Ash Carter: “To me, this is a sensible and principled provision of the AUMF, even though I cannot assure that the counter-ISIL…”

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

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

We need Congress to come together around providing normal, stable, responsible budgets, because the lack of stability represents one of the single biggest strategic risks to our enterprise at DOD.

The international community, United Nations Security Council and especially the other six-party powers must hold North Korea accountable for this latest act and heighten the pressure on North Korea.