of course they have to be exercised judicioujudiciously. i'm delighted that the pentagon embedded journalists in the iraq war that's been going on for the last couple years. i don't know if you know this or not, but the pentagon before the iraq war went off offered american journalists the opportunity to go to fort buenning, and i believe ft. knox, other military bases to be briefed on battlefield maneuver activities and battlefield activities. they learned about tactics and they learned about fireman ufr and fire support. they were much more qualified to report to the american people what they were seeing in iraq. >> naud maude. >> whereas in vietnam, as i understand it, joe six pack right off the streets of chicago could show up in saigon and get a press card. he didn't know the difference between a squad and a battalion or m-16 rifle and a mortar. if i were asked today to cover a rugby football match in redskin stadium, i wouldn't know what the hell i was looking at. that was the same with a lot of the journalists in vietnam. they didn't