Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.

From where you sit, the White House may look as untidy as the inside of a stomach. As is said of the legislative process, sausage-making and policy-making shouldn't be seen close-up. Don't let that panic you. Things may be going better than they look from the inside.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.

We do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons - including VX, sarin, cyclosarin and mustard gas. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of biological weapons—including anthrax and botulism toxin, and possibly smallpox.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

Every president when he is elected has to live with the pluses and minuses his predecessor leaves, which includes benefits as well as burdens.