Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.

I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

We do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons - including VX, sarin, cyclosarin and mustard gas. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of biological weapons—including anthrax and botulism toxin, and possibly smallpox.

Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.

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