Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction.

We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

The success of an organization will depend on the people you surround yourself with.

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.

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

It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.