They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.

Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

Remember where you came from.

It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.

The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.