Ash Carter: “The place may be turbulent, but our interests are clear.”

Iran's ballistic missile activities pose a significant threat to the Joint Force and our regional allies and partners, particularly Israel.

We need Congress to come together around providing normal, stable, responsible budgets, because the lack of stability represents one of the single biggest strategic risks to our enterprise at DOD.

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

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