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.

Carter commits to addressing retaliation in the military if confirmed.

02/03/2015

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We need to deal very quickly and broadly with our deficit problems in a balanced way that the President can support and Congress can support...

The cloud of uncertainty hanging over our Nation's defense affairs is already having lasting and irreversible effects.

Allies, partners, friends, and potential foes the world over need to know that we have the political will to implement the defense strategy ...

the consequences of sequestration if it was to occur. Now the wolf is at the door.