They were out in the field for a very long time. It seems most of them didn't know they were going to war. And they certainly didn't expect to be going into that type of battle that they've gone into. They weren't well prepared for it. They're not executing well, and they're not well supplied.

Michael Ryan

You need oxygen when you need it, you can’t be put on a waiting list for oxygen.

I have worked in refugee emergencies for almost 40 years, and rarely have I seen an exodus as rapid as this one.

They use a very strict discipline that's enforced by very severe punishments in order to maintain cohesion of a fighting force, when you go out into combat, it requires initiative and understanding on the part of your soldiers to achieve the objectives against difficult odds – they just don't have that mindset.

Humans tend to mirror image – we equate our understanding of our army with their understanding of their army. But history does n’t bear out that they conduct their military affairs the same way we do.

You keep one-third of your force in reserve either to reinforce where you're weak – the enemies counter-attacks – or to exploit success.

NATO's great strength derives from allied solidarity, united States leadership is essential for alliance success, but the U.S. does not defend NATO, the U.S. is one of 30 nations.

We don’t at this point see any increased risk of disease transmission in that context.

It is essentially that confidence be established in this process, the BOE will do everything that The BOE needs to do administratively both in communication with the voters on the upfront on the re-mailing aspect and on the back-end to ensure that all of the ballots received are appropriately processed and the votes that are tallied are properly credited to the voters who have participated in the process.

I would hate to think that we would create an impression that there's a problem with our food or there's a problem with our food chains, there is no evidence that food or the food chain is participating in transmission of this virus, and people should feel comfortable and feel safe.

The riskiest situation to be in is to be in close proximity to a case, particularly a symptomatic case, of COVID-19.

I think we got the official invitation at 7:30 in the morning and we were on the airplane at 8:00 p.m..

We're in the middle of the fight of our lives - all of us around the world.

That's a big enough task to worry about for any organization, i've got to now deal with the potential that we'll have a significant disruption in funding in front-line essential health services in many fragile countries in the coming months.

The data I seen this morning reassures me they are very aggressively following this.

There is a huge amount of innovation and enthusiasm, we need to turn that into products which work for front-line workers.

What we dont understand yet in COVID-19 are the absolute transmission dynamics, that goes against the logic of pandemic.