Yemen News. News |gulf |yemen | Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Gulf, GCC and Middle East News, Latest Breaking News, News, Analysis, and Opinion. Yemen news, all the latest and breaking Yemen news. Yemen Times. The Long War Journal. Yemen 123 NEWS. Critical Threats | Critical Threats. Presse Yemen. Saba Net. Ashton Carter. Ashton Baldwin "Ash" Carter (born on September 24, 1954) is a physicist and United States Department of Defense official who was nominated by President Barack Obama on December 5, 2014 to replace Chuck Hagel as the United States Secretary of Defense.[1] He was deputy secretary of defense from October 2011 to December 2013, serving as the DOD’s chief operating officer overseeing more than $600 billion per year and 2.4 million civilian and military personnel, and managing global 24/7 operations. From April 2009 to October 2011, he was undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics with responsibility for procurement of all technology, systems, services, and supplies, bases and infrastructure, energy and environment, and more than $50 billion annually in R&D.
Previously, Carter was a senior partner of Global Technology Partners focused on advising investment firms in technology and defense, and an advisor to Goldman Sachs on global affairs. Early life[edit] Works[edit]