I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.

I think that some of our soldiers die in the battlefield and some come home to bad health and die prematurely, just by the nature of the kind of business they're in.

I don't think there is one cause of Gulf War illness.

First off, I'm not a scientist, and I make no apology for that.

It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death.

But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.

The important thing is that we clean it up and elect officials who will respect their office and honor their constituents,

The irony is that the (Department of Defense) can find documents that prove their case ... but can't find documents that would prove the arguments of the veterans,

I don't see any change in fiscal policy.

He's lost his office. He's lost his staff. And he's now basically a rank-and-file member who has a lot of friends and will still have influence.