He served as secretary of defense under former President Barack Obama from February 2015 to January 2017.
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter answers questions while talking with United States Navy personnel during a visit to the San Diego Naval Base, Feb. 3, 2016, in San Diego.Carter earned bachelor's degrees in physics and medieval history from Yale University and received his doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Carter served as the Pentagon's second-ranking official from 2011 to 2013, spent two years as the department's technology and weapons-buying chief and was assistant secretary of defense for international security policy during Bill Clinton's administration."Today we mourn the passing of former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and celebrate a leader who left America-and the world-safer through his lifetime of service.
"As president, I relied on Ash's strategic counsel as we invested in innovation and a stronger, smarter, more humane, and more effective military for the long term. Under his leadership, America accelerated its counterterrorism efforts, opened combat roles to women, modernized its weapons systems, and strengthened our alliances around the world.
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