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Extending on his earlier comments in a press conference at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium (6 June 2002)
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Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.
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Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs.
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Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
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Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.
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It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.
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In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.
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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist.
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I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.
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Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.
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What we are seeing is not the war in Iraq. What we're seeing is slices of the war in Iraq.111213
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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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Let's hear it for the essential daily briefing, however hollow and empty it might be. We'll do it.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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With the press there is no 'off the record.'
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The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.
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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.
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We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.8910
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