Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
The absence of evidence is not necessarily the evidence of absence.
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.
When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.
Oh, Lord. I didn’t mean to say anything quotable.
Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.
Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
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.
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.
Control your own time. Don’t let it be done for you. If you are working off the in-box that is fed you, you are probably working on the priority of others.
You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
If I know the answer I’ll tell you the answer, and if I don’t, I’ll just respond, cleverly.
Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?
There is no question but that when one is engaged militarily that there are going to be unintended loss of life.