34 Quotes by Lawrence Rita

On behalf of these fine young men and women, we certainly regret any perception that they were told what to say. It is not the case.

In July, he had one assessment. He has an assessment now that could still result in what he said earlier, it could result in no change, it could result in more.

If somebody comes back to me and says there's nothing wrong with the Department of Defense paying journalists, I'll say, 'Even if there's nothing wrong, does it make sense ?

He's presented a variety of alternative approaches that could occur after the election, but again it's all based on waiting to see how it goes and waiting and watching as we continue to hand over responsibility to the Iraqis,

General Casey could determine after the elections that, I want more, for whatever reason, ... and then he'll get more.

If he can promote from within, or bring somebody in who's been part of the operation in some other capacity, he likes to do that,

For the next election (in December), it wouldn't surprise me to see it go right back up to 160,000 again.