Known and Unknown_ A Memoir - Donald Rumsfeld [394]
Thanks are also due to Margaret McAleer, John Haynes, and the staff of the Library of Congress, where the bulk of my papers are on deposit. Bob Storer of the Defense Department’s Washington Headquarters Services has been an invaluable help with my DoD records. I also appreciate the contributions of David Horrocks and Bill McNitt and the staff at the Gerald R. Ford Library as well as assistance from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, the Richard M. Nixon Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer David Hume Kennerly contributed not only the front and back jackets of this book, but also unpublished photographs for the illustration sections.
Finally, I want to acknowledge my great fortune in having a family that has been a source of encouragement and inspiration: my two loving parents, George and Jeannette Rumsfeld, and my sister, Joan Ramsay. I am most of all indebted to the person to whom this memoir is dedicated. As well as her love, Joyce has brought insight, grace, and her trademark joy to my life for our now more than fifty-six years together. She and our three children, Valerie, Marcy, and Nick, have been with me every step of the way with their support and always with good-humored perspective. This memoir is, after all, their story as well as mine.
Even given the hundreds of hours of consultation, research, and review as well as the extensive documentation employed, I recognize it is inevitable that some errors have crept into a book of this scale. As regrettable as it is to accept this human reality, the responsibility for them is mine.
My proceeds from the project will go to the programs my foundation supports for the men and women in uniform, including the wounded and their families. If this book does nothing else but reflect my respect and appreciation for them, that will be enough.
List of Acronyms
ABM: Anti-Ballistic Missile
AID: Agency for International Development
ANA: Afghan National Army
AOR: military area of responsibility
BRAC: base realignment and closure
CBW: chemical or biological weapon
CENTCOM: U.S. Central Command
CERP: Commander’s Emergency Response Program
CJCS: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CLC: Cost of Living Council
COIN: counterinsurgency
CPA: Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
Defcon: Defense condition
DHS: Department of Homeland Security
DNI: director of national intelligence
DoD: Department of Defense
EFP: explosively formed penetrator
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration
FARC: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
FCC: Federal Communications Commission
FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
GI: General Instrument Corporation
HEW: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
ICC: International Criminal Court
IED: improvised explosive device
IGC: Iraqi Governing Council
IIA: Iraqi Interim Authority
INL: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S.
Department of State
ISAF: International Security Assistance Force—Afghanistan
ISF: Iraqi Security Forces
ISG: Iraq Survey Group
JCS: Joint Chiefs of Staff
JSOC: Joint Special Operations Command
JSTARS: Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System
LAF: Lebanese armed forces
MARSOC: Marine Corps Special Operations Command
MCA: Military Commission Act of 2006
MEF: Marine Expeditionary Force
MNF: multinational force
MRAP: mine resistant ambush protected vehicle
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO: nongovernmental organization
NIC: National Intelligence Council
NIE: national intelligence estimate
NMCC: National Military Command Center
NORAD: North American Aerospace Defense Command
NORTHCOM: U.S. Northern Command
NSA: National Security Agency
NSC: National Security Council
NSPD: national security policy directive
ODA: Operational Detachment Alpha
OEO: Office of Economic Opportunity
OLC: Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
OMB: Office of Management and