I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.

The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.

The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror.

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

I believe what I said yesterday. I don't know what I said, but I know what I think and I assume it's what I said.

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.