Senate Panel Unanimously Approves Ashton Carter As Defense Chief
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Source: UPI
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved former Pentagon official Ashton Carter as the new Secretary of Defense on Tuesday.
The 25-0 vote indicates President Barack Obama's pick to replace Chuck Hagel isn't likely to encounter resistance from Republicans when the full Senate votes on his nomination.
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During last week's confirmation hearings, Carter told the Senate panel cuts to the Defense Department budget are "risky" because they imply diminished U.S. projection of power overseas.
"Sequester is risky to our defense, it introduces turbulence and uncertainty that are wasteful, and it conveys a misleadingly diminished picture of our power in the eyes of friends and foes alike," Carter said during the first day of his confirmation hearing.
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