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Obama Nominates Ashton Carter for Defense Secretary (Full Speech)

By JM Rieger

Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

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President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Ashton Carter to be the next Secretary of Defense at a Friday morning news conference from the White House Roosevelt Room.

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