Out here at the Castle, most days are diamonds.

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We're just retired warriors and fellow-travelers and all opinions expressed herein are mine or Dusty's or Bill's, or Kat's, or Fuzzybear's;(and the odd guest-poster like Cassandra and the Wicca Pundit) unless quoted from other sources. This site does *not* have the Rumsfeld Gates Seal of Approval and we doubt he knows (or cares) it exists! [Um, well, it turns out he *does* and so does Army Secretary Geren, too.]Though we *have* seen the Official Army Blog Training Brief, and we know that the *Counter-Intel* people know it exists... [Waving vigorously] "Hi fellas! How are ya?"

However, we *do* know the blog is read at the White House. Because we got invited there. Kewl, huh? Read Less