A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.

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.

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.

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.

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

Most US presidents since World War II have led military actions without a declaration of war by Congress, though most, if not all, have properly consulted and sought support from Congress. That is the wise thing to do.