Carter, Pentagon Press Secretary Brief...
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook brief reporters at the Pentagon on the progress of the counter-ISIL campaign,...
Ashton B. Carter was sworn in Feb 17, 2015, as the 25th Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense is the leader and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense, an Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America. Secretary Ash Carter's power over the United States military is second only to that of the President.
