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Obama considering Ashton Carter, others for next defense secretary
Source: Reuters
Obama considering Ashton Carter, others for next defense secretary
WASHINGTON Mon Dec 1, 2014 5:08pm EST
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama is considering a variety of high-profile figures as his candidate to be the next U.S. defense secretary and replace the resigning Chuck Hagel, administration sources said on Monday.
He is working from a list that includes former Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who is widely seen as the front-runner after former defense official Michele Flournoy unexpectedly dropped out of contention last week.
Carter served as deputy defense secretary from October 2011 to December 2013 and was the Pentagon's chief arms buyer before that. He has a reputation for being sharp and effective grappling with the Pentagon's sprawling bureaucracy but is not well known outside defense circles.
Among others believed to be under active consideration are current Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, a former general counsel at the Pentagon; former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig and Kurt Campbell, a former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs who now heads the Asia Group, a strategy and capitol advisory group.
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WASHINGTON Mon Dec 1, 2014 5:08pm EST
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama is considering a variety of high-profile figures as his candidate to be the next U.S. defense secretary and replace the resigning Chuck Hagel, administration sources said on Monday.
He is working from a list that includes former Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who is widely seen as the front-runner after former defense official Michele Flournoy unexpectedly dropped out of contention last week.
Carter served as deputy defense secretary from October 2011 to December 2013 and was the Pentagon's chief arms buyer before that. He has a reputation for being sharp and effective grappling with the Pentagon's sprawling bureaucracy but is not well known outside defense circles.
Among others believed to be under active consideration are current Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, a former general counsel at the Pentagon; former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig and Kurt Campbell, a former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs who now heads the Asia Group, a strategy and capitol advisory group.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/us-usa-defense-obama-idUSKCN0JF3B520141201
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