President Barack Obama Friday nominated Ash Carter to succeed Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary, capping a week of uncertainty about who will fill one of the administration’s most powerful posts and setting the stage for a high-profile confirmation hearing that Republicans will use to criticize the White House’s foreign policy strategies.
Carter, 60, with degrees in theoretical physicist and medieval history, has worked at the Pentagon in several roles including as the top weapons buyer and the deputy defense secretary in the Obama administration. He previously served as an arms-control expert at the Defense Department during the Clinton administration. …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
