President Donald Trump has directed the interim leader of the U.S. Department of Education’s federal student aid office to serve as acting secretary of education until the U.S. Senate confirms his ...

Ash Carter, who as defense secretary in the final two years of the Obama administration opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the military, has died at ...

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Tennessee’s secretary of state and several state lawmakers were in Carter County Friday to mark an addition to the county’s election commission. Secretary of State Tre ...

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced Oct. 10 that Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter will step down December 4. Carter has served in senior Defense Department positions since the start of the ...

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WASHINGTON — Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense in the final two years of the Obama administration and opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in ...

(WASHINGTON) — A senior military advisor to Defense Secretary Ash Carter was removed from his position amid allegations of misconduct, the DOD said Thursday. In a statement, Carter said he was ...