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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified at a hearing on military budget needs, particularly as it related to readiness across the…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified on the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget request. Topics discussed included Russia, China,…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford, and Defense Comptroller Michael McCord testified at a House Armed Services Committee on the department’s…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter talked about the Pentagon’s budget and priorities. He outlined increases in spending to address global challenges involving Russian aggression, Iranian influence…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter held a news conference and responded to questions on a range of issues, including Russian airstrikes in Syria and the continuing resolution to fund the government…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Martin Dempsey briefed reporters and responded to questions on a variety of military-related topics. They discussed the fight…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Martin Dempsey testified about the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. Secretary Carter discussed the…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter delivered remarks on national security challenges and the need for Congress to pass the fiscal year 2016 defense budget. Secretary Carter also discussed the…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Martin Dempsey testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the fiscal year 2016 budget request for the…

Ashton Carter talked about the effects of sequestration on the Defense Department’s strategic and budgetary priorities during a period of unprecedented fiscal uncertainty. He responded to…

Secretary Chuck Hagel and Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter briefed the media on the status of the Department of Defense’s sequestration planning efforts. They said some of the…

Military leaders testified on the potential effects of sequestration military budget cuts. They said the reductions would mean less training, furloughs for thousands of workers, and a total revision of military…

Jeffrey Zients and Ashton Carter testified on the effects of automatic budget cuts on Defense Department and other government programs. The cuts, also known as sequestration, were part of…

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter talked about the U.S. defense budget priorities and the impact of possible January 2013 automatic budget cuts, also known as sequestration, as voted…

Ashton Carter begins his remarks with comments about the importance of national security and defense priorities in Afghanistan. He then focused on the defense department budget and its…

Pentagon officials testified on Defense Department initiatives proposed by Secretary Robert Gates to more efficiently fund defense programs. One of the proposals included the elimination of…

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Undersecretary Ashton Carter spoke to reporters and answered questions about new military acquisition and procurement guidelines.

Ashton Carter outlined a strategy for making existing military programs more efficient and cost-effective. Its part of a five-year effort by Secretary Gates to cut about $100 billion from…

Witnesses testified about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, which has suffered from cost overruns and production delays. They said the average price of an F-35 aircraft as estimated by…