We have been keeping the peace in the Asia-Pacific theater … - Ash Carter

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We have been keeping the peace in the Asia-Pacific theater for decades now, and the essence of the rebalance is to keep that peace and stability going, of which we have been a pivotal part. You ask about India, yes it is difficult. We are two technical and military cultures that grew up on opposite sides of the fence during the Cold War.

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Ashton Baldwin "Ash" Carter (September 24, 1954 – October 24, 2022) was an American public policy professor who served as the 25th secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He was director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. He was also a physicist, and a former Harvard University professor of Science and International Affairs.

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