A few confirmation questions for Obama’s SecDef nominee

By Austin Bay

Published December 17, 2014 6:29pm ET

A few confirmation questions for Obama’s SecDef nominee — Ashton Carter listens as President Obama announces Carter as his nominee for defense secretary Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

Several senators returning in 2015, among them Diane Feinstein, John McCain and Joe Manchin, have already announced that they support President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Ashton Carter for secretary of defense.

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