The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

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

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

The troops may whine and moan, but when they meet the standard, there's a sense of pride.

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.

First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes