The Pentagon, in conjunction with the State and Commerce departments, must continue to seek a better export-control system despite inaction from members of Congress, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said today. Lamenting what he called a very slow export-approval process that involves a variety of government agencies in addition to the Defense Department, Carter told an audience at the Air Force Association's annual conference this morning that the system must be overhauled -- something that cannot be done without help...
