Ash Carter: “The Department is willing to make the tough decision to cancel programs that are not delivering.”

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.

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.

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

"Up-or-out" isn't broken--in fact, it's an essential and highly successful system--but it's also not perfect.