Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

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

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.

Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.

When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

I tend over the years to have developed a certain hesitancy about believing that headlines tell the whole story.