Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100725:22:20:00
>> it's painful. as much as you can prepare yourself for the ultimate paperwork that i got saying i'm fired, terminating my entire service, it still hurts. but when i look at the reason why i started in the service, why i raised my right hand and stood up to fight and wear the uniform, i remembered that i did it because you have to serve other people. and i hope that if anybody hears the message that whenever you tell the truth and whoever you say the chains of self-hate can be broken just by standing up, i would tell anybody today, of course, it's worth it. mike and i sometimes it hurts, but ...