Ashton Carter actually said...

We will continue to maintain our robust regional force posture, ashore and afloat, which includes tens of thousands of American personnel.

The United States will maintain its ironclad commitment to Israel's qualitative military edge, or QME.

Any Iranian arms transfers to Houthis in Yemen, non-state actors in Lebanon (including Hizballah), and/or Iraqi Shi'a militias would violate...

The Defense Department's primary responsibility with regard to the nuclear agreement is to ensure that the President has all military option...