Statement by Secretary Hagel on Deputy Secretary Carter’s Decision to Step Down

by Gary Kopycinski on October 10, 2013

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. Earlier today, I met with Ash Carter and reluctantly accepted his decision to step down as Deputy Secretary of Defense on Dec. 4, after more than four and a half years of continuous service to the Department of Defense.