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

NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.

The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

We [the USA] do have a big nation's problem. We have the problem of a nation that's got two oceans, oceans on either side. People come from all across the globe and want to live here and they want to work here and they want to invest here. And that's a good thing. And they make up this country. But as a people, we [americans] are not highly skilled in languages. We're not highly skilled in knowledge of other cultures. And that's a problem.

We do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons - including VX, sarin, cyclosarin and mustard gas. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of biological weapons—including anthrax and botulism toxin, and possibly smallpox.

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.