Notable and Quotable

“We understand him to have been captured by militant forces. We have all available resources out there looking for him and hopefully providing for his safe return.”

Capt. Elizabeth Mathias

A U.S. military spokeswoman, on an American soldier believed to be captured by the Taliban after he walked off an eastern Afghanistan base without body armor or a weapon.

“In this business, the pressures and things that you go through, you never know what one turns to.”

Jermaine Jackson

Saying he would be “hurt” if toxicology reports showed his late brother Michael Jackson abused prescription drugs.