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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.
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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.
5. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Iraq Policy: Proposal for the New Phase,” December 8, 2006.
6. OSD Policy, “Security Update: Situation in al-Anbar,” October 26, 2006.
7. Rumsfeld, “Iraq—Illustrative New Courses of Action,” November 6, 2006.
8. Rumsfeld, “Iraq—Illustrative New Courses of Action,” November 6, 2006.
9. Peter W. Rodman, Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), p. 266.
10. Peter Rodman, Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), p. 267.
11. Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, December 13, 2006.
12. Peter Rodman, Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), p. 268.
13. Joel Roberts, “Senator Reid on Iraq: ‘This War Is Lost,’” CBS News, April 20, 2007; Barack Obama, interviewed by Tim Russert, Meet the Press, NBC News, October 22, 2006.
14. Juan Abdel Nasser, “The 12 Fastest Growing Economies in 2010,” Economy Watch. com, October 13, 2009.
15. Department of Defense, The National Defense Strategy of the United States of America, March 2005.
16. Rumsfeld to Rice et al., “Iraq,” July 27, 2001.
17. Henry Kissinger, Years of Upheaval (Boston: Little, Brown, 1982), p. 638.
18. George W. Bush, address, Joint Session of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 20, 2001.
19. Rumsfeld,