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.

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.

I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.

The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.