Ash Carter: “The Assad regime bears overwhelming responsibility for the crisis in Syria, which has destabilized the region by…”

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.

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

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