That didn't take long:
Just days after a four-star general was relieved of command for comments made to Rolling Stone magazine, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates issued orders Friday tightening the reins on officials dealing with the news media.
The three-page memorandum requires top-level Pentagon and military leaders to notify the Defense Department’s assistant secretary for public affairs “prior to interviews or any other means of media and public engagement with possible national or international implications.”
Apparently "other means of media and public engagement" is code for throwing back a few drinks.
And a funny side note:
A copy of the unclassified Gates memo was provided to The New York Times by an official who was not authorized to release it.