
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and his wife Stephanie led members of the US military in “The 12 Days of Christmas” in a video released by the Department of Defense’s Twitter account on Friday. Carter and his wife begin by singing
by Ian Hanchett25 Dec 2015, 8:49 AM PST0

Contents: Defense Sec’y Carter visits Afghanistan, warns of ISIS and resurgent Taliban; Taliban victories in Helmand put Obama’s Afghan withdrawal policy in doubt; Obama’s 30,000 troop Afghan ‘surge’ strategy now in seventh year
by John J. Xenakis21 Dec 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Contents: Egyptian scholar: The original al-Aqsa mosque may not have been in Jerusalem; BBC reporter confronts China’s military in South China Sea
by John J. Xenakis15 Dec 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Generational Dynamics, Burundi, Bujumbura, Pierre Nkurunziza, Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, China, South China Sea, Singapore, P8 Poseidon spy plane, Ash Carter, Japan, Shinzo Abe, India Narendra Modi
by John J. Xenakis13 Dec 2015, 7:37 AM PST0

Wednesday before a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter confirmed what Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers at a House Armed Services Committee hearing a week earlier, which was
by Breitbart TV9 Dec 2015, 7:59 AM PST0

Contents: Germany may deploy 1200 soldiers to Syria to fight ISIS; In major new escalation, US special forces will conduct combat in Iraq and Syria
by John J. Xenakis2 Dec 2015, 6:05 AM PST0

Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, said that the Islamic State terrorist organization is not contained, and has not been at anytime since 2010.
by Jordan Schachtel1 Dec 2015, 3:32 PM PST0

SIMI VALLEY — U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter “strongly” urged passage of the highly controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in the midst of addressing U.S. challenges from Russia and China during his keynote address to a host of Reagan National Defense Forum attendees on Saturday afternoon.
by Michelle Moons8 Nov 2015, 5:43 AM PST0

After 70 years, three U.S. airmen are finally coming home from Malaysia for a proper burial and resting spot.
by Mary Chastain5 Nov 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

Contents: President Obama reverses himself on Afghanistan troop withdrawal; The ‘surge’ strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan; China and US poised for South China Sea military confrontation
by John J. Xenakis16 Oct 2015, 6:13 AM PST0

Contents: Palestinian-Israeli violence continues in Gaza and West Bank; Obama administration announces an abrupt change of policy in Syria; Obama administration may be forced into greater military role
by John J. Xenakis11 Oct 2015, 6:48 AM PST0

Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF), known as Doctors Without Borders in America, “demanded an independent” investigation into a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 22 people, including 12 of the group’s doctors.
by Mary Chastain5 Oct 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

Contents: Mahmoud Abbas’s United Nations ‘bombshell’ something of a dud; Russia humiliates US again as it begins striking Syria
by John J. Xenakis1 Oct 2015, 6:32 AM PST0

Contents: Hundreds of migrant deaths in Mediterranean highlight Libya-Calais relationship; U.S.-trained Free Syrian Army’s Division 30 suffers major defeat; US program to train rebels in Syria appears flawed from the start
by John J. Xenakis6 Aug 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The Arab states have opposed the Iran deal from a very early stage, seeing Iran’s regional ambitions as a direct threat. As negotiations went on, Saudi Arabia and other states were vocal and demonstrative in their protests, and warned that they, too, might seek nuclear weapons.
by Joel B. Pollak5 Aug 2015, 9:28 PM PST0

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that Iran has not changed its behavior since the nuclear deal was agreed to, and he has “no reason to foresee” Iran’s behavior changing in the future before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday. Carter, in
by Ian Hanchett29 Jul 2015, 8:30 AM PST0

Iranian regime Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Tuesday that he was upset by comments made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, who declared before his trip to Israel that the recently agreed-upon Iran nuclear deal “does nothing to prevent the military option” against Tehran’s nuclear facilities.
by Jordan Schachtel21 Jul 2015, 6:44 PM PST0

While en route to Israel to assuage concerns about the recently-struck Iran nuclear deal, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters that the deal does not remove the military option as a potential strategy for the U.S. to remove Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
by Jordan Schachtel20 Jul 2015, 10:47 AM PST0

The Pentagon’s current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday, ordering a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service.
by Breitbart News13 Jul 2015, 5:42 PM PST0

A six second video recorded of an April 2008 terrorist attack in Ramadi explains why the city fell without a fight to ISIS last week.
by James Zumwalt26 May 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

Iranian elite paramilitary force leader Major General Qassem Soleimani accused the United States of having “no will” to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and blasted President Barack Obama as not having “done a damn thing” to quell the terrorist insurgency. The remarks follow news that Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah is planning to increase its presence in Iraq to combat ISIS.
by Frances Martel25 May 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) took over a major airport, a sea port, and oil terminal in southern Yemen while forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled president and a Saudi-led air campaign continued to battle Iran-backed Houthi rebels in other parts of the country.
by Edwin Mora17 Apr 2015, 5:16 PM PST0

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld predicted that President Obama would not listen to new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel. “He’s a good man, and in my view he was a good
by Ian Hanchett17 Feb 2015, 5:00 PM PST0

Joe Biden is touchy — with the wife of the new Secretary of Defense..
by Charlie Spiering17 Feb 2015, 10:05 AM PST0