Yup, I was one of the lucky folks who got to attend the 16th Report of the Secretaries of State, thanks to a friendly bulldog at the Rusk Center for International Law.
Not only was I in the same room as some the great diplomatic minds of the twentieth century --(please keep political comments to self, I am) Kissinger, Baker, Christopher, Albright, Powell-- but I was so close to Gen. Colin that I could've spitballed him right in those wire-framed glasses if I'd had the inkling. Don't worry, Ma Mere raised me better than that.
I did write up a story that night when I got home from work, and you can read the results here (AE). Reading my piece again as I'm writing this post, it comes off pretty rushed and impersonal--a problem I've been having while trying to learn the whole Associated Press style thing and in attempting to write quickly. In my defense, I put in six hours or so of construction work before sitting down to bust the story out. I was rather brain dead wasted trying to make my chicken scratch notation into an audience pleasing story. Oh well.
As far as other coverage goes, check some of this stuff out. It's all written by folks who had proper press passes, attended the pr events, and are, for the most part, professional writers:
Blake Aued, the ABH's finest reporter and all around good guy, wrote some great coverage and the ABH site has mp3 audio from the press conference that you can check out here (Blake's story).
Blake also wrote a funny blog entry you can read here.
I really dig his titles, especially when they reference Dylan.
Read the AJC coverage here.
And the Red and Black coverage here.
Well, that's it for tonight. I've got some hammer induced blood blisters to deal with and this Tawny Port isn't going to drink itself.
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