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Obama nominates Ashton Carter as secretary of defense | |
(about 20 hours later) | |
President Obama nominated a new defense chief on Friday to replace Chuck Hagel, who is departing the Pentagon as the United States expands its fight against Islamic State militants in the Middle East. | |
The nominee, Ashton B. Carter, is a physicist and former academic who previously served as the Pentagon’s second-highest ranking official. | |
In making the announcement, Obama listed the array of challenges including battling the Islamic State militants, confronting cyber-terrorism and using military resources to help control the spread of Ebola. | |
Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, announced that he would depart the Pentagon following weeks of speculation about a rift between the Pentagon leadership and the White House. Hagel, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam war, took over in early 2013 charged with reforming the Pentagon budget and ushering the U.S. military out of a dozen years of war. | Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, announced that he would depart the Pentagon following weeks of speculation about a rift between the Pentagon leadership and the White House. Hagel, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam war, took over in early 2013 charged with reforming the Pentagon budget and ushering the U.S. military out of a dozen years of war. |
But senior officials indicated that Obama wanted a change as the U.S. military broadens its operations in Iraq and Syria against the extremist group that captured a wide swath of territory in both countries. | |
Senior lawmakers have indicated their support for Carter, 60, who as deputy defense secretary oversaw the massive Pentagon budget and its weapons procurement. |
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