The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror.

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.

Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.

It is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of a dictator like Saddam Hussein - or of Gadhafi?

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

I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.