Occupation: Military Officer Birth: January 2, 1942
I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe, and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots even request per….
I, first of all, felt a great sense of loss, a sense of condolence for the friends that I had that were killed in that, for the loved ones..
Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day..
My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that..
But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out o….
I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned..
I believe that this is a different war than America has ever fought in the past. It is a nonconventional war. It means that you've got to use every t….
And occasionally some of the - some of the nations that you will have to - that will be partners in this would probably not be in terms of passing a ….
But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldier….
Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September, and even before then it was quite busy..
I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes and it's a great thrill, and it allows me to share in the dangers that the great men - our great men and wom….
Those are the things that, in the wrong hands - and certainly in our war on terrorism we also must attack proliferation and those nations that prolif….
Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined..
The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity..
And so I'm still giving some thought. I will transition, hopefully, into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other….
We came back right over the World Trade Center, and could see, even from that altitude the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious ….
I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working ov….
I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that….
It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great citizens. It is -- we know terrorists are barbar….
Our people are working overtime. I say "our people": our federal agencies in this regard. And that I'm confident that the way that you can stop this ….
They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we ….