One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.

Decision-making is lonely.

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

Being in charge sometimes means making people mad. Some days you have to overrule even the best advice, because you think it is not right.

Bahrain is moving at one pace, Morocco another, Qatar at another, Kuwait at yet another. And we are there to assist our friends.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.