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.

I don't think we'll discover anything, myself. I think what will happen is we'll discover people who will tell us where to go find it. It is not like a treasure hunt where you just runaround looking everywhere hoping you find something. I just don't think that's going to happen. The inspectors didn't find anything, and I doubt that we will. What we will do is find the people who will tell us.

When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.

The United States, as all you know, did not come to Iraq for oil, not to occupy. We came here only to help.

Watch the growth of middle level management. Don't automatically fill vacant jobs. Leave some positions unfilled for 6-8 months to see what happens. You will find you won't need to fill some of them.

Don't say 'the White House wants.' Buildings can't want.

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.