Afghanistan Quote by Martha McSally

In 2001, I was an Air Force lieutenant colonel and A-10 fighter pilot stationed in Saudi Arabia, in charge of rescue operations for no-fly…

— Martha McSally

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 joined the State Department in the post-9/11 world. I lived and worked on a NATO military base in Afghanistan, surrounded by coalition nations…

— Andy Kim

I was happy to be in Afghanistan, doing these real-world operations and taking the fight to the terrorists that attacked us.

— Brandon Webb

I signed up for military service in the months following 9/11, and later, as a military intelligence officer, I felt called, like so many…

— Jason Kander

I have been to Afghanistan many times, even before the Taliban collapsed. I was fascinated by the country.

— Kabir Khan

I went to Afghanistan in '96 to write about terrorist training camps south of Jalalabad and Tora Bora, in the mountains. I was there…

— Sebastian Junger

Before serving in Congress, I was an infantry platoon commander in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

— Jake Auchincloss

I was responsible for the 9/11 Operation, from A to Z.

— Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

You have been in Afghanistan I perceive.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I began my work as director of the Arab American Association of New York in the wake of the horrific attacks of 9/11.

— Linda Sarsour

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