When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.

Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or in the Executive Branch, that are their views. And that's the way we live. We're a free people. And that's the wonderful thing about our country.

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.