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

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

Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.

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

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

We're not running out of [fixed] targets. Afghanistan is.

Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?