Ash Carter: “They probably get an outsized picture of our lack of will.”

The goal of United States policy in Syria is to end the Syrian war--civil war.

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

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.