To make those changes effectively, he has to do them with an experienced staff, and he doesn't have one, ... Many of us worked with that staff in the House. Frankly, on both sides of the aisle in our committee, we were happy to see them go.

He came in with lots of baggage. . . . No one would have been surprised had he not been a star. But he dispelled all of that very quickly.

We've already experienced marked changes at these properties. The renovation process is already underway at each property, staff re- training has been implemented and our new marketing plans have been engaged. We expect these and other alterations to quickly push these hotels to market leadership positions in their respective markets.

But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.

We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.

Anyone who came in when he did would have had a steep hill to climb, in part because change can be difficult,