Ashton Carter
 Ashton Carter    ( academic, spook?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Ashton Baldwin Carter September 24, 1954 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 24, 2022 (Age 68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • Edinburgh University • Yale University • Oxford University • Rockefeller University • MIT Center for International Studies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | • Ava • Will | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Clayton Spencer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Aspen/Strategy Group, Atlantic Council/Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Center for a New American Security, Council on Foreign Relations/Members A-D, Rhodes Scholar/1976, Trilateral Commission | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests |  “terrorism” | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Democratic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Cynthia DeFelice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former US Secretary of Defense
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Ashton Carter was a former United States Secretary of Defense.
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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.
A Publication by Ashton Carter
| Title | Publication type | Publication date | Description |
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| Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age | Wikispooks Page | October 2002 | Actively and enthusiastically lobbying for more government spending on information technology...the increased expenditures and bureaucratic 'reforms' advocated are extremely beneficial to private contractors, which happen to be the people who wrote the reports. |
An appointment by Ashton Carter
| Appointee | Job | Appointed |
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| James H. Baker | Office of Net Assessment/Director | 13 May 2015 |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Barack Obama/Presidency | 20 January 2009 | 20 January 2017 | The Barack Obama administration | |
| Munich Security Conference/2009 | 2009 | 2009 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 45th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2013 | 1 February 2013 | 3 February 2013 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 49th Munich Security Conference |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2016 | 20 January 2016 | 23 January 2016 | Switzerland WEF | Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values". |
