We knew from the first moment ... that the kidnappers were not terrorists, that's why we had hoped from the first moment to solve the problem peacefully.

Despite everything, I love Yemen.

They only learned it when it ran on television. Then they said to me, you can get prisoners released.

Just from him doing the things that he knew how to do, moment to moment -- it's not some mythic figure. It's just a common, everyday man. And I think that's what people are connecting to.

We all knew what we were going over to do. We all hoped nobody would get hurt, but that illusion was popped early when we lost Sean Cooley.

a bunch of kidnappers.