Physicist and Pentagon’s top deputy puts the brakes on spending

"Revenge of the Nerd: Physicist Becomes Pentagon’s Top Deputy"byNoah ShachtmanAugust 2nd, 2011WiredOut with the defense-industry exec, and in with the physicist-turned-logistics-geek. Ashton Carter, the Oxford-educated scientist currently serving as the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, has been nominated to be the new deputy secretary of defense. That’ll make him the Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian