They were heading out to the middle of the bay - the Gulf - that's another thing that became kind of standard practice, we didn't hurry the destroyers around the beach any more, when it got dark, we'd take 'em…

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I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still...

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still...

I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your...

I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your...

We couldn't generalize on the people. Some of them were known to be tough guys...

We couldn't generalize on the people. Some of them were known to be tough guys...

They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, FA Crusaders.

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, FA Crusaders.

I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.

I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.

In order to do something you must be something.

In order to do something you must be something.

Yeah. I mean, it just seemed to me that it was - I felt so...

Yeah. I mean, it just seemed to me that it was - I felt so...

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances....

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances....

This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues...

This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues...

Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by...

Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by...

And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our...

And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our...

Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I...

Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I...

But there were highs as well as lows, it was as though they said everybody...

But there were highs as well as lows, it was as though they said everybody...

I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or...

I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or...

The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody...

The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody...

On the eighteenth of December 1972, when we thought we were getting another of the...

On the eighteenth of December 1972, when we thought we were getting another of the...

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.

So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time...

So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time...