Though Congress temporarily averted a government shutdown this week, Defense Secretary Ash Carter is telling all Defense Department personnel to brace themselves for continued fiscal uncertainty. "While I'm glad that we have avoided the trauma of a shutdown and our department is able to operate today, I recognize that continued uncertainty about our fiscal situation is deeply dispiriting to you and your families," he wrote in an Oct. 1 DOD-wide memo . "In the near term, I expect this uncertainty...
