Ash Carter: “I, too, favor, like you, closing Gitmo, if that is at all possible.”

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.

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

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

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