Новости за 02.05.2016

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' refusal to cede any ground in the Democratic presidential race to all-but-certain nominee Hillary Clinton is being treated more as a distraction than a threat by a campaign trying to solidly focus on Donald Trump and the general election.

The NATO alliance is considering establishing a rotational ground force in the Baltic states and possibly Poland, reflecting deepening worry about Russian military assertiveness, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday.

Two Navy civilians died last week in non-combat-related incidents, the Department of Defense announced Monday.

Relying on what experts call phony numbers, the Army has told Congress it has way too much land and is calling for base closures. The service also claims a massive overage in training land even as the arguments leaders used to justify their attempted expansion of Fort Carson's Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site show a shortfall of nearly 750,000 acres in the U.S.

Tommy Kono, who began to lift weights while his Japanese American family was held in a detention camp during World War II, then went on to win two Olympic gold medals and three titles as Mr. Universe, and who was often hailed as the greatest weightlifter of all time, died April 24 at a hospice facility in Honolulu. He was 85.

Senators aren't too keen on a House Republican proposal to give them a say in who the president appoints as the head of the National Security Council, which the GOP and several former Defense secretaries complain has ballooned out of control.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the NATO alliance is considering establishing a rotational ground force in the Baltic states and possibly Poland as a deterrent to Russian aggression.

The stone bears the name WRIGHT. That's for Joseph H. Wright; his brother, Andrew; and their mother, Margarett. So tightly are their deaths linked that it is appropriate they be marked by a single memorial.

To improve military efficiency in the face of budget cuts and nimble adversaries, a congressional committee is taking aim at the number of generals and admirals.

Russian jets buzzing a U.S. military ship and planes in the Baltics are escalating tension between the two nations, the chief of naval operations said Monday.

The Pentagon has no plans to heighten security or move U.S. troops in Baghdad after protesters loyal to Shiite Muslim leader Muqtada al-Sadr breached the Green Zone over the weekend to demand political reform, Capt. Jeff Davis said Monday.

The military is launching tests on the world's largest unmanned surface vessel - a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board.

The event was part of Kaiserslautern Military Community Adaptive Sports, a program designed to give students with moderate-to-severe learning disabilities opportunities to play team sports.

Courtesy of the National Park Service, here's a list of every unit — from nature preserves to historical sites to memorials to seashores — that the Park Service administers.

Mikah Meyer visited the Washington Monument on Friday, just like more than 600,000 other people do every year. But for Meyer, it was especially momentous: the first stop, he says, on a three-year trip to visit every single national park in the country.

North Korea will hold a congress of its ruling Workers' Party starting this Friday — the seventh time in the country's history such an event has been held, but the first time since 1980. Clearly, this is a big deal for the regime, and here's why.

Some 200 U.S. soldiers will arrive in Moldova for more than two weeks of exercises, in a show of U.S. military strength in the region.

Even by the United Arab Emirates' standards, building a mountain would stand out as an ambitious plan. And perhaps what's so remarkable about this plan is that despite its audacity, it would serve a sadly utilitarian purpose: to bring rain.

Security forces have been instructed to respond strongly to Pakistani incursions along the country’s eastern border, an Afghan defense official said Monday in the wake of reports that Pakistan’s military had fired dozens of rockets into eastern Nangarhar province last week.

Traveling 6,000 miles in 28 days can be taxing for a lot of people, but for Marine Corps veteran Tyler Hoffman, the Purple Heart Run is worth every mile.

The attack on Mosul will be the decisive moment in this U.S.-backed campaign, but the evidence from the battlefront suggests that a successful assault is still many months away.

Congress voted in 2014 to create this park, and park service leaders describe it as a chance to explore history that not only shaped the end of World War II but also the advance of science and at least half a century of geopolitics.

New techniques to detect and stop terrorist-made explosives, a halt to the spread of a wildlife epidemic, a new generation of personal protective equipment to make construction workers safe, reduced medical errors -- these are some of the accomplishments of the federal employees nominated for this year's prestigious civil service awards, the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said "several proposals" aimed at finding a way to restore at least a partial truce in Syria are being discussed, amid continuing attacks in the city of Aleppo.

The first U.S. cruise ship in nearly 40 years was crossing the Florida Straits from Miami to Havana on Monday, restarting commercial travel on waters that once represented a half-century of Cold War hostility.