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

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities.

Napoleon was asked, "Who do you consider to be the greatest generals?" He responded saying, "The victors.

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

The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.