Ash Carter: “You need to tell people that they cannot look at the difficulties we have... and conclude that America is eclipsed or…”

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 goal of United States policy in Syria is to end the Syrian war--civil war.

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

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