WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. “When I became secretary of defense in 1977, the military services, most of all the Army, were disrupted badly by the Vietnam War,” he wrote later. “The constant Cold War competition raged hot during the Carter administration and preoccupied me throughout the four years,” Brown wrote. In 1961, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara invited him to be director of defense research and engineering in the Kennedy administration. He remained active in matters of national security, including service on the Defense Policy Board, which meets quarterly to offer perspectives to the current secretary of defense.

Source: Huffington Post January 06, 2019 05:48 UTC