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2 Dec 2014, 11:01 am by Benjamin Bissell
A little over a week after Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced he was leaving his post, CNN reports that President Obama has decided on Ashton Carter, who served as Deputy Defense Secretary under both Leon Panetta and Hagel, to be his replacement. [read post]
6 Feb 2015, 5:02 pm by Cody Poplin
Recent comments by Secretary of Defense-nominee Ashton Carter and Secretary of State John Kerry suggest that the United States is edging closer to arming the Ukrainian army. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 3:01 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
At a House Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday, General Martin Dempsey of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter indicated potential openness to allowing a combat role for U.S. troops in Iraq, given the scarcity of Iraqi and Syrian recruits available to train in the fight against ISIS. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 12:23 pm by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
Meanwhile, Defense One takes a look at the civilian toll of Russian airstrikes. [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 9:30 pm by Mark Nevitt
At least two plaintiffs in the current lawsuit came forward and identified as transgender after then-Secretary Ashton Carter announced the open service policy. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 12:09 pm by Cody Poplin
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is considering easing some of the military enlistment standards in order to attract and retain service-members and civilians in critical areas needed by the military and Department of Defense. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 9:31 pm by Mark Nevitt
To recap the developments leading up to last Friday’s presidential memo, recall that, under President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, transgender service members were on the path to full integration into the military. [read post]