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

It is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of a dictator like Saddam Hussein - or of Gadhafi?

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities.

Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.

If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.