Lawrence DiRita
Lawrence DiRita
bunch drop equipment ground guys waiting
You drop in the 82nd Airborne, and you have a bunch of guys on the ground waiting for their equipment to show up,
along planning underlying
It's still classified, ... along with a lot of the underlying planning.
changing flow guard nature operation people
There was already a significant flow of Guard troops. Changing the nature of the operation wasn't going to get people there any faster.
focused learn trying ways
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.
decisions government iraqi seemed
Decisions were made then that seemed appropriate at the time. And now the Iraqi government is making decisions that seem appropriate to this point.
assessment expect fully include simply thinks whether
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.
asked ordered
If we're asked not to proceed, or ordered not to proceed, then we won't. That's the plan.
decisions
but there just has been no decisions made.
attempting defense department desired directly fit operations post secretary suggested unit washington
There is no unit that is directly reportable to the Secretary of Defense for clandestine operations as is described in the Washington Post article. ... Further, the department is not attempting to 'bend' statutes to fit desired activities, as is suggested in this article.
best understanding
It's not known, to the best of my understanding.
altered elections january perfectly plausible rotation
We altered the rotation of units during the January elections, and I think its perfectly plausible we'll do the same thing for these elections.
bet generally kinds lawsuits true
Generally speaking, as is true anywhere, if these kinds of lawsuits take place with American servicemen in the cross-hairs, you bet it's something we take seriously,
certain connect dozen force longer point require start turn
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.
accurate attempting defense department human improve intelligence surprising
It is accurate and should not be surprising that the Department of Defense is attempting to improve its long-standing human intelligence capability.