Новости за 04.02.2019

Although not widely known outside the policymaking corridors of Washington John Marsh Jr. was a powerful backstage player at the White House and the Pentagon during the 1970s and 1980s.

Airmen eligible for promotion to master sergeant, senior master sergeant or chief master sergeant are no longer required to pass tests to earn those ranks.

In a statement Monday, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., the top Republican on the committee, praised House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., for deciding to work with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to arrange voluntary testimony for March 6.

Congressional aides and Justice Department officials increasingly expect that whenever special counsel Robert Mueller finishes his work, there will be battles for access to the underlying investigative documents — and the report itself, if it is not released.

An Army Reservist is involved in the investigation of a double-homicide in Texas where her husband, who is facing murder charges, temporarily escaped from a prisoner transport van Sunday, according to authorities in Michigan and Texas.

The Dover Air Force Base museum's observance of the Normandy invasion's 75th anniversary will feature a jump by up to 200 U.S. Army parachutists from the 82nd Airborne Division as well as an appearance of That’s All Brother, a C-47 Skytrain that led more than 800 aircraft in the invasion.

A U.S. Army veteran, Steenbeke served nearly a year in Afghanistan as a Tactical Explosive Detective Dog handler. Every minute of that deployment, Tess was at his side, sniffing out bombs and serving as emotional support for her handler. Now the two are finally reunited.

Syrian opposition activists said Monday that U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have killed nine civilians, including six children, who were trying to flee the last area controlled by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria.

Tom Herlihy, 65, of Virginia, and his oldest daughter, Dianne Herlihy Sitkins, of Jacksonville Beach, were among those who tackled the inaugural Saratoga Classic Half Marathon, which, along with the Super Sara 5K, honors the fighting spirit of the venerable warship and the service of her crew through the years.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said she has been inspired by the service of Lt. Commander Blake Dremann, who has been deployed overseas 11 times, has received the Navy’s highest logistics award and is president of an LGBT military advocacy organization that advocates for transgender military members.

Capt. Zoe “SiS” Kotnik was named pilot and commander of the Air Combat Command’s F-16 Viper Demonstration Team last week after completing a series of certification flights.

The Air Force has named its first female commander of a single-aircraft demonstration team, as the service looks to leverage the anticipated popularity of an upcoming superhero movie featuring a female fighter pilot to spur recruitment.

Here’s an unsentimental explanation for the president’s once-a-year excursions into rhetorical conciliation and bipartisanship. It’s not the majesty of the moment. It’s smart political strategy.

Business groups say President Donald Trump's metals tariffs and retaliatory duties which came in response have hurt U.S. industry, farmers and workers -- and that it's time to assert Congress' constitutional role in trade policy.

Five people died and two others were injured after a small plane apparently came apart, raining debris across a Southern California neighborhood and igniting a house fire before landing in a backyard, authorities said Sunday.

Barham Salih says President Donald Trump did not ask Iraq's permission for American troops stationed there to watch Iran.

Two German men were taken into custody Sunday after police swarmed near U.S. Army Europe’s Clay Kaserne headquarters in Wiesbaden in response to sounds of gun fire in the vicinity of the base.

This year’s advertising Super Bowl had, again, lots of celebrities and lots of dogs.

Several events were held at the United States’ largest military base in Afghanistan to mark America’s most-watched televised sporting event.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is remaining defiant amid EU pressure to stand down and is accusing the U.S. of preparing a coup in the South American country.

Police said the suspects would be charged with murder and attempted murder for their role in the Jan. 27 attack at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, which killed 23 people and wounded about 100 others.

Hollywood director Rob Reiner drew a crowd of reporters on his first visit to Japan in more than three decades to promote his Iraq War journalism film “Shock and Awe.”

The talks in Moscow are designed to bring together prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Karzai, opposition figures and tribal elders. But the Taliban refuse to talk to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's government, which they denounce as a U.S. puppet.

For the long-defunct Fort Belvoir plant, a marvel of the Atomic Age, it's time to scram.

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