Effective immediately, transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for…

- Ashton Carter

In strategic affairs, clarity and consistency are very important.

- Ashton Carter

I came up during the cold war, and during the cold war it was always possible with the then Soviet Union - the Russian leaders behaved carefully and …

- Ashton Carter

I think it's important to America's future and to the future of the American dream and our people and the unity and purpose and cohesion of our socie…

- Ashton Carter

We have for decades now, and I've dealt with the Russians for 35 years, we have from time to time been able to, even though we have different interes…

- Ashton Carter

It's too low, and if Europe wants to be a force in the world it needs to be more than a moral and political and economic force, which Europe is becau…

- Ashton Carter

We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.

- Ashton Carter

I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature. And th…

- Ashton Carter