I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

One of the worst things we could do is start to act now as though the attack of 9/11 is a thing of the past and will never be repeated. That's just not true.

Reagan proved that deficits don't matter.

As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.

If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes.

Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.