COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), was disappointed yesterday when she walked the length of the hallway outside her office without once being asked for guidance, sources confirmed.

In the 20 minutes spent in the hallway, Robinson reportedly gazed at a photograph taken during the activation of Northern Command in 2002, but no one came up to ask for her thoughts on maritime domain awareness. Even when she looked at a picture of a C-130 dropping retardant on a forest fire in Montana, it was as if no one in the headquarters cared at all for her ideas on countering transnational organized crime.

Robinson is said to have then milled about in a nearby hallway while appearing to look at a sketch of a Coast Guard cutter and repeatedly taking sips of water from a drinking fountain, but not one single staffer approached her even to ask for an off-base restaurant recommendation, sources confirmed.