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...mail on Saturday. Allison, who originally hired Campbell as an assistant professor at the Kennedy School, has known Campbell for 20 years. His sentiments were echoed by Professor Ashton B. Carter, a Belfer Center member who has also known Campbell for two decades and was confirmed as the Pentagon??s Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Sunday morning. Both professors noted that the challenges of Campbell’s new position would include Asia’s growing role in the global economy and China’s potential future ability to challenge American dominance...
...such, we call upon Carter and his colleagues to re-assess the strategic situation at hand and adjust our weapons procurement policy to the reality of the present day. Finally, we are also appreciative of the fact that Carter’s appointment to the top spot at the Pentagon??s procurement division breaks a long-standing tradition of appointing former defense industry executives and lobbyists to the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics branch. This is an essential component of breaking the “revolving door” mentality that has characterized weapons procurement policy in recent years...
Harvard Kennedy School professor Ashton B. Carter may return to the Pentagon after nearly a decade in academia. Carter, the former assistant secretary of defense for international security policy under the Clinton administration, is expected to be named to the Pentagon??s top acquisition and technology job as early as this week, Reuters reports. The announcement would come as a flurry of Harvard professors—including many of Carter’s colleagues at the Kennedy School—prepare to head south for Washington to join the Obama administration. News of Carter’s likely...
...office, she denounced a British boycott of Israeli academics. In March, she testified in front of the U.S. Senate in favor of increasing the funding of the National Institutes of Health. And just yesterday, at the Reserve Office Training Core commissioning ceremony, she leveled much-needed criticism against the Pentagon??s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Although she took some misguided stances, such as her opposition to beer advertising at NCAA tournaments, she rightly avoided taking controversial stands on issues that were unrelated to her position...
...opposition to the military’s presence on campus remained strong, largely due to the Pentagon??s discriminatory position on gay servicemembers...