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...
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...
Next Defense Secretary Open to Keeping A-10 in Air Force Ashton Carter agreed to hear arguments from JTACS for keeping the A-10 despite renewed efforts by the Air Force to retire it.
New Defense Secretary Breezes through Nomination Process The Senate approved Ashton Carter Thursday as the next secretary of defense in a vote that saw only five nays.
Trump's Promises to Radically Change the Military In this episode, we spoke to two experts with collective decades of experience in analyzing the promises President-elect...
Trailblazing Coast Guard Commandant Fired by Trump Administration Adm. Linda Fagan, the first woman to serve in the Coast Guard's top job, was relieved following the swearing-in ceremony for...
Culture War Fights Poised to Take Lead in Trump's Pentagon Agenda Hegseth's testimony did not delve deeply into how the administration will confront some of the thorniest national security...
The Battle over Veterans’ Health Care: How the Republican Majority Hopes to Reshape the VA With the new Congress sworn in and President-elect Trump poised for his second inauguration, Republicans have queued up a...
Trump Vowed to End the War in Ukraine Quickly but Moscow and Kyiv Are Digging in Before Any Talks Both sides have taken tough negotiating postures that leave little room for compromise.