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US Senate Approves Ashton Carter as New Pentagon Chief

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Ashton Carter as President Barack Obama's next secretary of defense. Carter, 60, served as deputy defense secretary, the Pentagon's No. 2 position, from 2011-2013. He was also the Defense Department's chief weapons buyer from 2009-2011 when he led a major restructuring of the F-35 fighter jet program. At his confirmation hearing on February 4, Carter underscored his determination to boost the U.S. defense budget, drive down the...

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