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CHAPTER 47
Eyes on Afghanistan

1.
Joint Chiefs of Staff, “Forces in Afghanistan September 2001–May 2007 (Boots on the Ground),” undated.

2.
Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “Karzai's Strategy on Warlordism,” September 15, 2003.

3.
Rumsfeld to Franks et al., “Afghan National Army,” January 28, 2002; Rumsfeld to Feith et al., “Afghanistan,” May 2, 2003.

4.
OSD Policy, “Principles for Afghanistan—Policy Guidelines,” July 7, 2003.

5.
David Rohde and David E. Sanger, “How a ‘Good War' in Afghanistan Went Bad,”
New York Times,
August 12, 2007; “Will Afghanistan Be Obama's Iraq?”
The Week,
December 8, 2008; Don Gonyea, “Is Obama in an ‘Afghan Box'?” NPR, September 29, 2009.

6.
Jason H. Campbell and Jeremy Shapiro, “Afghanistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan,” Brookings Institution, October 28, 2008.

7.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Afghanistan,” August 20, 2002.

8.
Rice to Cheney et al., “‘Accelerating Success in Afghanistan' in 2004: An Assessment,” January 18, 2005.

9.
Powell, letter to Rumsfeld, April 16, 2002; Rumsfeld to Wolfowitz et al., “Afghanistan Funding,” September 15, 2004; Rumsfeld to Feith, cc: Wolfowitz, “Afghan Army,” October 22, 2003; Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “Afghan Security Forces,” December 19, 2003.

10.
Rumsfeld to Rice, “Afghan National Police,” February 23, 2005.

11.
David Rohde, “Overhaul of Afghan Police Is New Priority,”
New York Times,
October 18, 2007.

12.
Rumsfeld to Rice, “Afghan National Police,” February 23, 2005.

13.
Rumsfeld to Myers et al., “Afghan Security Responsibility,” April 7, 2004; Rumsfeld to Powell, “Afghanistan briefing Papers,” September 21, 2004.

14.
Rep. Robert Andrews and Rep. Mark Kirk, cochairs,
Integrating 21st Century Development and Security Assistance: Final Report of the Task Force on Nontraditional Security Assistance,
Center for Strategic & International Studies (January 2008), p. 7.

15.
Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “Training and Equipping of Police in Afghanistan and Iraq,” August 2, 2006.

16.
Rumsfeld to Hadley, “Afghan National Police,” March 4, 2005.

17.
David Rohde, “Overhaul of Afghan Police Is New Priority,”
New York Times,
October 18, 2007.

18.
“Foreign Assistance Reform,” draft working paper, May 19, 2005.

19.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163), January 6, 2006.

20.
Combined Forces Command—Afghanistan, “What Has Changed?” December 6, 2004.

21.
Rumsfeld to Hadley, cc: Edelman, “Staffing PRTs in Afghanistan,” August 18, 2006, with attachment, “Staffing of PRTs in Afghanistan as of August 1, 2006” “Status of Civilianizing PRTs in Afghanistan,” April 19, 2005.

22.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Decision on Ambassador to Afghanistan,” January 21, 2005.

23.
Rumsfeld to Hadley, “Ambassador to Iraq,” March 6, 2006.

24.
Rumsfeld to Edelman, “Strmecki,” May 18, 2006; Rumsfeld to Cheney et al., “Marin Strmecki and Afghanistan briefing,” August 25, 2006.

25.
Marin Strmecki, “Afghanistan at a Crossroads: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Way Ahead,” August 17, 2006.

26.
Rumsfeld to Cheney et al., “Marin Strmecki and Afghanistan briefing,” August 25, 2006; Rumsfeld to Cheney et al., “briefing by Marin Strmecki on Afghanistan,” September 22, 2006; Rumsfeld to Hadley, cc: Edelman, “Strmecki Brief,” October 17, 2006.

27.
Marin Strmecki, “Afghanistan at a Crossroads: Challenges, Opportunities, and aWay Ahead,” August 17, 2006.

28.
Marin Strmecki, “Afghanistan at a Crossroads: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Way Ahead,” August 17, 2006.

29.
Marin Strmecki, “Afghanistan at a Crossroads: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Way Ahead,” August 17, 2006.

30.
Mira R. Ricardel to Rumsfeld, “Concept Paper on Merging ISAF and OEF into a Single Command,” October 12, 2004.

31.
Rumsfeld to Powell, “Afghanistan—Embassy Kabul Staffing,” March 26, 2004.

32.
Luti to Rumsfeld, “Embassy Kabul Staffing,” January 26, 2004.

33.
Rumsfeld to Hadley, “PRT Memos,” January 26, 2006.

34.
Rumsfeld, handwritten note, May 26, 2006.

35.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “What to Do When ‘Succeeding' Requires More Th an Military Power Alone,” October 10, 2006.

36.
Rumsfeld to Cheney et al., “Marin Strmecki and Afghanistan briefing,” August 25, 2006; Rumsfeld to Cheney et al., “briefing by Marin Strmecki on Afghanistan,” September 22, 2006; Rumsfeld to Hadley, cc: Edelman, “Strmecki Brief,” October 17, 2006.

CHAPTER 48
Iraq's Summer of Violence

1.
Michael E. O'Hanlon and Jason H. Campbell, “Iraq Index: Tracking Variables ofReconstruction & Security in Post-Saddam Iraq,” Brookings Institution, October 1, 2007, p. 30.

2.
Jim Clancy and Pam Benson, “Al-Zarqawi Claims Responsibility for Wave of Attacks,” CNN, April 6, 2004.

3.
Associated Press-Ipsos poll, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs, January 8–10, 2007; CBS News Poll, December 8–10, 2006.

4.
Jason Burke and Rory Carroll, “Poor Bedouin Who Became a Butcher,”
The Guardian,
June 9, 2006.

5.
“defiant al-Zarqawi Shows Face on Video,” CNN, April 25, 2006.

6.
Rumsfeld to Casey et al., “Zarqawi,” June 8, 2006.

7.
Rumsfeld to Myers and Cambone, “Meeting with POTUS,” May 19, 2005.

8.
Rumsfeld to McChrystal et al., “Congratulations,” June 8, 2006.

9.
Vickers to Bush, “Transitioning to an Indirect Approach in Iraq,” June 12, 2006.

10.
Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “Presence in Cities and Training Officers,” November 15, 2005.

11.
Abizaid to Rumsfeld, “Paper by Michael Vickers,” June 21, 2006.

12.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Abizaid's Comments on the Paper by Mike Vickers,” June 22, 2006.

13.
Rumsfeld to Hadley et al., “Update on Security in Baghdad,” July 14, 2006.

14.
Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, July 19, 2006.

15.
Rumsfeld to Casey et al., “Integration and Militia,” May 12, 2006.

16.
Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, July 22, 2006.

17.
Rumsfeld, “Measures of Success in Iraq,” September 18, 2006.

18.
Rumsfeld to Casey et al., “Decision on Stryker Brigade,” August 2, 2006; Casey to Rumsfeld et al., “snowflake response,” August 11, 2006.

19.
Eric Lidji, “Final Strykers Return Home,”
Stryker Brigade News,
December 19, 2006.

20.
Thomas E. Ricks, “Situation Called Dire in West Iraq,”
Washington Post,
September 11,2006; Jim Miklaszewski, “Iraq's Anbar Province a Lost Cause?” MSNBC, September 12, 2006.

21.
National Security Council, “Al Anbar Update,” March 22, 2006.

22.
Rumsfeld to Bremer, “Sunni Outreach,” April 12, 2004.

23.
Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “Counterinsurgency,” January 2, 2004.

24.
Major Niel Smith, U.S. Army, and Colonel Sean MacFarland, U.S. Army, “Anbar Awakens: The Tipping Point,”
Military Review,
March–April 2008, p. 41.

25.
Multi-National Corps—Iraq, Public Affairs Office, “Most Successful Iraqi Police Recruiting Drive,” Release No. 20060818-01, August 18, 2006.

26.
Major Niel Smith, U.S. Army, and Colonel Sean MacFarland, U.S. Army, “Anbar Awakens: The Tipping Point,”
Military Review,
March–April 2008, pp. 41-52.

27.
OSD Policy, “Security Update: Situation in al-Anbar,” October 26, 2006.

28.
Rumsfeld, handwritten note, October 20, 2006.

CHAPTER 49
Farewells

1.
William Branigin, “Three Retired Officers Demand Rumsfeld's Resignation,”
Washington Post,
September 25, 2006.

2.
Mark Benjamin, “U.S. Generals Call for Democratic Takeover,”
salon.com,
October 25, 2006.

3.
David S. Cloud and Eric Schmitt, “More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation,”
New York Times,
April 14, 2006.

4.
Rowan Scarborough, “Generals Defend Rumsfeld,”
Washington Times,
April 15, 2006.

5.
“Bush: ‘I'm the Decider' on Rumsfeld,” CNN, April 18, 2006.

6.
“Rep. Cynthia McKinney Introduces Bush Impeachment Bill,” Associated Press, December 8, 2006.

7.
Rumsfeld, handwritten note, October 11, 2006.

8.
“Bush: Rumsfeld and Cheney Should Stay,” Associated Press, November 1, 2006.

9.
Rumsfeld, handwritten note, November 5, 2006.

10.
Rumsfeld, letter of resignation, November 6, 2006.

11.
James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, cochairs,
The Iraq Study Group Report
(New York: Vintage Books, 2006), p. 32.

12.
Rumsfeld, handwritten note, November 7, 2006.

13.
Rumsfeld, handwritten note, November 7, 2006.

14.
Rumsfeld, “Secretary Rumsfeld's Remarks at the White House,” November 8, 2006.

15.
Rumsfeld, “Phone Conversation with Sergey Ivanov on November 11, 2006,” November 14, 2006.

16.
Rumsfeld, “November 11 Phone call with Henry Kissinger,” November 14, 2006.

17.
Rumsfeld, “November 10 Phone Call from John Dingell,” November 13, 2006.

18.
General Richard B. Myers, remarks at the Landon Lecture of Public Affairs, Kansas State University, November 9, 2006; Department of Defense news transcript, “Remarks by Secretary Rumsfeld at the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.,” November 9, 2006.

19.
Dick Cheney, “Vice President's Remarks at the Armed Forces Full Honor Review in Honor of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld,” Office of the Vice President, December 15, 2006.

20.
George W. Bush, “President Attends Armed Forces Full Honor Review for Secretary Rumsfeld,” Office of the Press Secretary, December 15, 2006.

21.
Rumsfeld, “Farewell Remarks—The Pentagon,” December 15, 2006.

22.
Rumsfeld, “Farewell Remarks—The Pentagon,” December 15, 2006; Jim Rutenberg,endnote> “In Farewell, Rumsfeld Warns Weakness Is ‘Provocative,'”
New York Times,
December 16, 2006.

CHAPTER 50
After Tides and Hurricanes

1.
Charles Duelfer, “Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD” (Duelfer Report), vol. I, September 30, 2004, p. 1 (Regime Strategic Intent section).

2.
Charles Duelfer, “Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD” (Duelfer Report), vol. I, September 30, 2004, p. 51 (Regime Strategic Intent section).

3.
Karl Rove,
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
(New York: Threshold Editions, 2010), p. 342.

4.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Alternative Approaches to Iraq,” November 6, 2006.