In the senate today. Welcome. Sec. Carter good to be here. Charlie we have done these conversations in office and out of office. I appreciate you coming by. The time you have been secretary of state, tell me what you set out to do and what you believe you have accomplished. What was your highest agenda . Sec. Carter in the here and now, it was to put us on a path with respect to the principal dangers that we face today, which are first and foremost isil and put together the Campaign Plan that you now see unfolding towards the destruction of isil. Toond, a strategic approach russia and possible russian aggression, iran, north korea, china. Those are our principle here and now problems and put together a strategic approach and get us on the path. The other thing is that if you were secretary of defense, your other jobs to make sure that your successor and your successors successor had what i had, which is the finest fighting force the world has ever known. I have inherited that from deca
Violent act, the expectation is that that inoperation will also go down. That will make us safer. As well. The secretary of he fence ash carter for the hour, next. Funding for charlie rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose ash cart certificate here, is he the outgoing secretary of defense, president obama appointed him in december 2014. The role marks a capstone to a decades long career at the pentagon which began during the cold war extending into the cyberage. He has served 11 secretaries of defense in both democratic and ep can administrations. He was a washedded the Defense Intelligence metal in the departments distinguished service petal five times. Confirmation hears for general james mattis to succeed him took place today in front of the Armed Services committee. Im
Violent act, the expectation is that that inoperation will also go down. That will make us safer. As well. The secretary of he fence ash carter for the hour, next. Funding for charlie rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose ash cart certificate here, is he the outgoing secretary of defense, president obama appointed him in december 2014. The role marks a capstone to a decades long career at the pentagon which began during the cold war extending into the cyberage. He has served 11 secretaries of defense in both democratic and ep can administrations. He was a washedded the Defense Intelligence metal in the departments distinguished service petal five times. Confirmation hears for general james mattis to succeed him took place today in front of the Armed Services committee. Im
Succeed him started in the senate today. Welcome. Sec. Carter good to be here. Charlie we have done these conversations in office and out of office. I appreciate you coming by. From the time you have been secretary of defense tell me , what you set out to do and what you believe you have accomplished. What was your highest agenda . Sec. Carter in the here and now, it was to put us on a path with respect to the principal dangers that we face today, which are first and foremost isil and put together the Campaign Plan that you now see unfolding towards the destruction of isil. Second, a strategic approach to russia and possible russian aggression, iran, north korea, china. Those are our principle here and now problems and put together a strategic approach and get us on the path. The other thing is that if you were secretary of defense, your other jobs to make sure that your successor and your successors successor had what i had, which is the finest fighting force the world has ever known.
This table. Welcome. Sec. Carter thanks. Good to be here. Charlie we have done these conversations in office and out of office. I appreciate you coming by. From the time you have been secretary of defense, tell me what you set out to do and what you believe you have accomplished . What was your highest agenda . Sec. Carter well, in the here and now, it was to put us on a path with respect to the principal dangers that we face today, which are first and foremost isil and put together , the Campaign Plan that you now see unfolding towards the destruction of isil. Charlie it and we will discuss that. Secretary carter second, a strategic approach to russia and possible russian aggression, iran, north korea, china. Those are our principle here and now problems and put together a strategic approach and get us on the path. The other thing is that if you are secretary of defense your , other jobs are to make sure that your successor and your successors successor had what i had, which is the fi