Ashton Carter actually said...

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...

Our approach has been... to try to find a political exit for Bashar Assad rather than a United States-led military exit.

I've told Iraqi leaders that while the United States is open to supporting Iraq more than we already are, we must see a greater commitment f...