Ash Carter: “Assad needs to go, but the structures of governance need to stay or we hope they will stay.”

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.

Chairman McCain, I appreciate your comments to our Service Chiefs about the damage the CR can do to our institution.

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