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Did carter write this page himself or maybe his mother wrote it?67.190.205.207 (talk) 03:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What does the fact that the woman who replaced him inspired Kelly McGinness' character in "Top Gun" have anything to do with the price of eggs in Denmark? 71.248.179.202 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:00, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

wp is first

I put in the article last week that Ashton is going to be secdef but it was removed. See, one week later it is finally put back in.Insider52 (talk) 15:08, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's nice, but Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Afronig (talk) 02:37, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rhodes Scholar

Can anyone find out what his college at Oxford was? Why isn't he on List of Rhodes Scholars? Fatidiot1234 (talk) 06:20, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He was at St. John's College at Oxford. On page 2 of Search for Carter here:

 http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/about/rhodes-scholars/rhodes-scholars-complete-list

 Carter	Ashton	Connecticut	St John's	1976

Yes, he should be on the Wiki list of Rhodes Scholar notables; I'll try to remember to add him if nobody else does, but after after he's confirmed, in order to avoid awkward Secretary of Defense-designate. Mirawithani (talk) 00:30, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I added him. diff --Bob K31416 (talk) 06:43, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Democrat?

Is there any evidence of Ashton Carter being a Democrat? It's listed as his political affiliation in the bio box. Chuck Hagel (SoD predecessor) was/is a Republican. I don't see anything in the article mentioning any political aspirations, and I'm wondering if someone put it there because he's now part of the Obama administration. ∴ Naapple TALK|CON 07:57, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I added RS that says he's a democrat. diff --Bob K31416 (talk) 05:43, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

thanks! ∴ Naapple TALK|CON 06:58, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]