23 Quotes by Lawrence DiRita

For the next election, I wouldn't be surprised to see it go right back up to 160,000 based on puts and takes and in-place rotations and relief, and everything else,

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.

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

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

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,