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With New Tech Initiatives, Carter Hopes to Bridge Culture Gap Between Silicon Valley and Pentagon

Valerie Insinna

Monday, March 7th, 2016

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With New Tech Initiatives, Carter Hopes to Bridge Culture Gap Between Silicon Valley and Pentagon

SAN FRANCISCO and SEATTLE—Galvanize, a meeting place for emerging tech startups in San Francisco, isn’t the type of place one would expect to find the head of the Pentagon and his posse of business-suited officials. The hipster chic campus is populated with young, multicultural entrepreneurs, who sip coffee brewed by an in-house barista while working on their laptops at butcher’s block tables.Yet on March 1, that’s where Defense Secretary Ashton Carter met with five business leaders eager to pitch their…

Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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Congress

Dem Lawmakers Want To Codify Trump’s Push For More Defense Contractor Accountability

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