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President Barack Obama talks with the Joint Chiefs of Staff following a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 28, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama’s Islamic State strategy sparks doubt, resentment among Pentagon officials

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Local residents and Sunni tribal fighters welcome newly arriving Iraqi Shiite Hezbollah Brigade militiamen, brandishing their flag, who are joining the fight against Islamic State group militants in Khalidiya, 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)

White House sidesteps defense secretary’s comments on Iraqi forces

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden talks with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi during a session of the U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee, Thursday, April 16, 2015, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Joe Biden tries to smooth over tensions with Baghdad

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

"Airstrikes are effective, but neither they, nor really anything we do, can substitute for the Iraqi forces' will to fight. They're the ones who [need] that to beat ISIL and then keep them beaten," Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter: Iraqi forces showed ‘no will to fight’ in Ramadi

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The National Women's Law Center is taking the U.S. military culture to task for being slow to integrate women into combat positions, but the pool of qualified females may in fact be limited. (Associated Press)

Women in combat: Test failures raise questions about how many can succeed

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A U.S. Army Staff Sgt. secures a landing zone near the Koh Band district of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Sept. 14, 2009. (Image: U.S. Army) ** FILE **

U.S. commandos enter Syria, kill Abu Sayyaf, Islamic State commander in charge of oil fields

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this April 2, 2015 photo, Aminah Hamed, center, and Sami Hamed stand while a resident speaks against Texas House Bill 562, a statehouse bill widely believed to target Islamic influence in America, while Sherry Mecom waves an American flag from her seat during an Irving city council meeting in Irvin, Texas. Gunmen attacking at a contest for Muslim Prophet Muhammed cartoons May 3, 2015, in Garland, Texas, came as Muslims in Texas were already feeling aggrieved and fearful as anti-Islam sentiment over the last several months has reverberated from the state Capitol to local governments. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Ashton Carter: Texas attack ‘inspired by’ Islamic State

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 18, 2013, file photo, U.S. Marines monitor Eager Lion multinational military maneuvers in Quweira, south of Amman, Jordan. After months of delays and vetting, the training of Syrian rebels has started in Jordan as part of a broader effort to build a force capable of fighting Islamic State extremists, U.S. officials said Thursday. Jordan is the first of four training sites to begin the instruction. The others are in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, and Turkish officials have been saying they expect the training there to begin this month. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

U.S. beginning to train Syrians to fight Islamic State

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves goodbye as he boards Air Force One for departure from RAF Station Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 5, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Ashton Carter: GOP budget ‘a road to nowhere’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Ashton Carter (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Obama threatens veto of defense funding shift

By Bill Gertz

A female member of the U.S. armed forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Navy SEALs see no barrier to women in combat ranks

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2015, file photo, Ashton Carter testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his confirmation hearing to become the next Defense Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate is on track to confirm President Barack Obama’s pick to run the Pentagon. A vote is scheduled for Feb. 12 on Carter’s nomination. If confirmed, Carter will be Obama’s fourth defense secretary in six years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ashton Carter: Defense Dept. to update training to prevent sexual assault

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe review the troops on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, during a state arrival ceremony. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama says 401(k) retirement plans for troops needs further consideration

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

From left, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary of Defense Ash Carter pose for a picture during a news conference in New York, Monday, April 27, 2015. The US and Japan are boosting their defense relationship, allowing Japan to play a bigger role in global military operations with an eye on potential threats from China and North Korea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Ashton Carter meets with Gen Nakatani over U.S.-Japan cooperation guidelines

By Maria Stainer - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government forum in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

New guidelines allow Japan to defend allies, be more involved in humanitarian missions

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Obama's use of military force proposal against IS and the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) **FILE**

U.S., Japan to announce expanded security pact

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2015, file photo, Ashton Carter testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his confirmation hearing to become the next Defense Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate is on track to confirm President Barack Obama’s pick to run the Pentagon. A vote is scheduled for Feb. 12 on Carter’s nomination. If confirmed, Carter will be Obama’s fourth defense secretary in six years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ashton Carter’s recruitment push: ‘Give us a try’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh speaks in Washington on April 23, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mark Welsh, Air Force chief: Services must be more agile to respond to threats like Islamic State

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

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Inside the Ring: Joseph Dunford next to chair Joint Chiefs?

By Bill Gertz

"Airstrikes are effective, but neither they, nor really anything we do, can substitute for the Iraqi forces' will to fight. They're the ones who [need] that to beat ISIL and then keep them beaten," Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter: ‘Maybe’ all combat jobs will be open to women in January

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times