guidance will include the quality of press engagement by ensuring the people the media talk to can speak with accuracy and authority. this should not infringe or impede the flow of accurate or timely information to you or the public. that is not my intent nor will i tolerate it. an additional personal observation. over the last two years, i have lost a first rate central command commander and an jute standing commander of isat in afghanistan, due to their own missteps in dealing with the media. i've had to recall a combatant back to washington for speaking out inappropriately on a sensitive foreign policy issue. i've had two very different presidents, each on several occasions express concern to me about senior defense officials, both civilian and military, speaking out inappropriately on foreign policy issues. these instances, together with my own frustration with premature disclosures of