CHAPTER 31
The information in this chapter comes primarily from background interviews with five firsthand sources.
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On January 6, 2007, Maliki said: "Iraqi PM Addresses Army on Saddam Execution, Baghdad Security Plan," BBCMonitoring International Reports transcript, January 6, 2007.
On Wednesday, January 10, about 2 P.M.: "MSNBC Interview with Senator John McCain (R-AZ); Subject: Iraq, Interviewed by Tim Russert," Federal News Service, January 10, 2007, www.fnsg.com.
"The situation in Iraq is unacceptable": Presidential Documents, January 10, 2007, pp. 19ñ23 (Vol. 43, No. 2), www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/v43no2.html.
Minutes after the president finished speaking: MSNBC Transcript, Hardball, January 10, 2007, www.msnbc.msn.com.
Republican Senator George Voinovich: Dana Milbank, "The Secretary vs. the Senators," The Washington Post, January 12, 2007, p. A1.
Republican senator and Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel: Anne E. Kornblut, "Devastating Criticism by Both Parties,"
The New York Times, January 12, 2007, A12.
"Prior to the Samarra bombing": Interview with President George W. Bush, May 21, 2008.
"If what you're trying to do": Interview with President George W. Bush, May 20, 2008.