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Former US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter dies at the age of 68

2022-10-26 08:06:02Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Former US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter dies at the age of 68
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Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who in his last two years in the Obama administration opened the door for women to participate in combat operations and ended the ban on transgender people serving in the military, has died at the age of 68.

Mr. Carter died of a heart attack Monday evening, according to a statement released Tuesday by Douglas Elmendorf, dean of Harvard University's Kennedy School. Mr. Carter had served as director of the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Before Mr. Carter was appointed secretary of the Defense Department, he served in President Barack Obama's administration as the chief procurement officer while overseeing the department's efforts to bring more than 24,000 mine countermeasures vehicles to Iraq and Afghanistan.

At the time, thousands of American troops were being maimed or killed by roadside bombs because the vehicles they were using did not have adequate protection. Mr. Carter often cited the rapid development and procurement of these vehicles as one of his major accomplishments.

In December 2015, after three years of study and debate, Mr. Carter ordered the military to open all jobs to women, removing the final barriers to women serving in combat, including the more dangerous and grueling commando posts.

A year later, Mr. Carter ended the ban on transgender troops serving in the US military, saying it was the right thing to do.

"Americans who want to serve and can meet our standards should be given the opportunity to compete to do so," Mr. Carter said in June 2016, laying out a year-long plan to implement the change.

Ash Carter, born in Philadelphia, served as the 25th Secretary of Defense and “nothing gave him more pleasure than spending time with the troops, making frequent trips to Iraq and Afghanistan to visit American forces with his wife his Stephanie," his family said in a statement. “Carter always put politics aside; he served presidents of both parties in five administrations."


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