CHAPTER 16

The information in this chapter comes primarily from background interviews with nine firsthand sources.

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On September 30, General Casey presented: SECRET document dated September 30, 2006, declassified by the White House in 2008 in response to specific questions asked by the author.

Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senator: Jim Davenport, "McCain Says Mistakes Made in Iraq War,"

Associated Press, October 25, 2006.

Virginia Senator George Allen: Tom Raum, "Republicans Worry They'll Pay Heavy Political Price for War,"

Associated Press, October 23, 2006.

Kay Bailey Hutchison: Ibid.

In Reno, Nevada, on October 2: Presidential Documents, October 2, 2006, pp. 1713ñ1718 (Vol. 40, No. 40), www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/v42no40.html.

In Arizona, on October 4: Presidential Documents, October 4, 2006, pp. 1734ñ1740 (Vol. 40, No. 40), www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/v42no40.html.