Ash Carter: “We're continuing full speed ahead--standing with our friends, standing up to ISIL, and standing against Iran's malign…”

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.

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

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.