The mission is compelling

At the Pentagon, Carter looks to a bygone era as a way to the future

…In a speech Thursday at Stanford University, Carter recalled the 1940s “when the Manhattan Project, the MIT Radiation Laboratory and others brought together the brightest minds, and the best of industry cranked out ships, planes and tanks,” and he remembered the Cold War “when a cross-section of military, academic and private-sector experts paved the way to a future of precision-guided munitions, battle networks and stealth.”