George H.W. Bush: “Yes. In terms of making decisions, not in terms of emotion. Not in terms of what's in my heart when I have to say to a…”

“Yes. In terms of making decisions, not in terms of emotion. Not in terms of what's in my heart when I have to say to a mother or a cousin or a brother: I'm going to put your son in harm's way; I'm going to send your daughter to be the first woman that might be in combat--thinking of a dead woman who performed heroically, the helicopter pilot. I mean, therein, it's much tougher. I confessed the other day--I don't like these personal confessions, but I confessed that up at Camp David the tears came down my eyes as I had to contemplate this. So, it's not easier in that, in the moral obligation you have, but it's easier in getting something to happen. Upcoming Presidential Campaign”