Ash Carter: “Last fall's Bipartisan Budget Act gave us some much-needed stability after years of gridlock and turbulence.”

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.

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

I can't support, and won't support, is anything that moves towards instability.