Ash Carter: “I am confident in the strength of the United States' partnership with Iraq.”

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.

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

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.