Ash Carter: “You requested to allow TSA to increase the Passenger Security Fee $1 to $6.60? I mean, that is a big jump.”

This, for the eighth fiscal year in a row. That's a deplorable state of affairs.

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.

I can't support, and won't support, is anything that moves towards instability.

Iran's ballistic missile activities pose a significant threat to the Joint Force and our regional allies and partners, particularly Israel.