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Ashton B. Carter

Ashton B. Carter

Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Former Chair of International & Global Affairs faculty, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (1993–1996), U.S. Department of Defense

Member of the Board (on leave), Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (April 2009–October 2011)

 

 

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Testimony (continued)

February 4, 2003

Three Crises with North Korea

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

 

 

August 1, 2002

Arms Control and Nuclear Terrorism: A Global Coalition Against Catastrophic Terrorism

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT).

 

 

June 26, 2002

Roles for the White House and the New Department

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on what intelligence needs of the new Department of Homeland Security will be.

 

 

April 10, 2002

Ashton B. Carter on Homeland Security (The Architecture of Government in the Face of Terrorism)

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before Senate Appropriations Committee on homeland security

 

 

March 30, 2000

Countering Proliferation

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

 

 

March 21, 2000

The Perils of Complacency: Adapting U.S. Defense to Future Needs

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.

 

 

1993

Export Control Reform in High Technology

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Testimony by Dr. Ashton B. Carter

 

 

December 14, 1991

Actions to Reduce the Nuclear Danger in the Former Soviet Union

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Testimony by Dr. Ashton B. Carter

 

 

February 28, 1989

The Relationship Between the Defense and Commercial Technology Bases

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Testimony by Dr. Ashton B. Carter

 

June 27, 2005

Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Transcript

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy, Timothy Roemer, Senator Sam Nunn, Leonard Spector and Steven Brill

9/11 Public Discourse Project holds panel discussion on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

 

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