If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable.

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.

Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

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.