Ashton Carter actually said...

We have serious concerns with Iranian malign activities outside of the nuclear issue.

Ramadi needs to be retaken, and the way to do it is to have a force under the competent command and control of Iraqi Security Forces command...

I believe that a stable, multi-sectarian Iraq is the only way to ensure the long-term defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (IS...

we are trying to stick up for the principle that Iraq is a single, unitary, multi-sectarian state.