U.S. officials say the goal in Europe is to move increasingly from efforts to reassure allies to broader activity...

  The two sides would finalize the text of an agreement in coming weeks

  Washington has said it is willing to deploy advisors and attack helicopters to help Iraqi security forces retake Ramadi city, west of Baghdad...

  "Turkey has an enormous role to play," said Carter, on his first trip to Incirlik as defense secretary. "We appreciate what they're...

  "There's a lot of concern about Chinese behavior out here," Carter said aboard the ship.

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  The Pentagon chief will also pay a courtesy visit to the General Secretary of Vietnamese Communist Party as well as the...

  "It is unclear how much farther China will go. That is why this stretch of water has become the source of tension...

 

  Ashton Carter on Wednesday underscored his determination to boost the US defense budget.

US President Barack Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has told a Senate committee, "we need partners on the ground...