One, I have to [chuckles] ask you, why did you tell us that in your book? But secondly, what caused the divorce? And, you know, give us a little bit more of your own personal details of how difficult this was to continually go back and forth.

Sure.

Yeah, I...

I- in my journalism career, I've probably used the I voice, you know, the first person voice once or twice maybe.

Um, but I think when putting together the book after a first draft, which it had a little bit of first person but mostly third person, uh, the editor said, really suggested, "You know, you gotta take the reader through it through your eyes.

And so write it chronological.

You do research for your first trip, you go on your first trip, you're hooked, and you keep going." And he said, "The case is so confusing, the history is so confusing, that the reader needs a guide, a steady guide, and it has to be you.

Could the secretary of defense, if he decided, get involved in this and have an impact on the outcome?

One, I have to ask you, why did you tell us that in your book? But secondly, what caused the divorce? And, you know, give us a little bit more of your own personal details of how difficult this was to continually go back and forth.

Sure.

Yeah, I-- i-in my journalism career, I've probably used the I voice, you know, the first-person voice once or twice maybe.

Um, but I think when putting together the book after a first draft, which it had a little bit of first person, but mostly third person, uh, the editor said, really suggested, "You know, you gotta take the reader through it through your eyes.

And so write it chronological.

You do research for your first trip.

You go on your first trip.

Could the Secretary of Defense, if he decided, get involved in this and have an impact on the outcome?