Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

I am going to leave the future of Europe to the Europeans.

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

Walk around. If you are invisible, the mystique of the President's office may perpetuate inaccurate impressions about you or the President, to his detriment. After all, you may not be as bad as they're saying.

It is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of a dictator like Saddam Hussein - or of Gadhafi?

To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome.