They've got questions, they've got answers

Has every quoted official in the free world started talking like Donald Rumsfeld? Yes.

"Are we capable of dealing with a severe attack? That's a very important question and it's in the national interest that we find out what went on so we can better respond." -- President Bush.

"Are we concerned? Yes." -- Gov. Rick Perry's spokesman Robert Black, after the latest in a series of meetings between state and local leaders and federal emergency officials.

"Now, could we have done things better? Absolutely." -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin

"Is Tal Afar secure? No, it's not secure. Is the enemy on the run in Tal Afar? Yes, the enemy's on the run." -- Col. H.R. McMaster, commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq

Am I kicking myself for not remembering more examples from my night at work? Yes. Am I guilty of using this sometimes annoying convention in my own writing? Yes.