Learn to say "I don't know." If used when appropriate, it will be often.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

The war against terrorism... will use every element of American influence and power, ... The aim is to create conditions for sustained anti-terrorist and humanitarian relief efforts in Afghanistan.

We are seeing history unfold, events that will shape the course of a country, the fate of a people and potentially the future of the region.