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In 2015, Carter ordered the military to open all jobs to women, removing the final barriers that kept women from serving in combat.
Ash Carter announced the lifting of the ban during the Obama administration in 2016. It has since been reimposed by Trump.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has responded to allegations of inappropriate touching in a new video online.
Carter, who is married to Ash Carter, said Biden was "offering his support" in a 2015 photo showing his hands on her shoulders and whispering into her ear.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Some debts may be forgiven. Others won't.
Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, also known as Haji Iman and Abu Alaa al-Afri, was a veteran jihadist with a bounty of $7 million on his head.
She's poised to become the first woman ever to lead a combatant command.
Ash Carter told reporters that the reserve force's cyber squadrons could play a larger role.
Militants have lost 40 percent of the territory they once held in Iraq, and 20 percent of their territory in Syria.
