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In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Russia accuses US of nurturing aggressive nuclear strategy

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks to sailors on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 at Naval Air Station, North Island in Coronado, Calif. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday said the U.S. will &quot;sharpen our military edge&quot; in Asia and the Pacific in order to remain a dominant power in a region feeling the effects of China's rising military might. Carter made the pledge in a speech aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in port in San Diego. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Defense secretary: US will sharpen ‘military edge’ in Asia

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Defense chief: 9/11 bill could be devastating to US military

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pentagon chief pledges $108 billion to fix nuclear force

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pentagon chief, an expert on nukes, says little about them

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pentagon chief is expert on nukes but says little about them

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second left, is welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Qubad Talabani, left, on arrival in Irbil, northern Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. Carter is visiting with Kurdish president Massoud Barzani as well as U.S. troops to discuss the fight against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Seivan M.Salim)

Ashton Carter announces 560 more U.S. troops to Iraq

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha delivers the keynote address at the Opening Dinner of the 15th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, Asia Security Summit on Friday, June 3, 2016, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

U.S. Pentagon chief proposes Asia-Pacific ‘security network’

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2016, file-pool photo, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter gestures during a news conference in Manila, Philippines. Carter said he will talk with his commanders in the coming days to identify more ways the U.S. can intensify the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, including more airstrikes, cyberattacks, and American troops on the ground. (Romeo Ranoco/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ashton Carter, Pentagon chief: U.S. eyes ways to step up Islamic State fight

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

This June 6, 2013, file photo shows the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., where the US Cyber Command is located. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

DoD launches aggressive cyberwar against IS

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Iraqi Muslims pray at a mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Pentagon chief: Iraqi strike may be ‘mistake’ by 2 sides

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2015, file photo, U. S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter addresses the U.S. troops at the Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey. A news report published Wednesday, Dec. 16, said Carter used a personal email account to do some of his government business during his first months at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/File)

Ashton Carter: Using personal email account for work was mistake

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Negative Effect of Women Soldiers in Combat Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JULIE PULLEY: Forcing women into combat

By Julie Pulley

Defense Secretary Ash Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the U.S. Strategy for Syria and Iraq and its Implications for the Region. Carter said the U.S. is deploying a new special expeditionary force to help Iraqi and Kurdish forces fight Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S. expanding special operations role in fight against ISIS: Ash Carter

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In this Sept. 30, 2015, photo Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon. Carter says the American soldier killed in the mission that rescued 70 hostages from an Islamic State prison in Iraq was a hero for rushing into a firefight to defend his Kurdish partners, even though the plan called for the Kurds to do the fighting on their own. On Oct. 23, Carter applauded 39-year-old Army Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler of Roland, Oklahoma, who died of his wounds Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Ash Carter leads from the front and carries a big stick

By L. Todd Wood

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo, second from right, look towards North Korea at an observation post near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Carter called on North Korea to shrink and eventually eliminate its nuclear weapons program, while acknowledging during a visit Sunday to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas that prospects for reconciling with the defiant North are dim. (Korea Pool Photo via AP) KOREA OUT

Pentagon chief to North Korea: End nuclear weapons program

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 30, 2015, photo Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon. Carter says the American soldier killed in the mission that rescued 70 hostages from an Islamic State prison in Iraq was a hero for rushing into a firefight to defend his Kurdish partners, even though the plan called for the Kurds to do the fighting on their own. On Oct. 23, Carter applauded 39-year-old Army Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler of Roland, Oklahoma, who died of his wounds Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

L. TODD WOOD: U.S. to begin ‘direct action’ on ground in Iraq, Syria against ISIS

By L. Todd Wood

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks during a press conference held with Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon, at Lancaster house in London, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Ashton Carter: Russian missiles crashed in Iran

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter gives a joint press conference with Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti on the occasion of their bilateral meeting, in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Ashton Carter: U.S. not cooperating with Russia against Islamic State

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Ashton Carter: Pentagon funding new high-tech venture

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press