The US Senate has approved a replacement for outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
President Barack Obama is set to nominate Ashton Carter as his replacement for Chuck Hagel, who recently resigned.
U.S. Secretary of State Chuck Hagel has resigned from the position after questions began to surface about the United States' preparedness to deal with pressing issues of national and global security such as Ebola, Russian adventurism, and the rise of the Islamic State.
