If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't 'sail' anyway. Send it back for further thought.

I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.

When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.

When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.

Most of the 50 or so invitations you receive each week come from people inviting the President's Chief of Staff, not you. If you doubt that, ask your predecessor how many he received last week.

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.