Pentagon creates new innovation advisory board chaired by Alphabet exec

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter plans to establish a new Defense Innovation Advisory Board chaired by Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and current executive chairman of Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company. "Just as the Defense Business Board provides advice to the department on best business practices from the private sector, the Defense Innovation Advisory Board will provide advice on the best and latest practices in innovation that the department can emulate," according to a Wednesday statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook.