They're very happy to hear from her -- jubilant, joyful.

I don't think there's a program or any type of investment situation...the military would not be involved in anything like that at all.

The benefit to us would be access from the East Side of town and for soldiers and their families who will be living on Biggs and contractors and families and others that will be living there.

There were no surprises for us. But we're still waiting for the other two steps, which will be the president and Congress.

I think they've been encouraged by this. I know they're not giving up hope and that they'll keep hoping that their loved ones will be coming back as well.

We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their losses, as we despise any man who does not suffer at being a man or simply at being. Hence no graver insult can be inflicted than to call someone 'happy', no greater flattery than to grant him a 'vein of melancholy'... This is because gaiety is linked to no important action and because, except for the mad, no one laughs when he is alone.