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

A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.

Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.

The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.

I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.