It's important for the writers of the presidential daily brief to feel comfortable that the documents will never be politicized and/or unnecessarily exposed for public purview.

Issues are won based upon whether or not you can keep this economy strong; elections are won based upon economic issues and national security issues.

As individuals, we know that suffering is temporary, and hope is eternal.

One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.

When John Murtha, for example, said the Marines are killing innocent civilians in cold blood.

Either well succeed, or we wont succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence.

Not every action requires military action. As a matter of fact, military action is the very last resort for us.