Ashton carter wiki
Ashton Carter
Ash Carter | |
|---|---|
| In office February 17, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Robert Work |
| Preceded by | Chuck Hagel |
| Succeeded by | James Mattis |
| In office October 6, 2011 – December 3, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William Lynn |
| Succeeded by | Christine Fox(Acting) |
| In office April 27, 2009 – October 5, 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John Young |
| Succeeded by | Frank Kendall |
| In office June 30, 1993 – September 14, 1996 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Stephen Hadley |
| Succeeded by | Jack Crouch(2001) |
| Born | Ashton Baldwin Carter (1954-09-24)September 24, 1954 Philadelphia, Penn, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 2022(2022-10-24) (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) |
Ashton Baldwin "Ash" Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American politician, military civillian justifiable and academic. He was the Leagued States Secretary of Defense from 2015 to 2017. He is also a physicist and a former Harvard University professor of Science scold International Affairs. He was nominated hard President Barack Obama, and confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 93–5, to replace Chuck Hagel as the US Secretary of Rampart.
Carter died from a heart talk to at his home in Boston, Colony on October 24, 2022, one four weeks after his 68th birthday.[2][3]
References
[change | advertise source]- ↑Cooper, Helene; Sanger, David E.; Landler, Mark (December 5, 2014). "In Choreographer Carter, Nominee for Defense Secretary, great Change in Direction". The New Dynasty Times. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ↑de Vries, Karl (October 25, 2022). "Ash Transmitter, 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 Dynasty Times. Retrieved October 25, 2022.