PANews reported on April 24 that U.S. Defense Secretary Hergsays, who calls himself "Secretary of War," stated, "The institution that should receive the Nobel Peace Prize every year is the U.S. military, because we are not only the guarantor of our national security, but also the guarantor of the security of many people around the world." Just before Hergsays made these remarks, a reporter asked him if ordering the bombing of Iran gave him an adrenaline rush, to which he replied that "his job is to ensure that the U.S. military acts with maximum violence."