Ashton Carter actually said...

An important purpose of our posture in the Asia Pacific region is to deter aggression by any power, including Russia.

Carter discusses the importance of U.S. military posture in deterring Russian aggression.

02/03/2015

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Israel faces very real missile threats from a number of actors in the region, and Israel's security remains a top priority.

The reason for that was a political failure on the part of their government to keep the promise that had been made to the country to keep it...

We operate in Iraq in support of the Iraqi Government. The Iraqi Government, in this case, did not ask for our support.

The U.S. commitment to Israel is ironclad.