"We saw it as an opportunity to help somebody out, to help ourselves out.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"This is a special moment for Chancellor Merkel, as somebody who grew up in East Germany, who understands what it is like to be under the shadow of a dictatorial regime, and to see how freedom has bloomed in Germany,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"It's important for many reasons, really,to give the confidence to the ground teams -- all our American GIs as well as our coalition partners on the ground -- that if they do get injured, there's somebody to go get them, whether it's in a benign situation or in the middle of a firefight."

VOA: standard.2010.04.27