Washington, October 25 (Reuters) – According to a statement released by his family on Tuesday, Ash Carter, a former defence secretary for the United States under President Obama, passed away late on Monday at the age of 68 from a sudden cardiac attack.
Carter, a longtime defence expert who gradually rose to the top position at the Pentagon, assisted in overseeing the implementation of a military strategy that would eventually be used to drive out the Islamic State from Syria and Iraq.
Carter abolished a ban on openly serving transgender service members and opened up all military positions to women. He was quite critical of Donald Trump’s decision to reinstate the ban in 2017.
At the time, Carter declared, “To choose service members based on criteria other than military credentials is social policy and has no place in our military.
Carter was as the Pentagon’s chief operating officer and deputy defence secretary before being appointed defence secretary in 2015. When he handled a significant reworking of the F-35 fighter jet programme from 2009 to 2011, he also oversaw the Defense Department’s acquisition of weaponry.
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In the statement from his family, they noted that Carter “always put politics aside; he served presidents of both parties over five administrations, holding different posts inside the Department of Defense.”
Carter received his doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University, and on at least one occasion, he even addressed the media in another country regarding black holes. He was viewed less as a politician and more as a technocrat inside the Pentagon.
He attempted, with varying degrees of success, to close the enormous gap that existed between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon in order to quickly introduce technology advancements to the Defense Department.
Carter was a “man of great integrity,” according to a statement from Vice President Joe Biden.
Above all, Ash recognised the sacred duty we owe to our service troops, veterans, and their families, according to Biden.
Carter’s “insights and viewpoints will be impossible to replace and his humour and compassion for the military greatly missed,” according to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a statement.
Carter’s advice, according to former president Barack Obama, helped make the military “stronger, smarter, more humane, and more effective.”
Obama stated in a statement that “Ash’s greatest legacy, though, maybe the generations of younger leaders he trained, mentored, and motivated to safeguard our nation and exercise authority responsibly.”
Carter oversaw the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School after leaving the public sector.
His spouse Stephanie, as well as his kids Will and Ava, survive him.
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