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Friday, December 5, 2014

New Defense Secretary and Nuclear Implications?


http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nuclear-weapons-military-hagel-20141114-story.html#page=1
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/defense-secretary-chuck-hagel-resigning/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/04/obama-ashton-carter-chuck-hagel-defense-secretary/19895589/

Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced an overhaul of management in nuclear force along with improvements and modernization of weapons and facilities on November 14. Ten days later, he resigned and this morning Obama announced his nomination of Ashton Carter as new Secretary of Defense. Carter was involved in nuclear management, disarmament both domestically and internationally as well as removal of nuclear materials from certain countries. It seems likely, in my opinion, for him to continue with this policy of reduction, especially with the Obama administration, and it is unclear whether Hagel's policy will be continued.

Rachel

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