WASSERBLY Daniel <br/><br/>
Carter in line to be next US defence secretary/ 
Daniel Wasserbly 
 -  2014 
<br/><br/> US president Barack Obama on 5 December announced he will nominate Ashton Carter to become the next secretary of defence, replacing Chuck Hegel, who at the end of November suddenly announced his resignationan under presumed White House pressure. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>UNITED STATES--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT