New Pentagon chief
The
Senate on Thursday confirmed President Barack Obama's choice to run the
Pentagon, handing Ash Carter the unenviable task of steering the military as
the United States confronts Islamic State militants, conflict in Ukraine and
other worldwide threats.
The vote in the Republican-controlled Senate was 93-5.
Carter will replace Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator who had a rough
relationship with Obama's insular group of national security advisers.
Carter will be Obama's fourth defense secretary
in six years, joining a line of succession that began with Robert Gates and
included Leon Panetta and Hagel.
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