Just sniffin' the wind:

[PeterofLoneTree]

From the NYTimes obit on Philip Merrill <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://tinyurl.com/k7xhz:">tinyurl.com/k7xhz:</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>"Mr. Merrill had combined business and public service for most of his career, serving as assistant secretary-general of NATO, a special assistant to the deputy secretary of state and a member of the Department of Defense Policy Board at various times." <p></p><i></i>