What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that if affects all of our military policies.

There's no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it's going to open up for you.

I've gotten literally thousands of contacts from people across the country - and the most poignant ones being elderly people - who said I had given up on America and I was just waiting to die.

If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that's an area that's as big as Lebanon. It's controlled by the Kurds, the Christians and the moderate Sunnis. And there are airstrips and hotels. You could settle a lot of people there.All we would have to do is be willing to provide them with some weaponry, some defensive weaponry.

What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone's health. It's not only a feeling that I'm worth something, but that I have something to contribute.

I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.

The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.