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February 26, 2009

Obama Nominates Weapons Critic for Pentagon Post
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President Obama has nominated an arms control scholar to serve as the
new chief weapons buyer at the Pentagon. Harvard professor Ashton Carter
would oversee hundreds of billions of dollars in weapons spending.
Carter has no professional ties to US weapons manufacturers. He is in
fact known for publicly criticizing the Pentagon for unnecessary
procurements.



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