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

If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence.

Most of the 50 or so invitations you receive each week come from people inviting the President's Chief of Staff, not you. If you doubt that, ask your predecessor how many he received last week.

Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

We are in the process of trying to liberate that country. And at the moment where the war ends and the coalition forces occupy the areas where those capabilities - chemical and biological weapons - are likely to be, to the extent they haven't been moved out of the country, it obviously is important to find them.

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.