For Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, who died in the battle for the American Embassy, Benghazi, Libya, on the night of September 11, 2012.

In true Navy SEAL tradition they refused to take a step backward or to leave a man behind, and for that they paid the ultimate price.

For Sean Smith and the American ambassador to Libya,

J.Christopher Stevens, who also perished on that fateful night.

And for David Ubben and Scott Wickland,

and all the others injured in that battle.

I promised to fight by your side, and although

I did all that I could, ultimately in that I failed.

It will haunt me for the rest of my days.