Harold Brown, who as defense secretary in the Carter administration championed cutting-edge fighting technology during a tenure that included the failed rescue of hostages in Iran, has died at age 91. "I considered the failed rescue attempt my greatest regret and most painful lesson learned," Brown wrote in his book "Star Spangled Security." "The constant Cold War competition raged hot during the Carter administration and preoccupied me throughout the four years," Brown wrote. The acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, said in a statement Saturday that Brown's "steady leadership piloted our nation through a consequential segment of the Cold War. In 1961, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara invited him to be director of defense research and engineering in the Kennedy administration.

Source: Fox News January 05, 2019 23:21 UTC