Ash Carter: “We are hoping... to work our way towards what we all need, which is a comprehensive solution to this.”

The United States will not ignore attempts to interfere with our democratic processes.

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

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.

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.