Late Pentagon chief Ash Carter to be honored at service

By TARA COPP
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and other past and present U.S. officials are honoring the late defense secretary, Ash Carter, who opened the way for women to fight in combat and for transgendered personnel to serve. A memorial service is set for Carter on Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. Carter was 68 when he died in October of a heart attack. He served as defense secretary under President Barack Obama from February 2015 to January 2017.  He had a variety of other roles during a 35-year career at the Pentagon.