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SUMMARY:Department in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Secre
 tary of Defense Nominee Ashton Carter
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by\n\nWith President Obama nominating Ashton Carter\,
  a former Deputy Secretary of Defense\, for the top job at the Pentagon\, 
 the Department of Defense (DoD) is at a crossroads. Carter\, slated to bec
 ome President Obama’s fourth Secretary of Defense\, will face a number o
 f institutional and national security challenges – all of which will req
 uire him to draw from his vast experience in the department. Obvious objec
 tives will include the formulation of a more effective strategy against IS
 IS\, a determination on how to counter a revanchist Russia\, tackling elem
 ents of defense reform\, and the restoration of budgets that are consisten
 t with the unpredictable strategic operating environment in which U.S. for
 ces find themselves.\n\nJoin us for a discussion of the defense and foreig
 n policy issues that Ashton Carter is sure to face as Secretary of Defense
  and what to look for during his confirmation hearing.\n\nMore About the S
 peakers\n\nDaniel Gouré\, Ph.D.\nVice President\, Lexington Institute\n\n
 Bryan McGrath\nDeputy Director\, Center for American Seapower\, Hudson Ins
 titute\n\nJerry McGinn\, Ph.D.\nPresident\, McGinn Defense Consulting LLC\
 n\nMichaela Dodge\nPolicy Analyst\, Defense and Strategic Policy\, The Her
 itage Foundation\n\nHosted by\n\nChristopher Griffin\nExecutive Director\,
  Foreign Policy Initiative
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