Ash Carter: “I am concerned that recent Chinese actions... has raised regional tensions and complicated efforts to peacefully manage…”

What he's trying to do is exactly what you're calling attention to, namely to end the humanitarian disaster occasioned by the civil war in Syria.

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

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

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.