Ash Carter: “I am a strong believer in a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear arsenal for the United States.”

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

It absolutely is. That's why we quadrupled the European Reassurance Initiative.

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.

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