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WALTER RODGERS: CNN

Army, 3rd Infantry, 7th Cavalry regiment

CNN's Walter Rodgers has covered wars in Lebanon, the Balkans and Afghanistan, among others, and says this conflict is a fantastic war corespondent's story. "We see every battle plan. We listen to the radio transmissions." In turn, "The [military] trusts us not to break the rules and blow their cover."

"I have done the Marines, the Air Force and the Navy in previous wars," Rodgers said. For this war, "I thought I'd like to do the Army."