Ash Carter: “Our friends and our enemies are watching us, Madam Chairwoman, and they need to know that we have the political will to…”

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

The goal of United States policy in Syria is to end the Syrian war--civil war.

Chairman McCain, I appreciate your comments to our Service Chiefs about the damage the CR can do to our institution.

"Up-or-out" isn't broken--in fact, it's an essential and highly successful system--but it's also not perfect.