Quote of the day: On the lingering habits of a retired bomb sniffing military dog

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 11:06 AM Share

War dog fever continues-two segments on network news Monday. My favorite comment came on ABC Nightly News from Tiffany Touchstone, who adopted Bagger, a retired bomb sniffing canine: "I don't know if we'll ever get the training out of him. I mean, he searches the kids' backpacks and our luggage when we travel out of town." And like many old soldiers, he also flinches when he hears gunfire on television.

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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