Defense Secretary nominee Ashton Carter won unanimous approval Tuesday from the Senate Armed Services Committee to succeed Chuck Hagel and become the fourth civilian Pentagon chief of the Obama administration.
The SASC vote initially was 25-0, with the possibility that Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, who was not present, might add to the vote later. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the SASC chairman, said the full Senate could confirm the 60-year-old Carter as the nation’s 25th Defense Secretary as early as Wednesday.
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