Birth place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Birth name: Ashton Baldwin Carter
Father: William Stanley Carter, a psychiatrist and neurologist
Mother: Anne (Baldwin) Carter
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September 23, 2011 – The Senate unanimously confirms Carter as the deputy secretary of defense.
October 6, 2011-December 3, 2013 – Deputy Secretary of Defense
December 5, 2014 – President Barack Obama nominates Carter to succeed Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Hagel’s resignation was announced November 24, 2014.
February 12, 2015 – Is confirmed by the Senate, 93 to 5, to be the new Secretary of Defense.
