Новости за 16.03.2016

The acting secretary of the Army said Wednesday that not even President Barack Obama has the executive power to allow a group of pioneering female World War II military pilots to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

Army Col. Tara A. Osborn, assigned to the Majid Khan case March 11, may be best known in civilian circles as the judge who presided at the capital court-martial of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan.

When a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan in 2011, sending homes, cars and millions of tons of debris into the Pacific Ocean, fears rose that vast amounts of wreckage — some of it toxic — might wash up on California beaches, foul harbors and even sink U.S. ships.

Some in Congress say a new fleet of nuclear missile-armed submarines is so important — and expensive — that it requires a special fund, separate from the Navy's shipbuilding budget. What if backers of other special weapons programs, like the new Air Force long-range bomber, also like the idea of a separate fund?

What was once Garden Grove High’s stadium is now the Michael A. Monsoor Memorial Stadium, in honor of the Medal of Honor recipient who died in Iraq in 2006.

More than a dozen U.S. military personnel have been disciplined - but face no criminal charges - for mistakes that led to the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed 42 people in Afghanistan last year, U.S. defense officials say.

Benjamin Pleitez died in Afghanistan in 2012, while serving as a medic with the Army National Guard. Back home, he also cared for pets and had dreams of one day opening a dog breeding and training kennel.

Secretary of State John Kerry will miss this week's congressional deadline for deciding whether atrocities by the Islamic State against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria should be designated genocide.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday it suspended DeVry University’s status as a “Principles of Excellence” institution. The VA also has flagged the school on its website to warn veterans that the agency has received nearly 150 complaints about DeVry.

The ex-husband of a Marine veteran whose service dog went missing in late 2014 — and was found in Texas late last summer — pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of petty theft of a dog.

Because of insufficient revenue and declining membership, Legion Post 87’s canteen — a daily gathering place for local veterans — is set to shut down May 31, officials say.

The general election campaign between Republican Sen. Mark Kirk and Democratic challenger Rep. Tammy Duckworth is expected to be one of the nation's most bitter and expensive, with the winner potentially tilting control of the U.S. Senate.

According to a report from IHS Jane's 360, the tide is decisively turning against the extremist organization.

Indiana Jones is swinging back into theaters with Harrison Ford reprising the iconic role and Steven Spielberg directing.

An emboldened Donald Trump offered himself Wednesday as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and called on balky GOP leaders to embrace the voters' "tremendous fervor" for his candidacy. But the billionaire businessman's latest wins didn't stop anti-Trump Republicans from seeking scenarios to deny him the GOP nomination.

Save for his age, Judge Merrick Garland seems to fit the mold for a contemporary Supreme Court nominee.

Syria's government on Wednesday firmly rejected direct negotiations with opposition envoys, dampening hopes of greater compromise at peace talks after Russia this week began drawing down its troops from the war torn-country.

The Army's top general says military forces on the ground face a high level of risk if the United States gets into a large-scale conflict against a power such as Russia or China.

Torrey Shannon provides round-the-clock care for her husband, retired Staff Sgt. Dan Shannon, who survived a gunshot wound to the head in Iraq. He needs to live in a remote area because severe post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injury has left him overwhelmed by cities. Despite this, she said she has struggled to get the support she needs as a veteran’s caregiver.

At a House hearing, Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine commandant, and Gen. Mark Milley, the Army chief of staff, explained the upticks in mishaps by saying funding shortfalls have led to less training than needed, a factor that defense experts have suspected.

The full text of the Supreme Court nomination announcement, with remarks by President Barack Obama and Chief Judge Merrick Brian Garland, on Mar. 16, 2016, as released by the White House.

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is one of seven current senators who voted on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the D.C. Circuit Court in 1997. Roberts, like the other six still-serving senators, voted to approve Garland. This time, though, Roberts doesn't seem to be interested in voting for him.

The decision to suspend service on Washington's troubled rail transit system Wednesday for a safety inspection prompted calls for more stable funding and oversight of the nation's second-busiest subway.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were the winners in a big presidential primary day Tuesday. But both showed just enough vulnerability to keep the races intensely contested for at least another month.

Republicans have been talking about changing the rules for picking a presidential nominee at their national convention in Cleveland in July. Their best bet may be to go bold.