Pentagon - Amanda Shi

Having never been to the pentagon before, yesterday was an exciting day for me. First of all, we got through security clearance almost immediately because we were the "vip" group. But the best part was when we sat in on a teleconference with a colonel stationed in Ramadi, Iraq. I got to sit in the front row with all the really intense reporters; it was kind of a rush for me. I guess i'm just easily excited like that. I found it interesting that so much progress was being made both in the economy and the infrastucture. All we hear on the news these days is how another road side bomb killed 10 people in Iraq. It was refreshing and reassuring to hear that the troops weren't just squandering their time there. Later the producer from ABC and a photojounralist from CNN talked to us about how networks choose what to put on the news among other topics. Again i could not believe that such important and busy people were sparing time to talk to a bunch of high school students.
Later, the tour of the pentagon was really fun, because the tour guides were humorous, which made the tour that much more interesting.