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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton Carter made a splash last week by saying he’s “very open-minded” about transgender people serving in the U.S. military. But if Carter is serious about…
On Pro Football By KEN BELSON For years, the N.F.L. played cat and mouse with the city of Los Angeles. Every so often a team in, say, Minnesota, would threaten…
Conrad Roy, 18, of Fairhaven and Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, was found dead in his car of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning July 13, Sgt. Kevin Kobza, public information officer for the Fairhaven…
At the same time, new Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is making it clear he will not commit quickly to a time table, and wants assurances the Iraqi military is…
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — The new defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter, said Monday after meeting with senior American military and diplomatic officials in Kuwait that the Obama administration had “the…
WASHINGTON — Newly installed Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday that he’s “very open-minded” about transgender people serving in the U.S. military — a sign that the department may be…
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four days into his tenure as defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday morning and opened up the possibility of slowing the withdrawal of…
Carter arrived in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday during his first foreign trip since being sworn in as defense secretary four days ago. “Our priority now is to make sure this…
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four days after he was sworn in as defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday morning to begin his own assessment of the security…
The new U.S. secretary of defense, Ashton Carter, arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday morning and plans to meet with U.S. troops and Afghan leaders. Carter recently took over as secretary…
It’s no secret that Joe Biden’s clasp of Stephanie Carter, wife of incoming Defense Secretary Ash Carter, raised a few eyebrows during Ash’s swearing in on Tuesday. – H/T The…
Tuesday was no different. After delivering the oath of office to new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, the vice president waved Carter’s wife Stephanie over to his side of the podium….
“This is really huge. It’s what we’ve waited almost five years for with regulatory approval,” says Neal Carter, founder and president of Okanagan Specialty Fruits, the Canadian company that engineered…
Birth place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Birth name: Ashton Baldwin Carter Father: William Stanley Carter, a psychiatrist and neurologist Mother: Anne (Baldwin) Carter – September 23, 2011 – The Senate unanimously confirms…
There are so many wrongs to right. Yet among them, Carter is putting one ahead of all others: Violence and injustice against girls and women. “This is going to be…
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Ashton B. Carter to be the next defense secretary, installing a new Pentagon chief as the United States increases military action against the…
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to confirm Ashton Carter as President Barack Obama’s next secretary of defense. – Carter will be Obama’s fourth…
He will take the helm at Department of Defense as the United States is immersed in several complex national security challenges across the globe, including the widening military campaign against…
This year is the 100th anniversary of what is now called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the organization founded by Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950)….
The courtroom in the Monroe County Courthouse in Monroeville, Ala., which served as inspiration for Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.””, Continue reading the main story Continue reading the…
Harper Lee has issued a new statement expressing her happiness with the publication of her second novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” amid growing speculation that the fiercely private novelist may…
Carter, who served as deputy defense secretary until December 2013, will likely face questions from the Senate panel on everything from the U.S. fight against ISIS to the planned military…
The nominee, Ashton Carter, submitted more than 300 written answers to a questionnaire requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee in advance of the hearing. Asked what the president means…
WASHINGTON — Ashton B. Carter on Wednesday will assert himself as an advocate of forceful yet prudent use of American power overseas when he faces a newly Republican-controlled Armed Services…
The president’s nominee to be the next Pentagon chief says he would consider changing the current plans for withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year…
“When I heard that rhinos were being killed, they were my favorite animals and I wanted to start this,” says the elementary school pupil. Her campaign, Alyssa’s Save the Rhinos,…
Lil Wayne dropped a new mixtape, “Sorry 4 the Wait 2,” on Tuesday night. The project is a sequel to 2011’s “Sorry 4 The Wait,” which was released as a…