Ash Carter: “I very much incline in that direction, Mr. Chairman, because I think we need to support the Ukrainians in defending…”

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

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.

I can't support, and won't support, is anything that moves towards instability.