
The Obama administration is expected to release 17 detainees as early as next week, including “al Qaeda followers” who have been cleared for release from the Guantánamo Bay prison by a board established by the president.
by Edwin Mora5 Jan 2016, 7:32 AM PST0

Ashton Carter used his personal email account to conduct some of his government business during his first months as secretary of defense, the Pentagon admits.
by Edwin Mora17 Dec 2015, 12:44 PM PST0

This morning I had an intense conversation with a mother of a new female Marine. Mutual friends had messaged us about yesterday’s announcement by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter that all units without exception would be opened to women. This marine’s mother thought that only women who want to will be assigned to combat units.
by Breitbart Texas10 Dec 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

The United States military will open all combat roles to women, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Thursday.
by Edwin Mora4 Dec 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

The United States must guard against the flow of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)-linked foreign fighters across America’s borders, warned U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
by Edwin Mora17 Nov 2015, 3:03 PM PST0

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, while addressing the Reagan National Defense Forum, said the United States needs “much more than airstrikes” to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
by Edwin Mora9 Nov 2015, 7:12 AM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, indicated that the death of Delta Force Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler in Iraq will probably not be the last American ground combat fatality in that country.
by Edwin Mora27 Oct 2015, 11:37 AM PST0