Running the war and talking to the press do not require the same skills

I'm watching General Franks' press conference. Apparently he didn't want to give a press conference, because he doesn't think he is very good at talking to the press. Presumably Donald Rumsfeld insisted. He doesn't look especially comfortable, no.

Update: Franks improved as it went on, and gave off a good no-nonsense attitude. He managed to more or less ignore the somewhat pointed quality that some of the French accented questions had, too