Ashton Carter
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.
Carter died from a heart attack at his home in Boston, Massachusetts on October 24, 2022, one month after his 68th birthday.[2][3]
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From left, Carter, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and President Barack Obama in 2012
Carter arrives in Herat, Afghanistan, in 2013
Carter's official portrait
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Vice President Joe Biden swears in Ash Carter as the 25th defense secretary as Carter's wife, Stephanie, looks on during a private ceremony at the White House.
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Carter meeting with Mohammed bin Salman and his advisor Ahmad Asiri in 2016
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Carter departing from the Pentagon on his last day in office
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Carter at the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea
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Carter, William Perry and former secretary of state George Shultz, October 12, 2012
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Carter meeting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, July 21, 2015
References
- ↑ 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. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/25/politics/ashton-carter-dies/index.html. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ↑ Risen, Clay (October 25, 2022). Ashton B. Carter, Defense Secretary Under Obama, Dies at 68. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/us/ashton-b-carter-dead.html. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
Other websites
- 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