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In Farewell Memo, Carter Outlines Eight Years Of Defense Department Accomplishments

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

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In Farewell Memo, Carter Outlines Eight Years Of Defense Department Accomplishments

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks by phone with Army 1st Lt. Shaye Haver and 1st Lt. Kristen Griest to congratulate the two for their recent graduation from the rigorous Army Ranger School.

In a lengthy 11th-hour memo to President Barack Obama, outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out an argument that the U.S. military is in better shape than it was eight years ago, but will require continued investment in modernization to maintain its superiority.“While the next Administration will continue to be challenged by an evolving security environment, I am confident that our military is up to the task of protecting our nation in the years ahead,” Carter wrote in the memo…

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