I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe, and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots even request permission to do that.

Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September, and even before then it was quite busy.

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.

I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.

They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know.

I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided.

And occasionally some of the - some of the nations that you will have to - that will be partners in this would probably not be in terms of passing a pure human rights check, be - have everything going for them that you would like to have.