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Ashton B. Carter, PhD Biography |
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Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics |
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Pro to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
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"I believed it was safer to assume Saddam Hussein was trying to fulfill his long-demonstrated quest for WMD [Weapons of Mass Destruction] than to interpret the scanty intelligence available as evidence of a scanty WMD program. I still believe my judgment to support the invasion of Iraq was sound on the basis of the information available at the time."
Testimony before the US House Armed Services Committee Regarding Seven Steps to Overhaul Counterproliferation, Mar. 17, 2004
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Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement and Affiliations: |
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Apr. 27, 2009-present
Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1996-2009
Former Chair, International and Global Affairs Faculty, Harvard University
Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, 1996-2009
Member, International Security Advisory Board, Office of the Secretary of State, 2006-2008
Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism, 2001-2002
Member, Defense Policy Board, 1997-2001
Member, Defense Science Board, 1991-1993, 1997-2001
Co-chair, Catastrophic Terrorism Study Group, 1997
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, 1993-1996
Former Co-Chair, Review Panel on Future Directions for Defense Threat Reduction Agency Missions and Capabilities to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
Former Member, National Missile Defense White Team
Former Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on International Security and Arms Control
Former Senior Partner, Global Technology Partners
Former Member, Board of Trustees, MITRE Corporation
Two-time recipient, Department of Defense's Distinguished Service Medal (the highest award given by the Pentagon) |
| Education: |
PhD, Theoretical Physics, Oxford University
BA, summa cum laude, Medieval History and Physics, Yale University |
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None found |
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