Ash Carter: “I think Senator McCain used the word 'intolerable' and I would agree with that.”

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

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.

Chairman McCain, I appreciate your comments to our Service Chiefs about the damage the CR can do to our institution.

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