As Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth is grilled ... with no military service. Secretary Ash Carter was an Obama appointee with a background as a physicist and bureaucrat, but no service ...

Trump’s order to push out transgender troops, issued late Monday night, was instantly condemned by an array of activist ...

Then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter took a different view in 2016 when he ended the ban on transgender troops, calling transgender service members "talented and trained Americans who are serving ...

In 2015, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter broached the idea of lifting the ban on transgender troops and allowing them to serve openly, which raised concerns among military leaders. He set up a ...

In 2015, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter broached the idea of lifting the ban on transgender troops and allowing them to serve openly, which raised concerns among military leaders. He set up a ...

Trans people have joined the military and served openly since then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter lifted a true ban on open transgender service members in 2016. But from April 2019 to January 2021 ...

pointing to Democratic presidents’ defense secretary nominees. “Sen. [Chuck] Hagel was afforded three rounds. Ash Carter, two rounds. And that was done by a Republican chairman with the ...

This isn't the first time In 2015, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter broached the idea of lifting the ban on transgender troops and allowing them to serve openly, which raised concerns among ...