US-China military talks resume, obstacles remain -- Yahoo News/AP
Bomb Squad Moves into the Pentagon, to Stay -- The Danger Room
More Raptors -- MDJonline
N.Korea's Elite Combat Forces Revealed -- English Chosun (Hat Tip War Is Boring)
The Downdraft Could Do What? -- Information Dissemination
Russia's Yaroslav Mudry frigate to begin trials in Baltic Sea -- RIA Novosti
Russian Navy back in Syria -- Naval Open Source Intelligence
Royal Navy Still Sinking: Eight More Warships to Go -- War Is Boring
Poles give Obama an out on missile shield -- Foreign Policy Blog
Obama's intelligence pick linked to Saudi Arabia -- Washington Times
Former Top CIA Official Sentenced to 37 Months -- Washington Post
Senate Panel to Pursue Investigation of C.I.A. -- New York Times
Court rules that warrantless surveillance suit can proceed -- McClatchy Newspapers
Afghanistan still largest opium poppy producer: US -- AFP
FACTBOX: Global narcotics activity in 2008 -- Reuters
Navy corpsman awarded with Silver Star -- News14
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,252 -- Yahoo News/AP
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 588 -- Yahoo News/AP