Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita (right) responds to a reporter's question about Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's memo concerning the Global War on Terrorism during a Pentagon press briefing on Oct. 23, 2003. Di Rita and Director for Operations of the Joint Staff, J-3, Lt. Gen. Norton Schwartz (left), U.S. Air Force, also provided reporters an operation update on the coalition's progress in Iraq.