I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.

A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.

Writers are storytellers. So are readers.

Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people who place themselves at risk for the benefit of others.

I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.