A few months into my research, General Petraeus, who was then leading Central Command, invited me to go for a run with him and his team along the Potomac River during one of his visits to Washington. I figured I could interview him while we ran.
Potomac School proved to be my first big adjustment - one that helped me with a basic lesson of growing up: learning to get along in whatever world one is deposited.
Mr. Kilgore you day you support widening I-66 inside the beltway and another crossing over the Potomac River. Tell us why you think those projects are so important, how you're going to pay for them, and how you're going to connect 66 with the bridges.
He couldn't really go to his superior, who was L. Patrick Gray, who was busy throwing documents into the Potomac River from the bridge. He couldn't go to the attorney general, who was on his way to jail himself.
We have taken the first step toward achieving our trash-free Potomac goal by getting our leaders to agree that the region does have a significant trash problem.
We really love the outpouring of support from the Potomac area. They're stepping up and helping us.