I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four.

Journalism is caring where the fire-engines are going.

My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.

People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else. It's not something I'm going to worry about, I'm sorry.

We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat.

I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.

Take risks ... be willing to put your mind and your spirit, your time and your energy, your stomach and your emotions on the line. To search for a safe place, to search for an end to a rainbow, is to search for a place that you will hate once you find it. The soul must be nourished along with the bank account and the resume. The best nourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.