Trump Eyes Hardening Line Toward Pakistan After Afghan War Review

... responses being discussed include expanding US drone strikes, redirecting or withholding ... Coalition Support Funds (CSF), a US Defense Department program to reimburse allies ... after then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter declined to sign authorization that ...

US Spy Agency Risks Talent Exodus Amid Morale Slump and Trump Fears

... increase in the number of US intelligence officers and government contractors ... concerns about the direction of US intelligence agencies under Trump. Retaining ... apex last October, when former Defense Secretary Ash Carter and former Director of National ...

US Military Marches Forward on Green Energy

... Al-Qaeda militants killed 17 US soldiers during a refueling stop ... require substantial troop deployments. Former defense secretary Ash Carter said in his parting memo ... whether it was pursuing Defense Department contracts. The US military's use ...

US Says Might Not Shoot Down North Korean ICBM, Eyeing Intel

... did not pose a threat, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday (10/01 ... the possibility of US military action in any scenario. Carter's remarks ... close proximity to North Korea. US Secretary of State John Kerry warned ...

US Military to Return Some Land in Okinawa by Year End

... Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday (06/12). Resentment over the US ... Japanese woman, Rina Shimabukuro. Carter made the announcement during a ... capital, Tokyo. A senior US defense official said the United States ... work at the site. Carter is in Japan to ...

On Final Trip, Carter Looks to Reassure Asia Allies

Washington. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter makes his last scheduled trip ... , a US defense official said. But the soothing effect of anything Carter has ... aircraft carrier project. A senior US defense official said two pacts that ...

Duterte Distances Philippines From Ally US

... is all bluster," said one US defense official, adding Duterte's ... and pointing to himself. US response: Defense Secretary Ash Carter told a news conference ... following a meeting Southeast Asian defense ...

Duterte Didn't Really Mean 'Separation' From US, Philippine Officials Say

... the West, specifically the US." Duterte's spokesman, Ernesto ... the Chinese and Philippines defense ministers meet in Beijing ... China's Defense Ministry said. ANTI-US PROTEST Duterte's ... to do the same." US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Washington intended to ...

Another North Korea Missile Fails After Launch, Say US and South

... sharply contrasting views on US alliances. Trump said US defense treaties around the ... East and elsewhere," Clinton said. US Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking ... against North Korea. Kerry and US Defense Secretary Ash Carter reaffirmed that any attack by ...

Iraq Launches Mosul Offensive to Drive Out Islamic State

... government forces launched a US-backed offensive on Monday ... considerable importance for US President Barack Obama ... commander of the coalition, US Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend ... ISIL a lasting defeat," US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a statement ...