Russia Slams New U.S. Military Strategy As 'Confrontational'

The strategy is being updated to reflect the new global security situation, one in which the US is facing near-peer adversaries like Russia and China while simultaneously having to handle diffuse militant groups like the Islamic State.
"Since the last National Military Strategy was published in 2011, global disorder has significantly increased while some of our comparative military advantage has begun to erode," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey wrote in his introduction to the strategy document.
"We now face multiple, simultaneous security challenges from traditional state actors and transregional networks of sub-state groups — all taking advantage of rapid technological change," Dempsey continued. "We are more likely to face prolonged campaigns than conflicts that are resolved quickly."



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Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churchesSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Episcopalians voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples, solidifying the church's embrace of gay rights that began more than a decade ago with the pioneering election of the first openly gay bishop. The vote came in Salt Lake City at the Episcopal General Convention, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. It passed in the House of Deputies, the voting body of clergy and lay participants at the meeting. The House of Bishops had approved the resolution Tuesday by 129-26 with five abstaining.
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Polygamous Montana trio applies for wedding licenseHELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana man said Wednesday that he was inspired by last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage to apply for a marriage license so that he can legally wed his second wife. Nathan Collier and his wives Victoria and Christine applied at the Yellowstone County Courthouse in Billings on Tuesday in an attempt to legitimize their polygamous marriage. Montana, like all 50 states, outlaws bigamy - holding multiple marriage licenses - but Collier said he plans to sue if the application is denied.
New warden, security measures after New York prison escapeALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-security prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month. The state correction department said Wednesday that includes stepped-up searches of inmates' cells, staffing changes to ensure bed checks are more effective and installation of security gates in the facility's tunnels.
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Macy's dumps Trump; New York City reviewing contractsLOS ANGELES (AP) - The Macy's department store chain joined an ongoing exodus from association with Donald Trump and New Mexico's governor and New York City's mayor slammed him over his comments on Mexican immigrants. Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico, the nation's only Latina governor and a rising star in the Republican party, added her voice Wednesday to criticism of the GOP presidential hopeful, denouncing his comments as "horrible."
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NYC to review Trump contracts after controversial remarksNEW YORK (AP) - New York City officials are reviewing the city's contracts with Donald Trump after statements the GOP presidential hopeful made about Mexican immigrants. A spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that the review is currently ongoing. The probe follows controversial statements Trump made at his presidential kickoff event last week.
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What crisis? Stronger banks, economies ease fear over GreeceThe prospect of a Greek crackup isn't so terrifying anymore. In 2012, financial markets were rattled by the possibility that Greeks would elect a left-wing government, default on their debts and drop the euro currency. The fears pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index down nearly 10 percent that spring.
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Solid hiring expected for June as US job market nears normalWASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers likely hired at another strong pace in June, a sign that the job market is nearing full health and giving the Federal Reserve reason to raise interest rates as early as September. Economists predict that employers added 233,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent in May, according to data firm FactSet.
Many but not all in GOP object as US, Cuba plan embassiesWASHINGTON (AP) - Loud but hardly universal catcalls from Republicans underscored the obstacles and opportunities ahead as U.S. and Cuban leaders announced an opening of embassies in Havana and Washington and a resumption of diplomatic relations severed the year President Barack Obama was born. Obama also called on Congress to lift the economic and travel embargoes that the U.S. has used for decades in an attempt to force Cuba's leaders toward democracy. Obama has partly eased those restrictions on his own, but continued opposition from many Republicans and some Democrats makes it unlikely that lawmakers will fully revoke those bans quickly.
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Late last week, a 45-year-old Russian beat an acquaintance to death with his fists after a drinking session in Yaroslavl, a city some 160 miles from Moscow. The motive? The victim revealed he often traveled abroad, and his vodka-frazzled assailant told ... 
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Russia's big plan to build the Turkish Stream might have hit a snag as Russia and Turkey can't agree on gas prices. Russia's Gazprom and Turkey's BOTAŞ had a six-month period to agree on the prices for gas supplies. That time frame expired on Monday ...
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Marine Corps Leader Nominated 

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The Pentagon on Wednesday announced the nomination of Lt. Gen. Robert Neller as commandant of the Marine Corps.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday a new U.S. military strategy was confrontational and would not help improve relations with Moscow, strained by the crisis in Ukraine.
The strategy, released by the Pentagon on Wednesday, said
Russia had repeatedly demonstrated it does not respect the sovereignty of its neighbors and that it was willing to use force to achieve its goals.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed regret about the content of the document and said it indicated a "confrontational attitude, devoid of any objectivity towards our country".
"Of course this will hardly contribute to attempts to steer bilateral relations in the direction of normalization," he told reporters during a conference call.
Relations between Moscow and the West are at their lowest point since the end of the Cold War, mainly because of the crisis in Ukraine.
The United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia after it seized the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine last year and have accused it of providing pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine with weapons and soldiers.
"Russia's military actions are undermining regional security directly and through proxy forces," the new National Military Strategy of the United States said.
Moscow denies sending troops and arms to the separatists in a conflict in which more than 6,400 people have been killed and accuses the West of plotting a coup d'etat to topple a Ukrainian president backed by Moscow in February 2014.
(Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Timothy Heritage; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)
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US Army Seeks Leap-Ahead Cyber Defense Tech

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By Joe Gould 4:57 p.m. EDT July 1, 2015
The US Army wants to equip cyber protection teams with a "fly-away" kit of hardware and software, that would travel with them.(Photo: US Army)
WASHINGTON — The US Army is seeking to equip its cyber warriors with cutting-edge networking hardware, and it is going outside the traditional acquisitions system to do it.
The easily transportable "fly-away" kit of hardware and software would travel with the Army's cyber protection teams, whose job involves hunting inside the military's networks for intrusions and fighting off cyber attacks.
The Army issued a presolicitation notice June 19 for the equipment, called a deployable defensive cyberspace operations infrastructure capability, which would provide commanders with tools for "quick reaction, cyber defense reinforcement, and security enhancement capabilities," the notice said.
The kits would interface with Army networks to let the teams, "conduct countermeasures in real-time enabling commanders to take immediate action in the execution of network defense," according to an Army news release.
The cyber protection teams work for the military's geographic commands the world over, and are organized to perform one of five key cyber defensive mission functions: mission protection, discovery and counter infiltration, cyber threat emulation, inspection, and cyber support.
Though the Army has fielded 11 hardware kits for these teams, it is seeking next-generation gear that is smaller and lighter, and better able to ingest and analyze large amounts of data, Army officials said.
The presolicitation is for an industry and innovation challenge meant to take advantage of cutting-edge technology outside the traditional federal acquisition system. The winners of the challenge would provide pilot or prototype equipment for an operational evaluation.
The Army is seeking a response from vendors by July 20. Demonstrations are to be held in August.
If industry offers promising capability, the Army will take a look and determine the next course of action, an Army official said. If a determination to procure is made, then the acquisitions community would manage the effort.
A flexible acquisitions vehicle is being used called an "other transaction agreement." The effort is being led by the Consortium for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Technologies, an entity set up as an alternative for non–traditional and small businesses seeking to enter the federal marketplace.
The Army held an industry and innovation day on May 28 in McLean, Virginia, which brought together representatives of government, industry and academia. The event detailed the top two capability gaps for Army cyber: a commander's situational awareness and defense of the Army's network.
The idea is to use the same model for other cyberspace requirements. An event and call for white papers on cyber situational awareness is set for October.
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Romania May Restore Conscription

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WARSAW — Romanian Defense Minister Mircea Dusa is aiming to restore conscription as a result of Russia's increased military activities in Eastern Europe and the country's intervention in Ukraine, reports local daily Gandul.
       

Lithuania: NATO Mum On 'Baltic Brigade'

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NATO has vowed to hold "continuous" military exercises in Eastern Europe to deter Russia but has yet to respond to a request by Baltic states for a permanent brigade, Lithuania said Wednesday.

Unprecedented wave of shark attacks causes terror in North Carolina 

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Seven people have been bitten since June but wildlife experts say it is down to several different sharks and is not "a Jaws situation"
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