What kind of soldier were you?

I think I was what my country expected me to be.

I hope that's the case.

It's an interesting question.

Were you a hard charger?

Oh, okay.

I think my philosophy Were you a hard charger? Oh, okay.

I think my philosophy or my approach to it has always been that leadership is about service. I felt that leading men into combat in a sense was like cheating.

I don't view myself as a particularly brave individual by any length of the imagination. I had an overarching fear all the time of doing something wrong, failing to act,

making the wrong decision, not making a decision that would result in someone being injured or killed.

That responsibility was just so foremost on me all the time that I'd never had time to think about

myself or my welfare. Again, it's not because I was brave. It's just, you have the advantage of having so many of those other concerns taking such precedent

that you don't have time for the other stuff.

So I think if I had to describe my service, it's with the same word as service.

It was leadership is a real privilege.

It's a very heavy mantle.

And it was a real honor.

But it has to be about the people that you are responsible for.

Well, let's talk about the circumstances in which we're talking here.

You stand accused of murder.

You, in another network interview, admitted you killed Rasul, this alleged bomb maker.

Did you think at the moment, did you understand in the moment what that was going to open up that admission?

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