Ash Carter: “Passing the proposed AUMF will demonstrate to our personnel that their government stands behind them.”

This, for the eighth fiscal year in a row. That's a deplorable state of affairs.

I can't support, and won't support, is anything that moves towards instability.

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

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.