Early Department of Defense career Ash Carter

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from left, carter, defense secretary leon e. panetta, , president barack obama in 2012



carter arrives in herat, afghanistan, in 2013


from 1993 1996, carter served assistant secretary of defense international security policy during president clinton s first term. responsible strategic affairs, including dealing threat of weapons of mass destruction elsewhere in world, nuclear weapons policy (including overseeing u.s. nuclear arsenal , missile defenses), 1994 nuclear posture review, agreed framework signed in 1994 froze north korea s plutonium-producing nuclear reactor program, 1995 extension of nuclear nonproliferation treaty, negotiation of 1996 comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty, , multibillion-dollar nunn-lugar cooperative threat reduction program , project sapphire removed nuclear weapons ukraine, kazakhstan, , belarus. carter directed military planning during 1994 crisis on north korea s nuclear weapons program. responsible dealing establishment of defense , intelligence relationships former soviet countries in wake of collapse of soviet union , nuclear arsenal, , chairman of nato’s high level group. responsible counter proliferation initiative, control of sensitive exports, , negotiations led deployment of russian troops part of bosnia peace plan implementation force.


from april 2009 october 2011, carter under secretary of defense acquisition, technology, , logistics, responsibility dod s procurement reform , innovation agenda , completion of procurements such kc-46 tanker. led development , production of thousands of mine-resistant ambush protected (mrap) vehicles, , other acquisitions. instituted better buying power , seeking smarter , leaner purchasing. october 2011 december 2013, carter deputy secretary of defense, serving dod’s chief operating officer, overseeing department s annual budget , 3 million civilian , military personnel, steering strategy , budget through sequester, , directing reform of dod s national security export controls. confirmed senate voice vote both positions.


in april 4, 2013, speech, affirmed shift asia initiative of president obama priority not affected budget sequestration in 2013. carter noted shift asia principally economic matter new security implications. india, australia, , new zealand mentioned forthcoming security partners. pentagon arms-control responsibilities included matters involving start ii, abm, cfe, , other arms-control treaties.








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