Ash Carter: “Sequester is purely the fallout of political gridlock.”

The United States will not ignore attempts to interfere with our democratic processes.

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

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.

China has and shares important responsibility for this development and has an important responsibility to reverse it.