We are very committed to providing medical care to this community, but we're not there to be martyrs.

There's not any kind of administration, and very little respect for any humanitarian (organizations), which makes it a very difficult place to work.

Any agreements are made on very fragile ground.

All of the humanitarian agencies operating in Somalia have armed guards. We're very uncomfortable with it, but there's very little option to pull out of (the security arrangements).

Americans of all ages deserve quality end-of-life medical care.

It's a tragic situation, ... The president is committed to doing everything he can to see that we can get into a process of discussion, which will bring the violence to an end, bring a cease-fire into place and then get into peace discussions.