The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable.

The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.

A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.

Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

Watch the growth of middle level management. Don't automatically fill vacant jobs. Leave some positions unfilled for 6-8 months to see what happens. You will find you won't need to fill some of them.

Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.