One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.

It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. (On photographs from Abu Ghraib prison.)

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 absence of evidence is not necessarily the evidence of absence

There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.