Ash Carter: “There will be a robust civilian mission--as Iraq becomes a normal country.”

China has and shares important responsibility for this development and has an important responsibility to reverse it.

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

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.