It was extremely hard. It will always be emotionally hard.

I had the good fortune and opportunity to come home and to tell the truth; many soldiers, like Pat Tillman… did not have that opportunity. The truth of war is not always easy. The truth...

They told me I’d never probably see the front-line area.

She taught me to be a stronger person. She was so strong herself that it kind of rubbed off, … I feel that’s why those nine days in that hospital — that’s why I got...

We never really found a true solution to the R1 issue. We said we’re going to enforce it more, but that doesn’t solve the problem that you’re trying to fight bad behavior with a law...

If I could, I would definitely do it again,

Right now we are really not supposed to talk about that subject, you know, … It is still an ongoing investigation, and we can’t talk about nothing like that.

There’s not day that goes by that I don’t remember why I’m in the situation I’m in.

It was hard getting stopped all the time when I wasn’t used to it. It doesn’t bother me now. But I don’t want any special attention drawn to me,

The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that’s just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It’s just crazy.

I think a lot of people expected me to come on and be much more involved in every single issue that included the university, … But you have to realize that this is the first...

It takes a brave bunch of people to risk their own lives to go in and free a hostage, … We didn’t even know she was captured, you know. Last we knew she was just...

I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn’t something that you should do.

Nobody has told us not to talk about it. Our main concern is to get Jessie back on her feet in good health right now.

I have to say I am a little nervous ? the freshmen that I’ll be with were eighth-graders when I graduated from high school,

Somebody needs to start speaking for us and I’m hoping that’s what the next liaison does. Now that we have a working understanding of city government, let’s change it,

Yesterday she was feeling very weak, she was tired and she was hungry as well, … And my mom said this morning when she called she was real high-spirited, she was able to talk a...

I think I provided a way to boost everybody’s confidence about the war,

I think we’ve definitely made progress over there.