Remember Where You Came From.

Strive To Make Proposed Solutions As Self-executing As Possible. As The Degree Of Discretion Increases, So Too Does Bureaucracy, Delay, And Expense.

To Gain Support In U.s. Congress And From Other Nations Requires Clarity, An Acceptable Mission And An Explicit Outcome.

[on Osama Bin Laden] He Is Either Alive And Well Or Alive And Not Too Well Or Not Alive.

Don't Say 'the White House Wants.' Buildings Can't Want.

I Tend Over The Years To Have Developed A Certain Hesitancy About Believing That Headlines Tell The Whole Story.