Listening To Both Sides Does Not Necessarily

You're Thinking Of Europe As Germany And France. I Don't. I Think That's Old Europe. If You Look At The Entire Nato Europe Today, The Center Of Gravity Is Shifting To The East. And There Are A Lot Of New Members. And If You Just Take The List Of All The Members Of Nato And All Of Those Who Have Been Invited In Recently -- What Is It? Twenty-six, Something Like That? -- You're Right. Germany Has Been A Problem, And France Has Been A Problem.

If You Try To Please Everybody, Somebody's Not Going To Like It.

Enjoy Your Time In Public Service. It May Well Be One Of The Most Interesting And Challenging Times Of Your Life.

One Of Your Tasks Is To Separate The 'personal' From The 'substantive.' The Two Can Become Confused, Especially If Someone Rubs The President Wrong.

If In Doubt, Move Decisions Up To The President.