Best excuse of the day

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 6:29 AM Share

From a recent e-mail I got: "I am exhausted -- it is now past 5:30am and I have to grab a couple of hours of sleep before flying to Kandahar."

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

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