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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