No matter how many times Gen. Petraeus tries not to make news in the D.C. area, I’ll probably attend, and watch the PowerPoint presentation on Centcom’s area of responsibility, because he might say something newsworthy or I might get to ask a question and this is what I get paid to do and enjoy doing. [...]

First, a bit of self-pity. I’m kicking myself the Times beat me to a story I started pursuing late last month. Whatever. They did a good job. You can’t bag every deer. What? Of course not, it’s just something in my eye. OK. After at least five and a half months of putting JSOC on [...]