We're certainly committed to providing intelligence support and advice and assist support. With respect to introducing more forces on the ground with them, that is something that we will I think need to revisit as those forces are actually produced, our role is to be an enabler, a motivator, the chairman used the word leadership, not a substitute for a capable ground force, but an enabler of a ground force.

Ash Carter

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I worry that the Iranians in the near term are going to start onc... by Ash Carter

I worry that the Iranians in the near term are going to start once again doing things.

politics

Obviously we hope it makes the choice of one that is cooperative with the system of security which has served this region for so long.

energy

Obviously we hope it makes the choice of one that is cooperative with the system of security which has served this region so well for so long.

world

It’s long standing, it is, we say, ironclad, they have a new government there and we look forward to working with them, talking with them about our alliance, about security affairs in the region.

politics

We can conduct what we need to do within the law. by Ash Carter

We can conduct what we need to do within the law.

politics

Both are stark reminders that North Korea is an upclose, dangerous and continuing threat to the security of the peninsula and the region.

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We do know that American air assets ... were engaged in the Kunduz vicinity, and we do know that the structures that -- you see in the news -- were destroyed, i just can't tell you what the connection is at this time.

industrials

The situation there is confused and complicated. So it may take some time to get the facts but we will get the facts and we will be full and transparent about sharing them.

industrials

General Campbell will take whatever actions he thinks are appropr... by Ash Carter

General Campbell will take whatever actions he thinks are appropriate.

industrials

That's not a viable business model. by Ash Carter

That's not a viable business model.

mergers-acquisitions

He noted that defeating (Islamic State militants) and ensuring a political transition are objectives that need to be pursued at the same time.

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This is an emerging technology that takes advanced flexible materials for circuits, communications, sensors and power and combines them with thinned silicon chips to ultimately produce the next generation of electronic products.

company-news

I've been pushing the Pentagon to think outside our five-sided box and invest in innovation here in Silicon Valley and in tech communities across the country.

company-news

If confirmed, I will work with the chairman and other services to revalidate the appropriate number of aircraft the Navy requires to meet the mission.

company-news

We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.

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We've been flying over the South China Sea for years and years and years, and ... will continue to do that: fly, navigate, operate. So that's not a new fact, the new facts are the reclamation and the scale on which it is being done, and that's not an American fact, that's a Chinese fact.

world

The 12 nautical miles that I think you’re referring to does not pertain to features that were submerged and now are no longer submerged.

world

We need them badly. by Ash Carter

We need them badly.

us

That doesn't mean that we don't continue to take steps to protect ourselves. We have to do it in a different way, but we do and we are.

us

You see them making great gains on the ground. by Ash Carter

You see them making great gains on the ground.

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