Apr 27, 2009 3:30 PM

Danger, West Point! Danger, Dronesville!

I’ll be on the road this week. First stop: West Point, where I’ll be giving guest lectures tomorrow on the media, the military, and politics. Then, I’m off to Creech Air Force Base — home of America’s unmanned aerial vehicle squadrons — for a couple of days. Drop me a line if you’ll be at […]

I'll be on the road this week. First stop: West Point, where I'll be giving guest lectures tomorrow on the media, the military, and politics. Then, I'm off to Creech Air Force Base -- home of America's unmanned aerial vehicle squadrons -- for a couple of days. Drop me a line if you'll be at West Point, at Creech, or at nearby Nellis Air Force Base, too.

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