Nation Oct 26 How Pentagon efforts to claw back recruitment bonuses have affected soldiers By PBS News Hour
Nation Apr 16 Carter: U.S. to identify new ways to intensify fight against ISIS U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he will talk with his commanders in the coming days to identify additional ways the U.S. can intensify the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, including more airstrikes, cyberattacks and American… By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
Nation Dec 03 WATCH: Ash Carter calls homegrown terrorists ‘losers with a keyboard’ Defense Secretary Ash Carter defended the military’s approach to fighting the Islamic State group, saying the military is looking for every possible way to attack and defeat the militants whose ideology is appealing to “losers with a keyboard” in the… By Larisa Epatko
Nation Dec 03 WATCH: Ash Carter says ‘No quotas’ for women in military Defense Secretary Ash Carter told PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill on Thursday that he decided to let women serve in all aspects of the military because with an all-volunteer force, he needed to draw on the entire population. By Larisa Epatko
World Nov 08 Watch 4:20 U.S.-led air campaign in Syria intensifies after shift in ISIS strategy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday more American ground troops could be sent to Syria in the future to contribute to the U.S.-led coalition that has carried out nearly 3,000 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria. New York Times… By PBS News Hour