Ashton B. Carter, former U.S. assistant secretary of defense for international security policy, is Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of ...

The Senate overwhelming confirmed Ashton Carter as the new U.S. defense secretary. WSJ’s Jerry Seib discusses the top challenges Mr. Carter will face. Photo: AP.

Today, in a decision the media is hailing as “historic,” the Pentagon is opening “all jobs in combat units” to women: Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Thursday that he is opening ...

Dr. Ashton Carter, is a nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense. Carter, a physicist and current chair of the International & Global ...

In one of his final acts as Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter is implementing plans to integrate the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) permanently into the Pentagon bureaucracy. Earlier this ...