must also determine whether (Roberts) has demonstrated a commitment to the constitutional principles that have been so vital in advancing fairness, decency and equal opportunity in our society.

[Khalilzad acknowledged he was] personally disappointed ... some differences in views on details, but not on the main principles or major issues.

Our system presumes that there are certain principles that are more important than the temper of the times. And you must have a judge who is detached, who is independent, who is fair, who is committed only to those principles, and not public pressures of other sort. That's the meaning of neutrality.

I personally was moved by their commitment. We're proud to be a part of this. We actually want to increase our involvement in the future.

The central claim of the book is that effective analytic designs entail turning thinking principles into seeing principles.

The key argument is that cognitive tasks should be turned into design principles.