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Ash Carter Gets Sworn In; Wife Takes a Spill on the Ice

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Getty 021715 AshtonCarterSwearingIn?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1424205980137SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Ashton Carter was sworn in as the nation’s next secretary of Defense by Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

Following the ceremony, Carter said he was honored.

“For me this is the highest honor to be the 25th secretary of Defense. I’m grateful to the president and the vice president for your trust and confidence and to the U.S. Senate as well,” he said.

Earlier, as Carter arrived at the Pentagon for his first day on the job amid snowy conditions, his wife Stephanie grabbed some headlines when she took a spill on the ice as she was getting out of an SUV.

Carter walked over to help her get up as she laughed it off.

“I fall,” she said, chuckling.

“She just went right straight down,” Carter added.


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