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[http://www.dod.mil/policy/speech/feb_11_03.html Statement by [[Douglas J. Feith]], Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 11, 2003:
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== The Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) ==
"To prepare for all this (the coordinated, balanced progress of economic and security reconstruction in a post-conflict Iraq), the President ([[George Walker Bush]]) directed on January 20 the creation of a post-war planning office. Although located within the Policy organization in the Department of Defense, this office is staffed by officials detailed from departments and agencies throughout the government. Its job is detailed planning and implementation. The intention is not to theorize but to do practical work - to prepare for action on the ground, if and when the time comes for such work. In the event of war, most of the people in the office will deploy to Iraq. We have named it the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance and we describe it as an 'expeditionary' office.
