201 Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, December 23
(Israel/Palestinians, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, Department/Powell's meetings, Iraq, Venezuela, China, Pakistan, Japan, Libya, Sudan) (5190)
202 Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, December 23
(U.S. armed forces as Time's 2003 Person of the Year, Operation Noble Eagle, anthrax vaccine, troop strength, Code Orange, elevated alert precautions, accomplishments in war on terror, past relationship with Saddam Hussein, Iraq reconstruction contracts, al Qaeda, Iraqi insurgency, transformation of military) (6350)
203 Transcript: Cheney Says U.S. Faces Threat of Deadlier Terrorist Attack than 9/11
(Warns of "long-term threat" in speech at McChord Air Force Base) (1270)
204 Text: Special Envoy Baker to Travel to Asia to Discuss Iraq's Debt
(Baker to visit Japan, South Korea, China Dec. 27-30) (110)
205 Text: Food Safety Cooperation Among Countries Growing, USDA Says
(Nations work to narrow regulatory differences, department adds) (3170)
206 Text: U.S. Foreign-Born Population Grows by 11 million Through 1990s
(Foreign-born form majorities in six U.S. cities) (710)
207 Text: International Fusion Power Effort Progressing, Abraham Says
(Project aims to make fusion power technology available by midcentury) (880)
208 Text: Soot on Snow Contributes to Global Warming, NASA Scientists Find
(Effect may account for as much as 25 percent of warming trends) (800)
209 Text: Sixty Three Percent of American Adults Use the Internet
(Email use most frequent online activity) (2050)