Quote(s) of the day

"First, (Iraqis) would say, they were glad that Saddam (Hussein) was gone. But they would always follow that up with, 'At least under him, we had security.' "

"One of the most important things veterans can do, like myself, is come out here and present a true picture of Iraq, because the American media isn't letting people have that true picture."

"If you look at this fuel truck," showing a photograph of a vehicle, "what you see are three sandbags. That's the only armor on that vehicle."

-Specialist E-4 Patrick Resta, who served as an Army medic in Iraq for eight months before returning to the United States in November, speaking to an audience of about 80 Brown University students.