Новости за 02.02.2017

Year after year the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) told Congress and store patrons that commissary shoppers saved an average of at least 30 percent on brand-name groceries over prices in commercial stores and supermarkets.

Recent political spats between the United States and Mexico, including President Trump’s comments that he might send U.S. troops to Mexico, could negatively impact the military relationship between the two countries, security analysts said.

The new deputy director of the CIA is a career spymaster who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded - a harsh interrogation technique President Donald Trump has supported.

In his address at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning, President Donald Trump made one clear policy declaration: "I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment." What is that? Is it in Trump's power to destroy it? And who would want him to do that?

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service on Wednesday marked the opening of its new Europe distribution center, a project 10 years in the making to relocate its stocks about 100 miles down the road from Giessen, Germany.

The Pentagon and White House on Thursday defended the planning and execution of a U.S. Special Operations raid in Yemen that killed civilians along with a Navy SEAL, saying there was sufficient intelligence to carry it out and that it had been planned for months.

The Trump administration on Thursday revised recent U.S. sanctions that prevented American companies from exporting some electronic equipment to Russia. It also modified penalties on Iran, expanding a list of medical equipment that needs federal authorization to be sold to Iranian customers.

The troubled handoff of one of the United States' most vexing national security problems shows how far the pendulum has swung between two presidents who in many ways are complete opposites. Barack Obama sweated the smallest details of U.S. military and intelligence operations, often to the point of inaction. Donald Trump has made it clear that he prefers to go with his gut and has promised a swift and brutal campaign that will "utterly destroy" the Islamic State.

The Pentagon will advocate for visas for “proven” partners who have assisted U.S. forces in any of the seven majority-Muslim nations affected by President Donald Trump’s immigration ban – not just Iraq, spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said Thursday.

The Pentagon will exempt 16 categories of civilian jobs with direct national security and public safety responsibilities from the federal government hiring freeze instituted by President Donald Trump, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work wrote Wednesday in a memorandum.

By putting Iran "on notice," the new U.S. administration is laying the groundwork for a more confrontational approach toward the Islamic Republic. Here are some of the main issues:

German researchers say they have found a Nazi-era submarine that sunk in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

Yemeni security officials said on Thursday that warships, which they believe to be American, have been firing cannons and rockets at al-Qaida militants in the country's southern coastal areas.

A deployed airman whose wife found a unique way to include him in the family Christmas photo last year has finally returned home.

An internal watchdog at Veterans Affairs released findings this week confirming what many veterans and lawmakers already knew: The $10 billion Veterans Choice Program created to give veterans access to private health care has been “cumbersome” and “confusing” to use.

An irritable tweet President Donald Trump fired off about Australia and a dramatic report of an angry phone call between the nations' leaders proves that the new U.S. commander in chief has changed the playing field for even America's staunchest allies.

The conviction of a Navy sailor who took photos of classified areas inside a submarine is getting a new look from the Trump administration.

The U.N. envoy for Iraq says military operations to liberate Iraq from the Islamic State extremist group will be coming to an end "in the rather short foreseeable future."

Making his debut as America's global envoy, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought Thursday to reassure U.S. diplomats who are anxious after a turbulent first two weeks of President Donald Trump's presidency. Still, he warned diplomats that unspecified changes would be coming.

U.S. European Command called for an immediate cease-fire in eastern Ukraine as heavy fighting threatens a larger humanitarian crisis in a country where U.S. forces continue a mission aimed at beefing up the nation’s military forces.

The Oscars invited a wide ranging class of 2017 animation film nominees to the party Tuesday, from acclaimed studio hits "Moana," "Zootopia" and "Kubo and the Two Strings," to Swiss stop-motion drama "My Life as a Zucchini" and the dialogue-free Studio Ghibli offering "The Red Turtle."

Friday's European Union summit will take a big step in closing off the illegal migration route from Libya across the central Mediterranean, where thousands have died trying to reach the EU, the EU chief said.

With a six-year term ahead, he is free to go his own way. After 34 years in Congress and two presidential campaigns of his own, he’s a hard man to intimidate.

Adroitly and artfully, President Donald Trump masterfully used this week the populist antennae and messaging skill that made him what he is today.

Germany plans to spend about $120 million to help offset the construction costs of several new U.S. schools for American military children in the country, and the locals aren’t pleased.