CHAPTER 40
The information in this chapter comes primarily from background interviews with eight firsthand sources.
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Maliki overestimated the temporary restraint: John Affleck, "Al-Maliki Calls on Iraqis to Boost Political Process in Speech Marking Religious Holiday," Associated Press, February 28, 2008."This is a defining moment": Presidential Documents, March 28, 2008, pp. 437ñ443 (Vol. 44, No. 12), www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/v44no12.html.
In early March 2008, Esquire magazine published: Thomas P. M. Barnett, "The Man Between War and Peace,"
Esquire, March 2008.
"I have approved Admiral Fallon's request": Defense Department news briefing, March 11, 2008, DOD transcripts, www.defenselink.mil.