"Do you have any regrets?" Of course I do.

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

One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need to be extremely careful about such accusations.

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

The way to do well is to do well.

We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is the Iraqis' country, 28 million of them. They are perfectly capable of running that country.

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.