Ash Carter: “America needs to lead. I'm happy to have us lead. We have, by far and away, more capability than anybody else.”

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

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

Chairman McCain, I appreciate your comments to our Service Chiefs about the damage the CR can do to our institution.

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