I decided to leave the army when my dead and injured comrades lay in our base, and nobody took them to hospital. My army training is very useful now, as I am training Taliban fighters with the same knowledge.

The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.

It’s the worst humanitarian and human rights crisis in a decade, when both sides have committed serious crimes.

We could become a failed state.

We must actively look for measures to secure our military’s own forces to deter and effectively deal with North Korea’s nuclear threats.

We’re here to defend Venezuela; that’s what we were elected to do. Even if it costs us our lives.

Hatred can rot a person’s wisdom and conscience. An enemy mentality will poison the spirit of a nation and inflame brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity, and hinder a country’s advance toward freedom and democracy.

Each American generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice – in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present. That torch is now in our hands. And we will use it to light up the world.

This was a mission that was started before I got here. This was something that was, you know, just they wanted to do. They came to see me. They explained what they wanted to do, the generals, who are very respected. My generals are the most respected that we've had in many decades, I believe. And they lost Ryan.