Ash Carter: “We are not going to be able to carry out the defense strategy, the new defense strategy, that we crafted under President…”

We need Congress to come together around providing normal, stable, responsible budgets, because the lack of stability represents one of the single biggest strategic risks to our enterprise at DOD.

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.

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.