"We are definitely stepping up the level in our response. We can't allow the situation to carry on like this. We can't endanger the lives of our people."

"We are definitely stepping up the level in our response. We can't allow the situation to carry on like this. We can't endanger the lives of our people."
Israeli army spokesman Maj. Avital Leibowich
On Israel's offensive against Gaza militants.
"We didn't take any clothes, and now it's all gone. I didn't want to go back out there today. I just didn't want to see it again."
Kenneth Dixson
Whose home was lost in a Texas wildfire.
"It continues to devalue the services as institutions."
Thomas Donnelly
A defense expert with the American Enterprise Institute, on changes to the Pentagon succession could lead to more narrow-minded decisions in a doomsday scenario.
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