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.

In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.

It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities.

We don't need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon.

I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

Writers are storytellers. So are readers.

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