What is the value of having millions of people in Iraq not having a repressive regime? What is the value of having the Iraqi regime not shooting at UK and US aircraft almost every day? What is the value of the Iraqis having a free press? What is the value of the foreign minister of Iraq going to Paris, calling for an end of the Gadhafi regime and citing Iraq as a model, as an example, that in fact a freer political system can exist in that part of the world?

If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

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.

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.

See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.

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

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.