Defense Secretary Ash Carter "strongly objects" to House legislation that would require the elevation of U.S. Cyber Command to its own unified command. In a July 13 letter detailing a number of "significant concerns" with the House and Senate versions of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill, Carter stressed that it should be left to defense leaders to determine whether CYBERCOM should stand as its own command. "The secretary of defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
