Ashton Carter actually said...

If I am confirmed, you can count that I am attentive to this issue of retaliation and determined to do something about it.

I wish the European states--and many Secretary of Defenses have said this over the years--were investing more in their own defense.

I certainly support that, and if I am confirmed, I would want to look into what more we can do to do that.

India is, in my view, destined to be a strategic partner of the United States.