1. Rumsfeld, handwritten note, August 7, 1976.

2. Christopher Lydon, "G.O.P. Still Faces the Realities of Decay and Minority Status," New York Times, September 1, 1974.

3. Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter, first presidential debate, moderated by Edwin Newman, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, September 23, 1976, transcript; "What the Voters Say," Newsweek, October 4, 1976.

4. Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter, second presidential debate, moderated by Pauline Frederick, Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco, CA, October 6, 1976, transcript.

5. George S. Brown, interviewed by Ranan Lurie, April 12, 1976, transcript.

6. Lee Lescaze, "Gen. Brown Is in Hot Water Again," Washington Post, October 19, 1976.

7. Lee Lescaze, "Gen. Brown Is in Hot Water Again," Washington Post, October 19, 1976.

8. Rumsfeld and Brown, news conference, Pentagon, October 18, 1976, transcript.

9. "Together in Defeat," Chicago Sun-Times, November 4, 1976.

10. Rumsfeld, "Meeting with the President," November 5, 1976.

11. Memorandum of conversation, Carter, Mondale, Rumsfeld et al., Blair House, November 22, 1976.

12. Memorandum of conversation, Carter, Mondale, Rumsfeld et al., Blair House, November 22, 1976.

13. Rumsfeld, "President-elect's Visit, 10 December 1976," December 10, 1976.

14. Rumsfeld to Ford, "Review of Alternatives to the B-1 Bomber," October 23, 1976; Edward E. David, Jr., Michael M. May, and Paul H. Nitze, letter to Thomas C. Reed, Secretary of the Air Force, October 8, 1976.

15. Rumsfeld, "Meeting with the President," November 22, 1976.