The United States, as all you know, did not come to Iraq for oil, not to occupy. We came here only to help.

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.

When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead.

When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.

Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.