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It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios.

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

At some point, the government expands into the private sphere so far that you live in a place with a whole lot less freedom. I didn't like that that was the direction of travel for our country, and decided to come to Washington to try and be a small part of bringing it back.

Policy gets out of date.

There is so much uncertainty out there, and the government in Washington doesn't seem to get it. What's needed is a new business environment.

Washington has become this place that people don't leave. It has become this permanent feudal class.

American public policy is run on a myth.

Bad policy tends to be done in a rush.

It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character.

The policy is one thing, but it's dictated by what the process is.