Ash Carter: “I will ensure that DOD continues to work with Taiwan as develops its requirements to determine what support the…”

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

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.

China has and shares important responsibility for this development and has an important responsibility to reverse it.

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.