I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

The coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit. We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light - through the prism of our experience on 9/11.

The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.

Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.

If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.

It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.