Ashton Carter actually said...

National security is bigger than our Department and today's world because of the complexity of the threats.

The only way we're going to get out of the wilderness of sequestration is if we work together.

Yes, I am concerned about the risk the Department of Defense (DOD) is forced to accept in global infrastructure maintenance.

Letting that happen would be unwise and unsafe for our national defense, over both the short and long term.