Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.

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

The Cold War was a war, and we won it.

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

Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.

Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.