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Ash Carter

Ashton Baldwin Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School.

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Education
Yale University (BA) · St John's College, Oxford (DPhil)
Born
Ashton Baldwin Carter (1954-09-24)September 24, 1954 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Children
2
Deputy
Robert O. Work
Died
October 24, 2022(2022-10-24) (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Christopher Llewellyn Smith

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Early Department of Defense career

Secretary of Defense (2015–2017)

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Ash Carter

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Ash Carter

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related to External links · 10
Ash Carter → Belfer Center, C-SPANCollected, Carter, Defense, Foreign Affairs, Harvard UniversityAppearances, INSPIRE-HEP, June, Preventive Defense Project Archived, Wayback MachineAshton
Preceded by · 4
Ash Carter → Chuck Hagel, John J. Young Jr., Stephen Hadley, William J. Lynn III
Succeeded by · 4
Ash Carter → Christine Fox (acting), Frank Kendall III, Jack Dyer Crouch II (2001), Jim Mattis
Education · 2
Ash Carter → St John's College, Oxford (DPhil), Yale University (BA)
President · 2
Ash Carter → Barack Obama, Bill Clinton
Secretary · 2
Ash Carter → Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta
Spouses · 2
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Born · 1
Ash Carter → Ashton Baldwin Carter (1954-09-24)September 24, 1954 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Children · 1
Ash Carter → 2
Deputy · 1
Ash Carter → Robert O. Work

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Ash CarterBornAshton Baldwin Carter (1954-09-24)September 24, 1954 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.1.00infobox
Ash CarterChildren21.00infobox
Ash CarterDeputyRobert O. Work1.00infobox
Ash CarterDiedOctober 24, 2022(2022-10-24) (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.1.00infobox
Ash CarterDoctoral advisorChristopher Llewellyn Smith1.00infobox
Ash CarterEducationYale University (BA)1.00infobox
Ash CarterEducationSt John's College, Oxford (DPhil)1.00infobox
Ash CarterPartyDemocratic1.00infobox
Ash CarterPreceded byChuck Hagel1.00infobox
Ash CarterPreceded byWilliam J. Lynn III1.00infobox
Ash CarterPreceded byJohn J. Young Jr.1.00infobox
Ash CarterPreceded byStephen Hadley1.00infobox
Ash CarterPresidentBarack Obama1.00infobox
Ash CarterPresidentBill Clinton1.00infobox
Ash CarterRelationsCynthia DeFelice (sister)1.00infobox
Ash CarterSecretaryLeon Panetta1.00infobox
Ash CarterSecretaryChuck Hagel1.00infobox
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Ash CarterSpousesStephanie DeLeeuw1.00infobox
Ash CarterSucceeded byJim Mattis1.00infobox
Ash CarterSucceeded byChristine Fox (acting)1.00infobox
Ash CarterSucceeded byFrank Kendall III1.00infobox
Ash CarterSucceeded byJack Dyer Crouch II (2001)1.00infobox
Ash CarterThesisHard processes in perturbative QCD (1979)1.00infobox

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