on Island - Los Angeles Times
U.S. Will Take Part in South Korea Live-fire Drill - Stars and Stripes
S. Korea to Hold Firing Drills Despite N. Korea Threat - Associated Press
U.S.: 'No Justification' for N. Korean Response to S. Korean Exercises - VOA
U.S. Troops to Observe South Korean Live-fire Drills - AFPS
Saber Rattling Leaves South Korean Peninsula on Edge - Voice of America
China Says Korean Situation 'Extremely Precarious' - Associated Press
Iran
Top U.S. Officer Says Iran Still Driving for a Bomb - Associated Press
Iran Nuclear Chief Takes Over as Foreign Minister - Associated Press
Iraq
Maliki to Name Iraq Government Monday - Reuters
Iraqi Lawmakers Lift Ban on Sunni Politicians - Associated Press
Al Qaeda
Has al-Qaida Targeted Christmas? -Stars and Stripes
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks, Round Three - Small Wars Journal (post-release - cutoff 10 Dec)
SWJ WikiLeaks Roundup - Small Wars Journal (pre-release)
U.N. Chief Says WikiLeaks Makes Diplomacy Difficult - Associated Press
From WikiLeaks Founder, a Barrage of Interviews - New York Times
Pentagon Denies Mistreating WikiLeaks Suspect - Associated Press
Make Julian Assange Irrelevant - Washington Post opinion
U.S. Department of Defense
Activists Anticipate Successful Senate Vote to End "DADT" - Washington Post
Senate Nears Repeal of Military's Curbs on Gays - Associated Press
Department Prepares for 'Don't Ask' Repeal - American Forces Press Service
Army's New Tracking System to Debut in 2012 - Stars and Stripes
Bobsledder Chose War to Repay the Army - New York Times
United States
House Passes Defense Authorization Bill - Washington Post
Senate GOP's Concerns on Nuclear Treaty Indicate Close Vote - Washington Post
White House Delayed Rule Meant to Stop Gun Flow to Mexico - Washington Post
Philippine Terrorist Sentenced for 1995 Christmas Kidnapping - Washington Post
House Armed Services Committee Reorganizes - Army Times
Former Blackwater Bought by Investment Group - Associated Press
Canada
Canadian Court Hikes Terrorists' Sentences - Associated Press
Holbrooke No Hero to Canadian General - Ottawa Sun opinion
Africa
Southern Sudan Focuses on January Referendum - Voice of America
Ivory Coast Tense Amid Political Showdown - Voice of America
Global Pressure Grows to End Ivory Coast Impasse - Associated Press
New Calls for Ivory Coast President to Concede Defeat - Washington Post
Americas
Mexican Leader's Crime Effort Fails to Advance - New York Times
Mother Shot Dead at Anti-crime Vigil in Mexico - Los Angeles Times
Mexico Outraged by Killing of Anti-Crime Crusader - Associated Press
Mexican Police Drone Plane Crashes Near El Paso Home - New York Times
Mexico Outraged by Killing of Anti-Crime Crusader - Associated Press
141 Inmates Escape Mexican Border Prison - Associated Press
Venezuela's Congress Gives Chávez Decree Powers - Associated Press
Cable Shows Nations Going Easy on Cuba - New York Times
Cholera and Haiti - New York Times editorial
Asia Pacific
Japan Shifts Defense Strategy Toward N. Korea, China - Stars and Stripes
Japanese PM Says Marines Must Stay on Okinawa - Stars and Stripes
Europe
E.U. Opts for Permanent Mechanism to Help Troubled Members - VOA
E.U. Nations That Pay the Most Plan to Call Timeout - New York Times
Kosovo PM Named in Human Organ Scandal - Voice of America
Belarus Looks East and West as Elections Near - Washington Post
Middle East
U.S. Plays Down Tensions With Yemen - New York Times
Official: CIA Officers Escape Yemen Attack - Associated Press
Violence Mars Shiite Commemoration in Saudi Arabia - Associated Press
A Freer and Fairer Egypt - Washington Post opinion
South Asia
U.S. Fears Biowarfare Stemming From India - Voice of America
India Seeks Lower Trade Barriers With China - Voice of America
Sri Lanka Allows U.N. to 'Share' War Crime Evidence - Associated Press