But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life.

The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.

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.

Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined.

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

And so I'm still giving some thought. I will transition, hopefully, into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.

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