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

When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.

I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

I recognize the need to provide the press - and, through you, the American people - with information to the fullest extent possible. In our democracy, the work of the Pentagon press corps is important, defending our freedom and way of life is what this conflict is about, and that certainly includes freedom of the press.

I think it's very useful for you folks (reporters) to try your damndest to be precise. And don't repeat things that are inaccurate if you can possibly avoid it. And when you see things that are inaccurate, knock them down -- because there's a bucket of it floating around.

NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.