we continue to strengthen our military and deter conflict in order to advance america s interests. we will do this first by building a more lethal force, increasing readines readiness ad modernizing for the future. eric: that s the new defense secretary on iran, explaining how the u.s. is responding to the groanin growing iran threat. earlier this week, the u.s. said the regime test fired a ballistic missile in defy yanksf the iran nuclear deal. as a result of tighter sanctions, tehran will continue to ramp up be lidg up beligeran.