Success in cyberspace will rely on our people--just as it does in other domains.
Ash Carter
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Ashton B. Carter is a prominent figure in American politics, known for his service as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter has had a distinguished career in public service and academia, focusing on national security and defense policy. He has also held various positions within the Department of Defense and has been involved in significant defense initiatives and reforms during his tenure. Carter is recognized for his expertise in technology and its implications for military strategy.
It is important that the Government of Iraq today not go down that road again.
I think he has made his goals pretty clear. He speaks about them openly, which is to have all around him states that are in his orbit, rather than pursuing their own futures, their own independent futures.
I support the President's commitment to vetoing any bill that locks in sequestration, because to do otherwise would be both unsafe and wasteful.
I strongly support the President in requesting a defense budget above the artificial caps of the Budget Control Act.
I have had the opportunity to review the Defense Business Board recommendations and found them insightful on substantiating areas in which the Department can seek efficiencies.
get a very clear picture of the dangers of sequester. They probably get an outsized picture of our lack of will, but this is not good for our friends--much less our foes.
I do worry about our foes being encouraged or heartened when they see us debate whether we should spend enough money on our defense.
I think we need to do conditions. In any military plan, we have to be conditions-based, absolutely, firmly.
I think your larger point, which is that there are things that we can do to help the Ukrainians help themselves.
He understands what we have tried to do for him. He knows that it has been a great benefit to his country and not just to protect our country.
Israel faces very real missile threats from a number of actors in the region, and Israel's security remains a top priority.
The reason for that was a political failure on the part of their government to keep the promise that had been made to the country to keep it a multisectarian state.
So the most important thing we can do going forward is to make sure that Iraq doesn't decline again into sectarianism.
They really need to take that step, because we can't be the only one on our team with military potential in that theater.
This is a social media-fueled terrorism group in a way that we haven't seen yet.
He needs to come to the table in order to discuss his own receding from the scene in Syria.
I support the President's commitment to vetoing any bill that locks in sequestration, because to do otherwise would be both unsafe and wasteful.
It is a national priority, and it ought to be funded out of the defense budget.
It is unfair to the servicemember to make them have to worry about how our government is organized.
But--and I want to be clear about this--under sequestration, which is set to return in 211 days, our Nation will be less secure.
I strongly support the President in requesting a defense budget above the artificial caps of the Budget Control Act.





