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.