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'''Lawrence Di Rita''' (born in [[Detroit, Michigan]]) was a close aide to [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] and is currently a spokesmen for [[Bank of America|Bank of America Corp]].  

'''Lawrence Di Rita''' (born in Detroit, Michigan) was a close aide to [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] and is currently a spokesmen for [[Bank of America|Bank of America Corp]].  

Di Rita served as acting [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs]] and [[U.S. Department of Defense]] spokesmen under Secretary Rumsfeld. Reportedly, he was slated to become [[Secretary of the Army]] but his nomination was scuttled due to opposition in the [[United States Senate]]. His prior position was Special Assistant to Rumsfeld. Throughout his time in [[the Pentagon]], Di Rita was considered the Defense Secretary's right-hand aide. Even after Rumsfeld's resignation, Di Rita was authorized by Rumsfeld to speak on his behalf to ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' [[magazine]] regarding matters such as Rumsfeld's current plans and activities<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1623260,00.html Donald Rumsfeld's Next Move - TIME<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.

Di Rita served as acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and [[U.S. Department of Defense]] spokesmen under Secretary Rumsfeld. Reportedly, he was slated to become [[Secretary of the Army]] but his nomination was scuttled due to opposition in the [[United States Senate]]. His prior position was Special Assistant to Rumsfeld. Throughout his time in [[the Pentagon]], Di Rita was considered the Defense Secretary's right-hand aide. Even after Rumsfeld's resignation, Di Rita was authorized by Rumsfeld to speak on his behalf to ''Time'' magazine regarding matters such as Rumsfeld's current plans and activities<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1623260,00.html Donald Rumsfeld's Next Move - TIME<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.

Di Rita received a [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[United States Naval Academy|U.S. Naval Academy]] and a [[master's degree]] from [[Johns Hopkins University]] School of Advanced International Studies. He served as a [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] officer until 1994 at which time Di Rita joined the [[Heritage Foundation]] as Deputy Director of Foreign Policy and Defense Studies. Di Rita was Policy Director to the 1996 Presidential campaign of U.S. Senator [[Phil Gramm]] and Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] from 1996 until 2001.  

Di Rita received a [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[United States Naval Academy|U.S. Naval Academy]] and a [[master's degree]] from [[Johns Hopkins University]] School of Advanced International Studies. He served as a [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] officer until 1994 at which time Di Rita joined the [[Heritage Foundation]] as Deputy Director of Foreign Policy and Defense Studies. Di Rita was Policy Director to the 1996 Presidential campaign of U.S. Senator [[Phil Gramm]] and Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] from 1996 until 2001.