He says that's not fair. "Whether it's gay marriage, whether it's making changes in the community or making changes on a broad scale - if I'm a citizen of the United States, it affects me as well."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"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