We're not running out of [fixed] targets. Afghanistan is.

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.

Don't accept the post or stay unless you have an understanding with the President that you're free to tell him what you think "with the bark off" and you have the courage to do it.

The United States isn't going to do anything that it's not capable of doing. And if we do something, we'll be capable of doing it.

There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or in the Executive Branch, that are their views. And that's the way we live. We're a free people. And that's the wonderful thing about our country.

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.