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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is interviewed in his Pentagon office, Jan. 18, 2017. President Joe Biden and other past and present U.S. officials are honoring Ash Carter, the late defense secretary who opened the way for women to fight in combat and transgendered personnel to serve, at a memorial service Thursday., Jan. 12, 2023. Carter, 68, died in October of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Late Pentagon chief Ash Carter to be honored at service

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Review: ‘Life Isn’t Everything’ toasts director Mike Nichols

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL - Associated Press

Then-Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is interviewed in his Pentagon office, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Ash Carter, former Obama defense secretary: Google ‘has a duty to this country’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 1, 2015, file photo, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter responds to a question during a forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Ashton Carter, former Pentagon chief, on preemptive North Korea strike

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2015 file photo, Defense Secretary Ash Carter responds to a question during a forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard said Tuesday, March 28, 2017, that Carter is returning as a professor of technology and global affairs, and as director of Harvard's Belfer Center think tank. He previously taught at the Ivy League School from 1996 to 2009. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Former Pentagon chief Ash Carter returns to teach at Harvard

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Military aide demoted for misconduct at overseas clubs

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter holds a Marine Corps Ka-Bar fighting knife while being interviewed in his Pentagon office, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. The knife was given to him earlier in the day by his Senior Miltary Assistant Marine Brig. Gen. Eric Smith and was carried by Smith on all of his deployments. Sending thousands more American troops into Iraq or Syria in a bid to accelerate the defeat of the Islamic State group would push U.S. allies to the exits, create more anti-U.S. resistance and give up the U.S. military’s key advantages, Carter said in an Associated Press interview. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Carter tells AP more US troops will not fix Iraq or Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Pvt. Chelsea Manning. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

Pentagon chief says he opposed cutting Manning’s prison term

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

President Obama, stands with, from left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, Vice President Joe Biden, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, as they listen to the National Anthem during an Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell Review for the president, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pentagon chief: ‘Virtually zero’ Russian support against IS

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2016, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The lame-duck Congress is gaveling in for its final work session of 2016, and its last under President Barack Obama, as lawmakers face a Dec. 9 deadline for spending legislation to keep the government running. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

Pentagon chief: Don’t extend stopgap funding through May

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Pentagon seeks funds for new ad campaign to attract recruits

By by LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defence, Ash Carter, arrives for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council Defence Ministers session at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. NATO defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss tense relations with Russia, how to help Middle East nations combat extremism and cooperation between the military alliance and the European Union. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Ash Carter orders Pentagon to stop seeking repayment from National Guard members

Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, center, greet Belgian Defense Minister Steven Vandeput, right, upon arrivals for a meeting by dozen members of the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. France's president calls on the U.S. and other allies fighting Islamic State extremists in Iraq to remain vigilant and share intelligence to prevent potential reprisals from the group. (Charles Platiau/Pool Photo via AP)

US says coalition laying groundwork to retake Raqqa from IS

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the top U.S. Commander in Iraq, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter brief reporters in Irbil, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 on the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants. Carter visited the area for a closer look at the fight against the Islamic State group and to hear from Kurdish leaders. (AP Photo/Lolita Balder)

Pentagon chief in Irbil for closer assessment of Mosul fight

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. soldiers (left) participate in a training mission with Iraqi army soldiers outside Baghdad on May 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Iraqi leader resists US push for Turkish role in Mosul fight

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A group of young Turks stage an anti-US protest outside the Parliament before a visit by US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in Ankara, Turkey, Frday, Oct. 21, 2016. Carter met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other top leaders and defense officials in Ankara amid escalating tensions between Turkey and Iraq over Turkish military operations in northern Iraq as allied forces move to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants.( AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici )

Carter says Turkey should play role in Mosul fight

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2015, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, center, is greeted by Senior Military Assistant U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ron Lewis as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to travel to Afghanistan. A Pentagon investigation concluded that Lewis, Carter's former senior military aide, used his government credit card at strip clubs or gentlemen's clubs in Rome and Seoul, drank in excess and had &quot;improper interactions&quot; with women, The Associated Press has learned. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Report faults top Pentagon aide’s behavior at overseas clubs

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Singapore’s Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defense, speaks at a press conference at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Defense ministers discuss defusing South China Sea incidents

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press