Country Quote by Dick Durbin

I personally was involved in going over to Afghanistan to meet the troops. My father was a marine, so that was just amazing.

— Eva Marie

I was most impressed with the professionalism of our soldiers stationed there, and I am now more confident than ever that that the operations…

— Jim Ryun

I have been to Guantanamo. It's a model prison. Is it ideal? No. But we live in a very un-ideal world.

— Peter T. King

I've been really fortunate to go, and it's exciting. You're going to the White House. I remember first walking into the room to meet…

— Sue Bird

During college I traveled the world. I've worked with Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela, I've met the Dalai Llama, I've been to the Taj…

— Aubrey ODay

Immediately after the September 11th attacks, I volunteered to go to Afghanistan in any capacity that the CIA wanted me. Four months passed before…

— John Kiriakou

I had an amazing experience in Cuba. People there are fantastic. But I do have to say it's very nice to be back home…

— Conan O'Brien

I really like visiting military bases.

— Stacy Keibler

Two years in a row, I went to Kuwait for a week. I lived in the barracks with U.S. troops; that was pretty interesting.

— Tom Izzo

Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War…

— Jim Ryun

For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.

— R. Lee Ermey

My involvement with Guantanamo began as vice chief of staff.

— Jack Keane