Ashton Carter actually said...

Indeed, it's exceedingly important that we provide our troops and commanders in the field with all the resources they need to succeed.

Carter emphasizes the necessity of adequate resources for military success.

04/27/2016

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We have an obligation to do that, and we've made that clear, right from the beginning of the train-and-equip program.

That's why hastening that political transition--Assad out and the political forces, to include the moderate Syrian forces now opposing Assad...

It's a sovereign decision by Iraq, but, I'll tell you, we're not uninterested in it.

I just wanted you to know where I'm coming from.