We're a symbol of America. And we're there. We are armed. And we're in their country. That makes us easy to hate.

I don't know any better place to do it other than a good, specially constructed facility that's offshore of the United States. You could do it at another federal prison, you could do it in another country, but that's a whole set of problems.

They're doing exactly what special forces always do. They're there behind the scenes establishing the locations of people and things that will be used later. ... This is standard military stuff.

It will never be worn by Peter but it will be a symbol that his country never forgot him as one of us.

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

It gives us a symbol of credibility that they had not really given us. It pushed us up a notch in a lot of people's thinking.