Known and Unknown (101 page)

11.
“Punishment Please,”
The Economist,
August 27, 2005.

12.
Press conference of Senators John McCain, John Sununu, and Lindsey Graham, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May 29, 2005.

13.
McCain et al., letter to Rumsfeld, September 19, 2005.

14.
Rumsfeld, letter to McCain, undated.

15.
Rumsfeld to Feith et al., “Uzbekistan,” July 24, 2005.

16.
Rumsfeld to Jim MacDougall et al., “Congressional Amendment on Uzbekistan,” October 18, 2006.

17.
Rumsfeld to Cambone, “Uzbekistan,” July 27, 2005.

18.
R. Nicholas Burns, interviewed by Pahlavon Turghunov, BBC Uzbek Service, August 2, 2005.

19.
Vladimir Socor, “The Unfolding of the U.S.-Uzbekistan Crisis,” published as part of
Anatomy of a Crisis: U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations, 2001–2005,
edited by S. Frederick Starr (Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, 2006), p. 50.

20.
Vladimir Socor, “The Unfolding of the U.S.-Uzbekistan Crisis,” published as part of
Anatomy of a Crisis: U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations, 2001–2005,
edited by S. Frederick Starr (Central Asia–Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, 2006), p. 61.

21.
Vladimir Socor, “The Unfolding of the U.S.-Uzbekistan Crisis,” published as part of
Anatomy of a Crisis: U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations, 2001–2005,
edited by S. Frederick Starr (Central Asia–Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, 2006), p. 62.

22.
Rumsfeld to Hadley et al., “Central Asia,” July 13, 2006.

23.
Rumsfeld to Hadley et al., “Central Asia,” July 13, 2006.

24.
Rumsfeld to Pace, “Acting on Intelligence,” November 7, 2006.

25.
Rumsfeld, “Talk to Hadley about U.S.-Iran Talks,” April 3, 2006.

26.
Rumsfeld to Bush, cc: Hadley, “Thoughts on Syria,” July 31, 2006.

27.
“Hezbollah Denies Link to Hariri Murder,” CNN, May 24, 2009; Ayaz Nanji, “Bush Says Syria Is ‘Out of Step,'” CBS News, February 17, 2005.

28.
Rumsfeld to Cheney et al., “Remaining Firm on North Korea,” December 26, 2002.

29.
Rumsfeld to Cheney et al., “Approaching China with a Political Solution on NorthKorea,” March 14, 2003.

30.
Max Hastings,
The Korean War
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987), p. 324.

CHAPTER 44
The Army We Had

1.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Secretary Rumsfeld Town Hall Meeting in Kuwait,” December 8, 2004.

2.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Secretary Rumsfeld Town Hall Meeting in Kuwait,” December 8, 2004.

3.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Secretary Rumsfeld Town Hall Meeting in Kuwait,” December 8, 2004.

4.
Thomas E. Ricks, “Rumsfeld Gets Earful From Troops,”
Washington Post,
December 9, 2004.

5.
Rick Atkinson, “‘The IED Problem Is Getting Out of Control. We've Got to Stop the Bleeding,'”
Washington Post,
September 30, 2007.

6.
Rick Atkinson, “‘There Was a Two-Year Learning Curve…and a Lot of People Died in Those Two Years,'”
Washington Post,
October 1, 2007.

7.
Rick Atkinson, “‘The IED Problem Is Getting Out of Control. We've Got to Stop the Bleeding,'”
Washington Post,
September 30, 2007.

8.
Rick Atkinson, “‘The IED Problem Is Getting Out of Control. We've Got to Stop the Bleeding,'”
Washington Post,
September 30, 2007.

9.
Rick Atkinson, “‘You Can't Armor Your Way Out of This Problem,'”
Washington Post,
October 2, 2007.

10.
Rick Atkinson, “‘There Was a Two-Year Learning Curve…and a Lot of People Died in Those Two Years,'”
Washington Post,
October 1, 2007.

11.
Rumsfeld to Myers et al., “Armored Vehicles,” December 21, 2004.

12.
Rumsfeld to Myers et al., “Meeting AOR Needs,” December 14, 2004.

13.
Rumsfeld to Di Rita, “Armored Vehicle Issue,” December 20, 2004.

14.
Department of Defense, “Defense Transformation Update,” August 2006.

15.
“USAF Faces Further Push to Boost UAVs in Afghanistan, Iraq,”
janes.com,
April 24, 2008.

16.
Caspar W. Weinberger, speech, “The Uses of Military Power,” National Press Club, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1984; Colin L. Powell, “U.S. Forces: Challenges Ahead,”
Foreign Affairs,
vol. 71, no. 5 (Winter 1992), pp. 32-45.

17.
Department of Defense news transcript, “DoD News briefing—Secretary Rumsfeld,” May 8, 2002.

18.
Armed Forces Journal,
cover page, June 2002.

19.
“Crusader Talking Points,” May 1, 2002.

20.
“Crusader Talking Points,” May 1, 2002.

21.
“DoD—Highlights of Accomplishments: The First Five Years,” March 20, 2006; General Wayne Downing to Rumsfeld and Pace, “Special Operations Forces Assessment,” November 9, 2005.

22.
Rumsfeld to Di Rita, “briefing on SOF,” December 10, 2004; Rumsfeld to General Doug Brown et al., “Marines Special Operations Command,” February 5, 2005.

23.
Francis J. Harvey to Rumsfeld, “Snowflake Response: Army Modularity—Open Issues,” February 2, 2005.

24.
Robert D. Kaplan, “What Rumsfeld Got Right,”
The Atlantic,
July/August 2008.

PART FOURTEEN
The Long, Hard Slog

1.
Department of Defense news transcript, “DoD News briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Pace,” March 7, 2006.

2.
Rumsfeld to Edelman, cc: Pace, “U.S. Response to Mosque Attack,” February 22, 2006.

CHAPTER 45
Hands Off the Bicycle Seat

1.
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 357.

2.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Ambassador Bremer Conference Call with editorial Writers,” July 24, 2003.

3.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Ambassador Paul Bremer Interview on
Meet the Press,
” July 20, 2003.

4.
Bremer to Rumsfeld, “Nation-Building: Lessons Learned,” May 4, 2003; L. Paul Bremer, interviewed by Tim Russert,
Meet the Press,
NBC News, January 15, 2006.

5.
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 357; Rumsfeld to Bremer, “Force Estimate,” May 24, 2004.

6.
Rumsfeld to Myers, cc: Wolfowitz, “Force Estimate for Iraq,” May 21, 2004.

7.
Myers to Rumsfeld, “Iraqi Force Estimate,” July 13, 2004.

8.
Myers to Rumsfeld, “Iraqi Force Estimate,” July 13, 2004.

9.
Myers to Rumsfeld, “Iraqi Force Estimate,” July 13, 2004.

10.
Rumsfeld, “Military Advice,” April 26, 2004; Rumsfeld, “Giving Good Military Advice,” April 26, 2004.

11.
Rumsfeld to Pace, cc: Myers, “Views from Generals,” January 3, 2005.

12.
Rumsfeld to Pace, cc: Myers, “Views from Generals,” January 4, 2005.

13.
Rumsfeld to Pace, cc: Myers, “Views from Generals,” January 4, 2005.

14.
Dave Moniz and Tom Squitieri, “Defense Memo: A Grim Outlook,”
USA Today,
October 22, 2003.

15.
Rumsfeld to Myers et al., “Global War on Terrorism,” October 16, 2003.

16.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism
(Washington, D.C.: Department of Defense, 2006); President of the United States,
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America
(Washington, D.C.: The White House, 2006).

17.
William Safire, “Slog,”
New York Times,
November 9, 2003.

CHAPTER 46
The Dead Enders

1.
Eric Schmitt, “A Low-Key Commander With 4 Stars to Tame the Iraqi Furies,”
New York Times,
July 5, 2004.

2.
Rumsfeld to Feith et al., “Foreign Troops,” February 20, 2004.

3.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Muslim Force for Iraq,” January 3, 2005.

4.
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 162.

5.
Jonas to Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, “Cost for a Soldier,” February 15, 2005.

6.
Rumsfeld to Matt Latimer, “Statement on Iraq,” October 21, 2004.

7.
Rumsfeld to Franks, cc: Myers, “Codel Restrictions,” May 20, 2003.

8.
OSD Policy, “Security Update: Update on Training the ISF,” April 21, 2005.

9.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Defense Department Operational Update briefing,” April 20, 2004.

10.
Ann Scott Tyson, “Insurgents in Iraq Show Signs of Acting as a Network,”
Christian Science Monitor,
April 28, 2004.

11.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with CNN Live Today,” March 8, 2002.

12.
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell,
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 127.

13.
Malcolm W. Nance,
The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq
Insurgency
(Charleston, SC: Book Surge Publishing, 2007), p. 21.

14.
Edward T. Pound, “Seeds of Chaos,”
U.S. News & World Report,
December 12, 2004.

15.
Department of Defense news transcript, “Secretary Rumsfeld Remarks at Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce,” August 2, 2005.

16.
“Fact Sheet: Defining Victory in Fallujah,” November 12, 2004.

17.
“Purported Al-Zarqawi Tape Declares War on Democracy,” Associated Press, January 23, 2005.

18.
“Iraq's Lost Election,”
The Nation,
January 20, 2005; Rory McCarthy, “Violence Will Not Stop Poll, Says UN Official,”
The Guardian,
January 21, 2005; “Bush confident About Iraq Elections Despite Violence,” Associated Press, January 7, 2005.

19.
Anas Shallal, “Postpone Iraq's Elections,”
Foreign Policy in Focus,
January 13, 2005.

20.
Anas Shallal, “Postpone Iraq's Elections,”
Foreign Policy in Focus,
January 13, 2005.

21.
Anthony Shadid, “Iraqis Defy Threats as Millions Vote,”
Washington Post,
January 31, 2005.

22.
Anthony Shadid, “Iraqis Defy Threats as Millions Vote,”
Washington Post,
January 31, 2005.

23.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Leslie H. Gelb, “Unity Through Autonomy in Iraq,”
New
York Times,
May 1, 2006.

24.
Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, November 2, 2005.

25.
Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Progress in Iraq,” November 29, 2005.

26.
Ellen Knickmeyer and K.I. Ibrahim, “Bombing Shatters Mosque in Iraq,”
Washington Post,
February 23, 2006.