I Used To Be A Print Reporter.

We Now Assume That When People Turn On The Evening News, They Basically Already Know What The News Is. They've Heard It On The Radio. They've Seen It On The Internet. They've Seen It On One Of The Cable Companies. So That Makes Our Job A Bit Different.

But If You're Going To Go Out On A Military Unit, You've Got To Allow Yourself To Be Under The Control Of The Commander Because You Really Could Put The Troops In Danger.

And As A Result, I Guess I'm Just Kind Of A Rubberneck. I'm Kind Of A - Someone Who Likes To See Things And Likes To See These Events And Talk To The People Who Make Them Happen. But I Don't Think Journalists Are As Important As The People They Cover.

Whether Or Not The President Is Sleeping Well Won't Be A Factor In His Re-election. That Will Depend On What He Does While He Is Awake.

The Iraq War Was Fought By One-half Of One Percent Of Us. And Unless We Were Part Of That Small Group Or Had A Relative Who Was, We Went About Our Lives As Usual Most Of The Time: No Draft, No New Taxes, No Changes. Not So For The Small Group Who Fought The War And Their Families.