In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

These days, it's often women in uniform - moms, wives, even grandmothers - who deploy and leave their families behind.

It makes no sense for us to consider going back there and getting involved in what truly is a religious civil war. What real difference would it make on the ground? And secondly, is it in the best interests of the United States to do that? I would say that those questions are not being answered in a compelling way that would cause me to support that.

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

As a combat veteran, I know the cost of war.

Looking at someone in a deployed setting, it's not in their best interest to get pregnant overseas, but if it happens, it happens.

I'm not a political pundit, and I don't follow these things probably as closely as others, but there are polls that have shown that Senator Bernie Sanders can beat Donald Trump and, I believe, some of the other Republican candidates as well.