i'm grateful being joined by bryan bender. a bunch of you know him. he came from "politico" from "the boston herald." he was "jane's defence weekly" as global peacekeeping correspondent. how did that work out? >> i wish there were more peace-keeping operations. >> and bryan is also on the board of the military reports and editors association. we're very honored to have with us today secretary of defense ashton carter who just told me has worked directly for seven secretaries of defense including both republicans and democrats. he has worked in 11 administrations and came back as the boss. someone who has negotiated with our enemies. has written or cowritten 11 books, when he was at yale. he probably enjoyed the upset yesterday. degrees in astro physics, medieval history. >> medieval history, i like to know what the secretary you how much that comes in handy these days. >> i want to thank john collingwood, and bank of america. they made breakfast, lunches, cocktail snacks across the country many years. we appreciate the bank for this tremendous partner

. >> so i thank bryan bender for the great team he leads at "politico." including austin wright. thank the secretary's team, thank you for the hard work for this event. our "politico" events colleagues pull off amazing week including with laura bush this week. we thank all of you in live stream audience for joining us. thank john come link word and colleagues at bank america. and thank all of you for joining and mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, mike. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> "deadliest catch," huh? >> yeah. [inaudible conversations]. ♪ >> as director of military and veterans affairs at university of toledo here in ohio, many veterans come talk in who they want to vote for. regardless voting democrat or republican it is your civic duty to get out and vote. many things are at stake with the election, get out, do your research and vote for the can diet that best supports your causes and future of the nation. >> my name is todd, toledo, ohio, i'm supporting bernie sanders. i feel he is one of the most important candidates in the field right now. he is

i am joined by bryan bender. a bunch of you know him. he came to politico from the boston globe. he has known secretary carter going back to the 1990's. how did that work out? brian: i wish it was a more peacekeeping operation. we are honored to have with us today secretary of defense ashton carter who told me he has worked directly for seven secretaries of defense including republicans and democrats. he has worked in 11 administrations and came back as the boss. someone who has negotiated with our enemies, has written or co-written 11 books when he was at yale, enjoy the upset astrophysics and medieval history. comes in handy these days. before we kick off we want to thank bank of america and john collingwood for these conversations. they have moved the -- made the food possible. we appreciate the bank for this tremendous partnership making these conversations with the most fascinating and important people in washington and our country. -- possible. thanks to you and your colleagues. we want to remind all of you, we have the twitter machine here so please tweet your questions at