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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is speaking at Harvard.
The former Harvard University professor will take part in a conversation with Graham Allison, director of the university's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Douglas Dillon, a professor of government, on Dec. 1.
The talk takes place at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge at 6 p.m. It will be webcast live by the university at http://forum.iop.harvard.edu/.
Carter previously served as an assistant secretary and undersecretary at the Department of Defense. He was appointed as head of the armed forces by President Barack Obama in February, replacing Chuck Hagel.
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