New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) again met today under the Chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Ajit Seth and took stock of the situation of Jammu and Kashmir floods. The Committee also reviewed the relief and rehabilitation activities being undertaken by the State authorities as well as the assistance being provided by […]
Carter meets NATO Secretary General at the Pentagon, less than a week after massive war games near Russian border
On March 26, 2015 Secretary Ashton Carter met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon to discuss critical transatlantic security issues, including Russian actions and reactions in Ukraine and the status of NATO assurance activities, instability in North Africa and the Middle East, and allied efforts in Afghanistan. This was Secretary Carter’s first […]
“We need to be open to a younger generation”, says Secretary of Defense Carter
On March 13, 2015 , Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter gave a rather interesting speech to the U.S. Cyber Command Workforce at Fort Meade, Maryland, where he talked briefly about a “new” and “younger” generation of cyber warriors to defend computer networks in the future. His relevant comments are as follows: “We need to be open to a […]
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on building the force of the future
On March 4, 2015 Secretary Ashton Carter gave testimony before members of the US House Subcommittee on Defense, chaired by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen. Here is some of what the secretary had to say about building “the force of the future”: ” Assuming the Congress funds the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget and averts sequestration, we have the […]
“As Secretary of Defense, I will not send our troops into a fight with outdated equipment, inadequate readiness, or ineffective doctrine”, warns Carter
On March 3, 2015 Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter gave testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee about the direction of the US military going forward. Some of his comments were as follows: “As Secretary of Defense, I will not send our troops into a fight with outdated equipment, inadequate readiness, or ineffective doctrine. But everything […]
US Treasury Secretary hands off report to Congress on Ukraine
A look at some of the letters coming into US House of Representative on Friday, February 20, 2015, one in particular caught my attention. It pertains to the submitting of a report by the Secretary of the US Department of Treasury to Congress, specifically the Committee on Foreign Affairs, under sub section 401(c) of the […]
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