{"id":1710850,"date":"2022-10-25T17:38:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710850"},"modified":"2022-10-25T17:48:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:48:42","slug":"former-obama-defense-secretary-ash-carter-dies-of-sudden-cardiac-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-obama-defense-secretary-ash-carter-dies-of-sudden-cardiac-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Obama Defense Secretary Ash Carter Dies of &#8220;Sudden Cardiac Event&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-obama-defense-secretary-ash-carter-dies-of-sudden-cardiac-event%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710850&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Former-Obama-Secretary-of-Defense-Dies-from-Sudden-Cardiac-Event.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Former President Barack Obama\u2019s secretary of defense, Ash Carter \u2013 who served from 2015 to 2017, has died at 68, his family announced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Carter <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/defense-secretary-ashton-carter-dies-suddenly-68\/story?id=92058655&#038;cid=social_twitter_abcn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">died<\/a> from a \u201csudden cardiac event\u201d while in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Carters\u2019 family said in a statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with deep and profound sadness that the family of former Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter shares that Secretary Carter passed away Monday evening in Boston after a sudden cardiac event at the age of 68.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Carter\u2019s time serving as secretary of defense, he helped direct the country\u2019s efforts to combat ISIS in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Carter removed all remaining restrictions on women serving in combat, ending the ban on transgender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/06\/30\/politics\/transgender-ban-lifted-us-military\/index.html\">troops in 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans who want to serve and can meet our standards should be afforded the opportunity to compete to do so,\u201d Carter said in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission is to defend this country, and we don\u2019t want barriers unrelated to a person\u2019s qualification to serve preventing us from recruiting or retaining the soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine who can best accomplish the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>TRENDING: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/53-performers-whove-died-suddenly-collapsed-fallen-ill-in-the-last-3-months-full-list\/\">53 Performers Who\u2019ve Died Suddenly, Collapsed, Fallen ill in the Last 3 Months \u2013 FULL LIST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Douglas Elmendorf, the dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, called Carter\u2019s death \u201cso sudden and so devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States and the world know Ash Carter for his lifelong efforts to serve this country, to defend the best values of this country, and to build a safer world for all people,\u201d he wrote in a message to faculty, students and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Carter also served as deputy secretary of defense and undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics before his role at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>He also held numerous roles in the private sector and at academic institutions, including as a senior executive at the Markle Foundation, a senior partner at Global Technology Partners, and an adviser on global affairs to Goldman Sachs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama\u2019s secretary of defense, Ash Carter \u2013 who served from 2015 to 2017, has died at 68, his family announced. 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