What is Ashton Carter?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ash Carter |office = 25th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] |image = Ash Carter DOD Secretary Portrait.jpg |deputy = [[Robert O. Work|Robert Work]] |predecessor = [[Chuck Hagel]] |president = [[Barack Obama]] |successor = [[James Mattis]] |office2 = [[Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics|Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics]] |predecessor2 = [[John J. Young, Jr.|John Young]] |president2 = [[Barack Obama]] |successor2 = [[Frank Kendall III|Frank Kendall]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name=NYTDemocrat>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/us/ashton-carter-obamas-pentagon-choice-is-known-as-assertive-and-independent.html |title=In Ashton Carter, Nominee for Defense Secretary, a Change in Direction |last1=Cooper |first1=Helene |last2=Sanger |first2=David E. |last3=Landler |first3=Mark |date=December 5, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 5, 2015}}</ref> |office1 = [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense]] |predecessor1 = [[William J. Lynn III|William Lynn]] |president1 = [[Barack Obama]] |successor1 = [[Christine Fox]] {{small|(Acting)}} |birth_name = Ashton Baldwin Carter |birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date|1954|9|24}}}} |birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|24|1954|9|24}} |death_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. |spouse = [[Clayton Spencer]] {{small|(divorced)}}<br>Stephanie DeLeeuw |relations = [[Cynthia DeFelice]] {{small|(sister)}} |children = 2 |alma_mater = [[Yale University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[St John's College, Oxford]] {{small|([[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}} |term_start = February 17, 2015 |term_end = January 20, 2017 |term_start1 = October 6, 2011 |term_end1 = December 3, 2013 |term_start2 = April 27, 2009 |term_end2 = October