Preserve the President's options. He may need them.

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

Control your own time. Don't let it be done for you. If you are working off the in-box that is fed you, you are probably working on the priority of others.

There are things that we know, and there are things that we don't know. Then there are the things that we don't even know that we don't know. Those are the things that are the hardest.

Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full

Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.