Ashton Carter Quotes

• I think it's important to America's future and to the future of the American dream and our people and the unity and purpose and cohesion of our society that everybody feel like the pace of change isn't just dizzying, but it can work for them and not against them.

  Ashton Carter

  Dream, Thinking, America

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• In strategic affairs, clarity and consistency are very important.

  Ashton Carter

  Consistency, Important, Clarity

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• Effective immediately, transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for being transgender.

  Ashton Carter

  Military, May, Transgender

  "Transgender Service Members Can Now Serve Openly, Carter Announces" by Terri Moon Cronk, www.defense.gov. June 30, 2016.

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• We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.

  Ashton Carter

  Friendship, Country, Peace

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• I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature. And that is very difficult to align with strategically.

  Ashton Carter

  Thinking, United States, Putin

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• We have for decades now, and I've dealt with the Russians for 35 years, we have from time to time been able to, even though we have different interests, to align them. That alignment has become more and more difficult under Putin. You see that in Ukraine, you see it in the Middle East. To an extent where he actually defines Russian success as thwarting the United States.

  Ashton Carter

  Ukraine, Years, Middle East

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• It's too low, and if Europe wants to be a force in the world it needs to be more than a moral and political and economic force, which Europe is because it shares many of our values and demonstrates them around the world. But it has to have the military power that goes with that as well.

  Ashton Carter

  Military, Europe, Political

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• I came up during the cold war, and during the cold war it was always possible with the then Soviet Union - the Russian leaders behaved carefully and predictably. They didn't engage in nuclear saber rattling. They were able to work with us and align their interests where possible.

  Ashton Carter

  War, Leader, Nuclear

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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