Carter has emerged as President Barack Obama’s top candidate to become the next defense secretary. From left to right: John Kerry, Barack Obama, Ashton Carter (Source: AP)
The experiences that Ashton Carter would bring to the job of U.S. Secretary of Defense are vastly different from Chuck Hagel’s in several important ways, starting with the fact that Carter is an academic and a policy wonk.
How Carter would pursue President Barack Obama’s defense agenda — or use his influence to bend it in new directions — is less obvious.
Obama was to announce Friday that he will nominate Carter as Hagel’s successor. Carter …read more
Source: The Indian Express
