You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.

It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the ones that we ought to be focusing our energy on defeating and not just wring our hands about the fact that it's going to be difficult.

I went to graduate school as a lieutenant colonel after I had been in the army for 12 or 13 years. I learned so much from all the great management theorists. It gave me a greater understanding of my army experience and showed me the gaps in my knowledge.

My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.

I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life.

We have to be on guard that we don't spend so much time worrying about terrorism and guarding ourselves that we start to lose the essence of who we are as an open, freedom-loving people, welcoming to the rest of the world.

It's really not a number I'm terribly interested in.