Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has received the National Defense Industrial Association’s annual Dwight D. Eisenhower Award which honors defense leaders who best reflect President Eisenhower’s beliefs and support for a strong national
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter discussed the impact of sequestration on March 1, reports Jim Garamone for the American Forces Press Service. Hagel and Carter said they met
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President Barack Obama announced Tuesday his nomination of Ashton Carter to become the next deputy defense secretary. Carter currently serves as undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, a post he assumed in
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Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates earlier this week outlined 23 changes for how DoD contracts goods and services aimed at boosting efficiency and productivity in defense spending. The strategy is
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In a White House directive to make federal agencies more environmentally friendly, the Department of Defense has vowed to cut use of fuel and water in the military by 20 percent over
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Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Ashton B. Carter held a meeting yesterday with government contractors and lobbyists at the Pentagon to decide how the industry could cut waste in hopes of
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Ashton B. Carter serves as under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. Before assuming this position, Carter was chair of the international and global affairs faculty at Harvard’s Kennedy School
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