Ashton Carter said...

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

I agree with everything I said then, including the need to do what we've done this past year.

We are also quadrupling the European Reassurance Initiative, which allows us to do more with our NATO partners there.

Guam is a critical part of the posture improvements and strengthenings we are doing in the Asia-Pacific.