I am very enamored with the free press, and I was part of it for a period of time.

I think America should amass a strategy for success, and set out the milestones. We need to help the Iraqis get their democracy up and running, we've got to help them train their military and police and security people, and we've got to start moving out.

I think we need to get back to truth-based news. It won't be easy, but we better do it because otherwise we're not acting on information.

I've faced the grief, I've faced the anger, and I'm ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.

If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, "You can't do this. Write an op-ed."

I've gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle it.

Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.