Harold Pollack is Helen Ross Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. On Friday morning, President Obama nominated Ashton Carter to be the new secretary ...

All indications are that President Barack Obama will appoint former Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to succeed Chuck Hagel as the nation’s defense secretary. The New York Times and ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter addresses the faculty and students of George Washington University Nov. 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter addresses the ...

The Pentagon wants commercial innovators to bring new technology faster to the military, including in areas such as artificial intelligence. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has made it a key ...

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter toured the Air Force Research Laboratory on Thursday, marking his first visit to Wright-Patterson as the Pentagon’s top civilian leader, and was set to receive a ...

President Barack Obama has nominated former Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to lead the Pentagon as the top civilian leader. Here’s a snapshot of some highlights of his career and former ...

Pentagon procurement chief Ashton Carter says that as the Defense Department studies what its “family of systems” for future strike options will be, it is keeping in mind that a “family of industry” ...