See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.

There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?

Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction.

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

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

We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.