Ash Carter: “We have been very concerned now, Secretary Panetta and I and the entire DOD leadership, about what we have called the…”

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.

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

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

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