Ashton Carter actually said...

We are also quadrupling the European Reassurance Initiative, which allows us to do more with our NATO partners there.

We can't have that, so we're going to need additional funding.

It sends a signal to the world--to friends and potential foes alike--of our Nation's strength and resolve.

I don't believe that the nuclear agreement with Iran constitutes a grand bargain of any kind or will lead to your word 'detente' of any kind...