Our goal is to defend the American people, and to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and to liberate the Iraqi people.

There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.

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

The absence of evidence is not necessarily the evidence of absence

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?

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'