Famous quotes by Hugh Shelton:
"This will never happen again."
"It is prudent to take some additional measures in light of the rhetoric, the threats and the intransigence of the Iraqi regime."
"We know what their centers of gravity are. Some of those can be attacked by the other elements of our government. Some could be attacked by us."
"The USS Carl Vinson, the carrier battle group, will arrive in central command's area later today (Thursday). Some of the ground and air forces from the United States will begin to arrive in the gulf this weekend."
"They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know."
"Those are the things that, in the wrong hands - and certainly in our war on terrorism we also must attack proliferation and those nations that proliferate with chemical, biological and nuclear type devices, because that can cause the most catastrophic results."
"But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them."
"I'm not going to say whether I'm a Republican or a Democrat."
"Our people are working overtime - I say our people; our federal agencies in this regard - and that I'm confident that the way that you can stop this and make Americans the most protected for this is to take it to the terrorist groups."
"I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working overtime now, taking every necessary action to protect our great citizens."
"Of course, you always have to be concerned about hijacking. But with the measures that are in place right now, I'd say that probably the airways are as safe as they've been in a good number of years."
"I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that."
"Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day."
"Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great that he's coming back to join a very capable administration already of dealing with this problem, and it will just strengthen that team."
"The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity."
