Lawrence DiRita Quotes (14 Quotes)

I would expect fully that he will come back and give an assessment of where he thinks he is. I don't know, I simply don't, whether that will include his recommendation on the way ahead.

The last number I saw was 161,000, but you're going to start to see that come down pretty dramatically because that was in-place relief and holdovers.

I think every government in the world, particularly a NATO ally, understands the potential effect on relations with the United States if these kinds of frivolous lawsuits were ever to see the light of day.

If we're asked not to proceed, or ordered not to proceed, then we won't. That's the plan.

They're trying different ways to place these things, they're trying to keep focused on US activities, ... We're always trying to learn off of them, they're always trying to learn off of us.

When we turn over two dozen forward-operating bases, that's two dozen that no longer require US military, ... So at a certain point you have to start to connect that to force levels.

Decisions were made then that seemed appropriate at the time. And now the Iraqi government is making decisions that seem appropriate to this point.

an adversary that continues to develop some sophistication on very deadly and increasingly precise standoff weapons.

The department remains in regular consultation with the relevant committees in Congress and with other agencies within the intelligence community, including the CIA.

What we have found are mostly sort of general reference to terrorist cells that people were generally aware of.

The demands of the global war on terror necessitate a framework by which military forces and traditional human intelligence work more closely together and in greater numbers than they have in the past,

These are countries that are starting, together, themselves to identify as a region, as the Central American region. The Central American Free Trade Agreement is one example. Countries in that region, for example, have contributed troops to Iraq, and they've contributed at least a commitment to work on maybe joint peacekeeping activities, things of that nature. So, it's developing an identity as a component of the inter-American system and I think the Secretary would very much like to strengthen that.

There was already a significant flow of Guard troops. Changing the nature of the operation wasn't going to get people there any faster.

We have a lot of skilled people, a lot of energy, and a lot of money. But I question whether the DoD is the best place to be doing these things.