Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.

General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.

Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.

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

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.