Lawrence DiRita
Lawrence DiRita
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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.
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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.
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I think one of the principle lessons is that in a disaster of a certain scale, there is no other department of government that can provide the resources and the planning and the advanced thinking than this department,
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It is likely we will get down to the baseline after the election,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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There was already a significant flow of Guard troops. Changing the nature of the operation wasn't going to get people there any faster.
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It's still classified, ... along with a lot of the underlying planning.
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You drop in the 82nd Airborne, and you have a bunch of guys on the ground waiting for their equipment to show up,
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It's not known, to the best of my understanding.
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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.
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Decisions were made then that seemed appropriate at the time. And now the Iraqi government is making decisions that seem appropriate to this point.
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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.