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Iraq War Information Desk

I wish they had been doing this all along.

Shaping the Bush administration’s message on the Iraq war has taken on new fervor, just as anticipation is building for the September progress report from top military advisers.

For the Pentagon, getting out Iraq information will now include a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week Iraq Communications Desk that will pump out data from Baghdad — serving as what could be considered a campaign war room.

According to a memo circulated Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press, Dorrance Smith, assistant defense secretary for public affairs, is looking for personnel for what he called the high-priority effort to distribute Defense Department information on Iraq.

Posted by Owen at 1912 hrs
Foreign Affairs + Military + Politics + Politics - General

1. What, those White House press briefings aren’t good enough for you?

   Posted by John Foust on August 25, 2007 at 1029 hrs
   
   
   

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