Secretary of Defense Announces How He'll Waste $582 BillionSam Biddle2/02/16 5:45pm35026EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkYou hear that? It’s the sound of 582 billion dollar bills falling down an infinitely deep hole, as narrated by your Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter. Yes, his name’s Ash. And yes, he’s going to spend a couple billion defending outer space from ISIS.