I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.

I value my ability to keep state secrets.

The bad guys have all the fun!

I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.

The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.

I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have three basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.