Former SecDef Weighs in on Syria, Turkey and Mattis' Departure Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is out with a book on the inner workings of the Pentagon.
Ash Carter, Former Defense Secretary Who Allowed Women into Combat Roles, Dies Carter served during the latter years of the Obama administration from 2015 to 2017 and helped lead the department strategy...
Pentagon: Acquisition Reform Key to Strategic Choices Review Kendall and Carter said DoD must improve weapons acquisition through cost-conscious strategies and more effective prototyping...
Carter: Pentagon's Acquisition System Still Not 'Responsive' Pentagon's No. 2 says the Defense Department's process for buying weapons is still not getting the job done.
Pentagon Won't Confirm Ashton Carter is Next Defense Secretary Rear Adm. Kirby says he won't play "parlor game" with press over the possible nomination of Ashton Carter
Hagel Setting Out On Last Trip as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will begin his last trip to U.S. bases as defense secretary ahead of Senate confirmation hearings his replacement...
Pentagon Blind to Troop Woes in Areas Across US with Limited Housing Options, Report Finds The report is just the latest in a long series of government reports and media coverage that shows the Pentagon has been...
Trump's Dangerous Words Demand Action Recent calls by political leaders for the deployment of military forces to manage Election Day unrest should deeply concern...
Senior Enlisted Marine Reduced to Sergeant for Wearing Unauthorized Awards, Including Purple Heart Per a plea agreement, then-Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson was reduced in rank after a Sept. 13 court-martial found him in...
National Guard on Standby in Many States as America Faces Tense Election Day Many of those deployed are "cyber specialists" and civil support teams, an official said, detailing that there are no...
VA Backtracks on Budget Shortfall Warning, Angering Lawmakers Who Vow an Investigation In a memo to lawmakers, VA officials said costs have been lower than expected, but that some of the things the department has...
![Ash Carter, former U.S. secretary of defense, addresses an audience](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-10/ApNewsroom_People_Maddow_Harvard_31145.jpg?itok=X7ei3aJ6 "Ash Carter, former U.S. secretary of defense, addresses an audience, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at a forum called "Perspectives on National Security," at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)")
