I respected Greg a lot. We had some real ding-dong battles - especially in that 1983 Tour of Lombardy.... The finish was so close.

We don't know what it is, either.

I have no regrets at all. I wouldn't want to change anything that happened in the last seven years. The only thing that perhaps would have made a difference is having a sponsor for this project.

What brings in the active-duty military is the fact that the disaster has overcome the state response, when the state is getting overwhelmed.

We thought we had moved away from this kind of thing.

Their first task is to get down there and make contact with the crew and the craft, and then negotiate the safe return of both.

We showed them newspaper cuttings to illustrate the reaction back home and they appreciated what was at stake.

Even with their second goal I knew we could do it, ... We've been there before and Kerry hadn't. That was important.

It's a chicken or the egg principal. Carriers and brokers are asking 'who is going to adopt this first. 'Who is going to be the leader to build an ACORD XML interface?' The risk is the first one out there is going to have to find a partner to do it with to try to get some type of ROI.