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I was working in the same building as U.S. News & World Report, and I banged on the door and said, "I'm ready to go." And they said, "What's your combat experience?" I said, "Does my parents' divorce count? It was pretty rough." Then they said, "What's your reporting experience?" And I said, "I covered the women's volleyball team in college exceptionally well." The guy was like, "You are so not ready to be a war correspondent."

I was working in the same building as U.S. News & World Report, and I banged on the door and said, I'm ready to go. And they said, What's your combat experience? I said, Does my parents' divorce count? It was pretty