(No Transcripts) "Maybe a story I told a long time ago that kid will carry with him, and he'll make the right choice."

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

But after eight years of war, amid rising casualties and wavering American public support, and with huge national security issues at stake, he says the administration needs to take its time and get the decisions right.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

He describes his reaction to the arrests. "Happy because I think the parents and the community took the right actions but sad because members of the Muslim community, kids that I might have crossed paths with at some time, got into that false ideology,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

"A little disappointed last night with the weather that got us, but we fought the weather last night, and it was just not the right time to launch yesterday, so we stood down, got into it today and it really rewarded everybody extremely well."

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

"This was a first and therefore you had to deal with his absurd and vile policies and the analysis of them had to take a long time and you had to get right down deep into him and how he thought,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23