Новости за 22.02.2019

The U.S. military has ended a controversial bombing campaign that targeted Taliban drug labs across Afghanistan, without appearing to significantly disrupt the group’s ability to generate revenue from the illegal narcotics trade.

A Russian court ruled Friday to keep a former U.S. Marine held for alleged spying jailed in Moscow for another three months.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said in a visit to Capitol Hill in June 2017 that she opposed the creation of a "Space Corps," a service some lawmakers had proposed to oversee military operations in space. Less than two years later, Wilson finds herself leading a similar effort directed this week by President Trump.

The White House will leave some 200 U.S. troops in Syria after other servicemembers withdraw in the coming months, a policy reversal that comes two months after President Donald Trump ordered troops out of the country and claimed victory over the Islamic State.

A military court in Switzerland has fined a former sergeant in the Alpine nation's army 500 Swiss francs ($500) for joining a foreign militia to fight the Islamic State group in Syria between 2013 and 2015.

US soldiers are working closely with their counterparts to develop the defense program, with the hopes of building lasting improvements to the country’s military, said Maj. Jon-Paul Navarro, the officer in charge of the several dozen U.S. troops here.

“My Dad would be humbled by this. He didn’t seek recognition,” Jeff Thatcher said Thursday morning after the VA outpatient clinic in Missoula, Montana was christened for the late David Thatcher.

Buttigieg is not well known enough to even register in the early polling. But at a time when Donald Trump sits in the White House, who’s to say what is improbable anymore?

Given Roberts’ concurrence in Citizens United, I think he will vote to uphold the Louisiana law he voted to stay, and to overrule WWH, and may join his four “conservative” colleagues in going much further than that, to the overturning of Casey and Roe.

There are many categories of visas, but sympathy visas and “feel good story” visas are not among them.

This experience in war zones is precious because it breeds measured, skeptical judgment, as well as patriotism.

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, is traveling his district this week hosting town hall meetings to discuss two House bills that he sponsored that aim to expand the tracking and evaluation of veterans and servicemembers who spent time living or working near burn pits while deployed overseas.

A federal magistrate on Friday ordered the government to disclose to him and to plaintiffs' attorneys a list of private organizations that receive access to the government's list of known or suspected terrorists.

Kaiserslautern advanced with a 44-36 defeat of Stuttgart, while the Royals ousted hometown Wiesbaden by a score of 64-44.

The gene editing “machine” should become as restrictive as possible, integrated into an international law ratified by governments around the world and augmented by international treaties.

Starting Friday, the Department of Veterans Affairs began collecting feedback on its proposed rules to expand veterans’ access to private doctors. The public has until March 25 to comment on the rules.

Soldiers and their spouses told Fort Hood brass and housing officials about horrific conditions inside on-post housing Thursday night, ranging from blooms of mold and lead paint to infestations of snakes and cockroaches and dangerously faulty window screens.

The White House will leave some 200 U.S. troops in Syria after other servicemembers withdraw in the coming months, a policy reversal that comes two months after President Donald Trump ordered troops out of Syria and claimed victory over the Islamic State.

Small trucks carrying disheveled men, women and children left the Islamic State group's last pocket of territory in eastern Syria in an escorted convoy on Friday, hours after U.S.-led coalition airstrikes meant to pressure the militants targeted the area on the banks of the Euphrates River.

The remains of an airman whose plane crashed in France during a bombing run in World War II belong to Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Burleigh E. Curtis, of Holliston, Massachusetts.

The Legion Act, filed last week, would expand American Legion membership to include honorably discharged veterans who served during unrecognized times of war since World War II.

If you think the deal was uniquely outrageous, you need to look more closely at how governments actually operate.

The number of vacancies across the Department of Veterans Affairs increased to nearly 49,000 by the end of 2018, according to new data released by the VA under mandate from Congress.

A Richland, Wash. city councilman thinks native son Jim Mattis would make a terrific governor, or even president. Phil Lemley hopes his neighbors will help push a grassroots campaign to encourage the now-former Secretary of Defense to run for public office.

Wutip peaks at 120-mph sustained winds, remains forecast to pass southwest of Guam late Saturday; island remains in COR 2.