Ashton Carter
United States Secretary of Defense
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Ashton Baldwin "Ash" Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American politician, military civillian official and academic. He was the United States Secretary of Defense from 2015 to 2017. He is also a physicist and a former Harvard University professor of Science and International Affairs. He was nominated by President Barack Obama, and confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 93–5, to replace Chuck Hagel as the US Secretary of Defense.
Ash Carter | |
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| 25th United States Secretary of Defense | |
| In office February 17, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Robert Work |
| Preceded by | Chuck Hagel |
| Succeeded by | James Mattis |
| United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
| In office October 6, 2011 – December 3, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William Lynn |
| Succeeded by | Christine Fox (Acting) |
| Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics | |
| In office April 27, 2009 – October 5, 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John Young |
| Succeeded by | Frank Kendall |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs | |
| In office June 30, 1993 – September 14, 1996 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Stephen Hadley |
| Succeeded by | Jack Crouch (2001) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ashton Baldwin Carter September 24, 1954 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 2022 (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Clayton Spencer (divorced) Stephanie DeLeeuw |
| Relations | Cynthia DeFelice (sister) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) St John's College, Oxford (MS, PhD) |
Carter died from a heart attack at his home in Boston, Massachusetts on October 24, 2022, one month after his 68th birthday.[2][3]
References
change- ↑ Cooper, Helene; Sanger, David E.; Landler, Mark (December 5, 2014). "In Ashton Carter, Nominee for Defense Secretary, a Change in Direction". The New York Times. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ↑ de Vries, Karl (October 25, 2022). "Ash Carter, former defense secretary under Obama, dies at 68". CNN. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ↑ Risen, Clay (October 25, 2022). "Ashton B. Carter, Defense Secretary Under Obama, Dies at 68". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
Other websites
change- Preventive Defense Project Archived 2017-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Ashton B. Carter Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine expert profile at the Belfer Center of Harvard University
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Collected columns at Foreign Affairs magazine
- Works by or about Ashton Carter in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Department of Defense biography
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