CHAPTER 41
The information in this chapter comes primarily from background interviews with seven firsthand sources.
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On April 8, Petraeus and Crocker: Lolita C. Baldor, "Petraeus Charts Violence in Iraq," Associated Press, April 8, 2008.Two weeks later, on April 23, Gates called: Defense Department news briefing, April 23, 2008, DOD transcripts, www.defenselink.mil.
Later, in the Oval Office, I asked the president: Interview with President George W. Bush, May 21, 2008.