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25 Oct 2015, 9:36 pm by Quinta Jurecic
  Tuesday, October 27th at 9:30 am: Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and General Joseph Dunford will testify on United States Military Strategy in the Middle East in a hearing of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 12:23 pm by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
Vice President Joe Biden will not be running for president. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 12:08 pm by Cody M. Poplin, Elina Saxena
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told reporters yesterday that he has recommended to President Obama that he should veto the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act on the grounds that it does not lift sequestration, but instead funnels $38 billion to the Pentagon through a separate war fund. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 1:12 pm by Benjamin Wittes
" The real problem, according to the paper, is that Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is not moving fast enough. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 10:34 am by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
” Earlier today, Defense Secretary Ashton B. [read post]
17 Sep 2015, 5:51 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter scolded Congress for its inaction in the defense budget, calling the lack of action “a tax on how we plan a [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 11:09 am by Cody M. Poplin
According to the AFP, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter complicated efforts to close Guantanamo yesterday, telling U.S. troops during a televised interview that “some of the people who are at Guantanamo Bay have to be detained indefinitely, they’ve just got to be locked up. [read post]
28 Aug 2015, 10:14 am by Quinta Jurecic
More news has come in on the discovery, made yesterday, of a truck filled with bodies abandoned east of Vienna. [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 10:00 am by Quinta Jurecic
The United States has confirmed that Junaid Hussain, an ISIS recruiter and hacker, was killed Tuesday in a targeted U.S. airstrike. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is demanding that Ankara do more. [read post]
14 Aug 2015, 11:24 am by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
” Over at the Guardian, Spencer Ackerman alerts us that Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, backed by high-ranking military officers, is blocking the return of British citizen Shaker Aamer and two other longtime Guantánamo Bay detainees---all of whom have been recommended for transfer at one point or another. [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 11:25 am by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
We begin today with southeastern Turkey, where after two years of relative calm, violence has returned and “the tension is palpable” as conflict intensifies between the Kurds and the Turkish state. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 10:57 am by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
Here’s the rub: although half of the Gitmo detainees have been cleared to leave, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter must sign the papers to actually let them go. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 11:37 am by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
Yesterday, President Obama continued his push for the Iran deal in a speech at American University---a site likely chosen in order to draw parallels to a speech President John F. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 11:37 am by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
Yesterday, President Obama continued his push for the Iran deal in a speech at American University---a site likely chosen in order to draw parallels to a speech President John F. [read post]
4 Aug 2015, 11:09 am by Tara Hofbauer
Carter, has become the secretary of reassurance. [read post]
4 Aug 2015, 11:09 am by Tara Hofbauer
Carter, has become the secretary of reassurance. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 11:06 am by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
The Hill reports that, in response to the recent Chattanooga shooting, Secretary of Defense Defense Ashton Carter has “signed a memo clarifying that commanders can arm qualified troops at recruiting and other off-base sites, and directing the military services to develop plans to improve security at those sites. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 1:22 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter made an unannounced visit to Kurdistan today following his trip to Baghdad yesterday. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 11:37 am by Benjamin Bissell
However, according to US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who visited the kingdom recently, the Saudi government is beginning to look on the deal more favorably. [read post]