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Lawrence Di Rita calls on a reporter for a question during an operational update briefing.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Lawrence Di Rita (right) calls on a reporter for a question during an operational update briefing in the Pentagon on Dec. 14, 2004. Di Rita and Joint Staff Deputy Director of Operations Brig. Gen. David Rodriguez, U.S. Army, briefed reporters on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.