Ash Carter: “I want to thank Senator McCain for suggesting that we have a hearing on the JSF program promptly.”

"Up-or-out" isn't broken--in fact, it's an essential and highly successful system--but it's also not perfect.

The international community, United Nations Security Council and especially the other six-party powers must hold North Korea accountable for this latest act and heighten the pressure on North Korea.

The United States will not ignore attempts to interfere with our democratic processes.

China has and shares important responsibility for this development and has an important responsibility to reverse it.