I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today.

A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility

There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels--all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious [p.25]

Continuous coverage of the war in the Persian Gulf will resume in a moment.

I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup.

Don't be afraid to do something unconventional, to take a chance, to risk something.

I think it's very much a matter between Barbara Walters and ABC.