Our equipment carries supplies to the Persian Gulf and then it's on other ships into Iraq. That's a common practice in the shipping industry. I'm not aware that we have people on the ground in Iraq.

It's being taken to a safe anchorage for inspection. There's no apparent damage to the cargo, no leaks or spills. There's an environmental team on standby to make sure we don't have any problems.

UNSCOM had a practice of not revealing names of companies of suppliers of equipment to Iraq because they often had the possibility of getting information from these companies, and the best way to get these companies to talk to them was not to publish their names to start with,

One of the reasons we came to the States is to diversify, and not be reliant on Iraq as a source of funding, because — let's face it — eventually that has to go away.

One of the reasons we came to the States is to diversify, and not be reliant on Iraq as a source of funding, because — let's face it — eventually that has to go away.

Hang in there, all of you out on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan or on aboard ships in the middle of the ocean.