December 5, 2014

Ashton Carter's side gig

 And speaking of cozy relationships, have you noticed that Ashton Carter is now being called Ash Carter by much of the media?

Politico - President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the Pentagon is an adviser at a “stealth” consulting firm that boasted on its website, “When we do our job, only the inner circle knows that we were involved.”

Ash Carter, who was deputy secretary of defense from 2011 to 2013, is on the roster at the firm SBD Advisors, which has a star-studded lineup that also includes former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen and former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair.

The firm provides strategic advice to individuals and corporations and specializes in behind-the-scenes assignments.

“Our team offers guidance and stealth strategies ensuring that clients benefit from the results of our campaigns while outwardly they are under-the-radar,” the firm’s website said Thursday morning. The sentence was removed from the site later after inquiries from POLITICO.

And one more pal:
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