From Slate: How To Design a Lincoln Museum, by Andrew Ferguson. From CQ: Missile Defense Plan Faces Roadblocks, by Josh Rogin. From the Washington Post: Sarkozy's Lesson for America, by Newt Gingrich. From the Boston Herald: Our soldiers need allies at home, by Gordon England. From the Fourth Rail: The Battle at the Red Mosque, by Bill Roggio.

Lockheed Martin announced today it had completed the first test flight of the VH-71 Presidential Helicopter on July 3, seen above.
Read more over at Defense Tech.