Ashton Carter actually said...

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.

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Carter emphasizes the importance of stable budgets for national defense.

09/21/2016

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