CHAPTER 29
The information in this chapter comes primarily from background interviews with eight firsthand sources.
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Bush was quoted as saying: Peter Baker, "U.S. Not Winning War in Iraq, Bush Says for 1st Time," The Washington Post, December 20, 2006, p. A1.Typically, 20 counterinsurgents: United States Army and United States Marine Corps, The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, 2007.
The president later told me: Interview with President George W. Bush, May 20, 2008.