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Associated Press: Ash Carter says ‘clear ambition’ by Russia to erode world order

By Associated Press.

Published Sept. 7, 2016 at 3:16 pm

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter listens on a translation headset to Ukraine's Minister of Defense Colonel-General Stepan Poltorak as they conduct a press conference at the Pentagon September 24, 2015, in Washington, DC.

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OXFORD, England - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is strongly criticizing Russia for what he says is Moscow's "clear ambition to erode the principled international order" through coercion and aggression.

Carter used a speech on Sept. 7 to students at Oxford University to blast what he calls Russia’s “unprofessional behavior” in Ukraine, Syria and cyberspace. He’s accusing Moscow of nuclear “saber rattling.”