Lawrence Rita
Lawrence Rita
defense department determine entire less scope
We're going to take a look at the entire scope of our responsibilities in the Department of Defense and determine what is it that we can or should be doing better, differently, more of, less of.
allowing enemy intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals learning stop
We're getting more intelligence that's allowing us to stop more of these things, find more of them. So we're learning from them (the insurgents) and the enemy is learning from us, and it's going to be that way for as long as there is an insurgency.
altered assume january perfectly plausible
We altered the rotations of units during the January election. And I think it's perfectly plausible to assume we'll do the same thing for this election,
asked fact ordered proceed
The fact is we said we'd proceed on commissions. Hicks is up. And we're going to proceed. And if we're asked not to proceed or ordered not to proceed (by a court), then we won't. That's the plan,
looking might needed procedures
We're always looking to see if there are modifications that might be needed to the procedures
obvious people question
There's a lot of people who know that that's an obvious question