FOX News profiles Diana for her USO tour activities

Diana was recognized for her charitable contributions to the USO tour in an article that was published on FOXNews.com on Wednesday. In the article, Diana spoke of her time on the tour back in 2006-07 that took her to the Middle East, including Iraq. She talked about visiting with the troops and the inspiration it gave her for her song "Thank You" among other things. Below is an excerpt from the article:

"We spent NYE in Saddam Hussein’s palace in Baghdad, then not even eight hours after we left there was a mortar attack, so as we were going through Germany they asked us if we’d mind going to the hospital and seeing the men, some that were hurt in the mortar attack were already there," DeGarmo reminisced to Pop Tarts in an exclusive interview. "I went through and sat with them and prayed with them. But there was this one young man - he was so young, they kept saying he was so excited to meet us but by the time we got to him he had already fallen asleep and the doctor told us that we had to let him rest because he’d been through a lot. There he was, this young man lying in this hospital bed -- all beaten up, cuts and everything. On his chest he had this huge tattoo of the U.S. Army, he was so proud to be there. It was so humbling; my job is so insignificant compared to what they do on a daily basis. That memory will always stick in my mind."

She also spoke a little to her country music career, informing readers that she began singing country music prior to Idol:

"But most people don’t know I grew up singing country music, that’s what I sang right up until I did ‘Idol.’ Life brings you back full circle, my mom jokes that I came back from the dark side of pop music but I finally came to my senses and knew I had to go back to what I just naturally do."

And Diana also gave her two cents on the trial surrounding her Australian cyber-stalker, Tanya Maree Quattrocchi:

"The only season of 'American Idol' to be aired in Australia and I got a stalker from it," DeGarmo said. "They caught her and she’s in jail. But it was really scary; I had my identity stolen and everything."

Diana stated that she has been looking into the possibility of doing another USO tour.