If Karen Hughes is to succeed in her job, President Bush should seriously consider answering questions like this one as reported in the WP

President Bush was asked whether he would support Gamal Mubarak to succeed his father, Hosni Mubarak, as president of Egypt. The US president answered "That is a question, I don't answer questions?" Now the budding democratic forces in Egypt will understand the US policy "to spread democracy in the Middle East."