Feb. 19, 2021 DOD Taking Steps to Prevent Sexual Assault, Extremism Sexual assault and extremism will not be tolerated in the Defense Department, and steps are being taken to ensure that, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said at a Pentagon press briefing.
Dec. 10, 2016 Carter: U.S. Will Deploy More Troops to Syria to Combat ISIL The United States will deploy approximately 200 additional forces to combat Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces in Syria, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said during his speech at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain.