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I've always been really nationalistic, and I had a brother killed in Korea. And I think the 'Star Spangled Banner,' even today - and I've heard it a heckuva lot of times, OK - has always been a significant feeling to me.

In time, all of Korea will be united in liberty.

To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom.

I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

The endgame is peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula.

Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite such circumstances, I was very, very fortunate to be blessed with having parents who always instilled in a spirit of can-do spirit.

All the people in Korea are cheering me like I'm a gold medalist or something, so I have a responsibility to my country.

Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.

Including myself, the majority of the Korean people believe in this staunch alliance between Korea and the United States and all of us hope that our traditional alliance will be further strengthened in the future.

It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.