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In R.I., US defense secretary Carter calls for faster technology development

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday that a naval facility in Rhode Island is doing what the entire Defense Department should do: develop technology more quickly. Carter made the comments about the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport after he visited the center

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Crusading former Pentagon chief says nuke danger is growing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Late in a life lived unnervingly near the nuclear abyss, William J. Perry is on a mission to warn of a "real and growing danger" of nuclear doom. The 88-year-old former defense secretary is troubled by the risks of catastrophe from the very weapons he helped