Ashton Carter
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| Born | Ashton Baldwin Carter September 24, 1954 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 2022 |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh University, Yale University, Oxford University, Rockefeller University, MIT Center for International Studies |
| Children | Ava, Will |
| Spouse | Clayton Spencer |
| Interests | terrorism |
| Party | Democratic |
| Relatives | Cynthia DeFelice |
Former US Secretary of Defense | |
Ashton Carter was a former United States Secretary of Defense.
Career
He was a senior partner at Global Technology Partners and an affiliate of Rothschild North America.[1]
In August 2015, The Guardian reported that "Pentagon chief Ashton Carter, backed by powerful US military officers, have withheld support for sending [Shaker] Aamer back to the UK."[2]
In October 2015, announcing the award to Northrop Grumman of the contract to build a fleet of stealthy planes known as the Long Range Strike Bomber, valued at nearly $60 billion, Ashton B. Carter said the program represents a “technological leap” that will allow the United States to “remain dominant.”[3]
Publications
He co-authored "Catastrophic Terrorism: A National Policy" with Philip Zelikow and John Deutch.