Ashton Carter named new US defense chief, India-US ties likely to get a boost

SOURCE: IANS President Barack Obama Friday named Ashton Carter, a former Pentagon second-in command, who once described India as destined to be America’s security partner, as his new defense secretary in place of ousted Chuck Hagel. Announcing the nomination of the Rhodes Scholar, with a doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University and a degree […]



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