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CNN: Ashton Carter Expected as Next Defense Secretary

By Chris Riback
Posted December 2, 2014 at 9:25am

CNN is reporting: “Ashton Carter will be Obama’s choice as secretary of defense, barring last-minute complications, administration officials tell CNN.”

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