I don't expect the press to say thank you for the efforts that I make.

We know for a fact that there are weapons there.

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

Having served as the majority spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee after Republicans took the House in 1994, I've seen the promise and the peril of divided government before.

If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.

As the president has said, if the United Nations will not disarm Saddam Hussein, it will be another international organization, a coalition of the willing that will be made up of numerous nations that will disarm Saddam Hussein.

There are certain times you rattle the press's cages, and other times you don't, and you have to be discerning about it.