There was no commercial decision involved.

I think if you look at the statistics objectively, you're much safer on board a cruise ship that any community in the United States. We have good security programs in place.

The cruise lines cooperated with Congress in gathering these statistics to further demonstrate that cruising is an exceptionally safe vacation.

It's simply an area that must be traversed if you're going from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean or southeast Asia. What we hope is that order is restored in Somalia and these thieves are dealt with effectively.

I made the decision because of budget restrictions and we need the manpower here in the department, ... There hasn't been a decline in drug crime in the county, but I think we could put the officer to better use locally through our department.

Both players were going so well that I was intrigued by their decision to take the offer of bad light,