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To: Ruff. Eric. S 3 , OSD
Subject: Re SO SUPPORT
Eric
Great
Thanks
Tom
om, i attached today's la times story. toward the end the
> reporter quotes juniper, d a r k and keane, all of whom are very strong
> about the situtation leading up to the war and the interraceion that
> cook place, etc. might be some useful info for your oped. thanks.
> LOB AnqelÃ§ Tines
> April 15, 2006
> PO. 1
President Cones To Defense Of RuwEeld

> I n unusual personal declaration, Bush suggests Chat generals might
be angry about milxtary changes the secretary has imposed.
> By Peter Spiegel. Times Staff writer

> -
WASHINGTON President Bush gave his forceful and unequivocal backing
> Friday to Defense Secretary Donald H. ~ m s f e l d . issuing a rare
> personal statement to express "my full support and deepest
>appreciationq for his work in the war on terrorism.
> coving t a head off a potential political crisis, Bush directly
> addressed recent criticism of Rumsfeld by re?ired senior generals,
sayin9 ê had personally witnessed -
and endorsed . the way :he
?"I have seen firsthand how Don relies upon our military commanders in
> the field and at the Pentagon to iuke deciaiona about now best to
> comolece these niisaions," BuÃ§ maid. "Secretam Rumsfeld'a enemetic
> andsteady leadership is exactly what is needed at this critical period."
> Bush issued the statement after speaking with Rmsfeld on Friday about
3 military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and personally voicing his
a support. Bush said Rumsfeld had been given the difficult job of
idernizing the military, suggesting chat the process of
t t o n may have drawn the ire of officers.
> The presidential statement came at the end of a week in which two
iticed m y generala who commanded divisions in ~ r a q ,~ a j . en. ~ o h n
3 Batiste and Ma,. Gen, Charles n. Swannack Jr., called for Rumsfeld's
resignation,,accusing him of arrogance and of mismanaging the w a r .
> haa'retired Marine men. ~nthonyC. zinni, former head of u.S. central
a Command.
> The mounting criticism of Rumsfeld and recriminations over the war
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> also come as Bush's approval ratings are falling and public support
> for the conflict is declining. ~ v e namong U.S. troops in Iraq, 72%
favor withdrawal from Iraq within a year, and more than one in four
> favor an immediate pullout, according to a survey released 'in February
> by m g b y International and ~ > em y n e College in Syracuse. N.Y.
ftn administration official said Friday that the white House was
> particularly concerned that the generals' remarks could gain momentum
> over a long holiday weekend in which ~ u s h ,vacationing with his family
1 at Camp David, Md., would be out of the limelight.
When speculation surfaced recently about another long-rumored Cabinet

> departure, that of Treasury secretary John W. Snow, Bueh was able to
f go before television cameras immediately to deny it.
> he president wanted to do this today,. the adminiaeration official
> said ~riday,requesting anonymity while discussing internal White
> House deliberations.
> Runrfeld has been the a q e c t of resignation speculation before After

1 i 2004 of priaoner abuÃ§e by U.S. w l d i e r a at Iraq'm Abu
Ghraifc pnso:i Pumafeld twice offered Buah h r refllgmation.
9 Democrats pointed out Friday that Bush also offered a staunch defense
> of Michael D. Brown last year, days before Brown resigned as Federal
~mergency ManaqenienC ~ g e n c ydirector becauae of the flawed response to
Hurricane ~ a t r i i .
> Many active-duty generala privately agree with public criticism chat
Rumafeld is disrespectful t o milicury leader#, current and former
> senior officers said.
> ~onethÃ§lÃ§mthe public Ã§t~tementby retired generala have unsettled
some officers, who worry the comments could undermine the morale of
> Croopa in Iraq and appear to challenge civilian control of che military.
> A number of retired senior officers who worked directly with Rumsfeld
> also m i d in interviews chat they considered the criticim miflguidcd.
> Although the Defense aecreeary's aggreaaive style has caused upheaval
1 the ranks - particularly in the Army -
he ha* changed his views on
> several high-profile issues because of well-irqued cases made by the
i n i f o m d leadership, the officers said.
, "~umaf~ld'sa tough guy, no doubt about fit; hacan be prickly," said
Adm. vem d a r k , who spent five yearm working with ~mnafeldas chief
> of naval operations before retiring last year, "You have to gain his
respect, but once you gain that, you can work with him. I was thankful
I had a tough guy, because we were in cough times.8'
> plane and that it was thoroughly debated by military leaders,

> Retired Gen. John P. Jumper, the A i r Force chief of inaâ‚ through the
> Afghanistan and Iraq invasions, acknowledged chat miatakea were made
by failing to anticipate the insurgency. But he said all the military
Â¥service chiefs -
including =en. Eric K. Shinseki, then the Army chief
> of staff who had a public falling-out with Rumafeld -
were involved
> in the discussions and received detailed input from their subordinates.
I t was Gen. Franks' job to put together the war plan," Jumper said in
a telephone interview. "of course there wasn't universal agreement. we
> hashed things out for hours and hours in the Tank Ithe Pentagon's
> ornate meeting room!. There was a lot of opportunity to discuss and
> debate and digest.
> By some accounts, diaagreementa over the war plana occasionally were
> o r vehement within the officer ranks than between military leaders
> and tumsfeld. In h ~ memoir,
s Franks details neveral run-ins with
service chiefs over war planning for both Afghanistan and Iraq, m e of
which included an emletive-laden tirade bv Franks aimed at t w o
> Sow top officers involved in Iraq war planning were less conciliatory
toward Ruinsfeld foe hie handling of the postwar reconstruction period
> - particularly the administration's failure to get a civilian
> authority up and running quickly after saddam Hussein fell.
> But retired Gen. John Keane, who was Army vice chief of staff during
the war and is still highly regarded by active-duty officers, said the
> the stabilization period. .
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uniformed leaders fare ecmallv to blame tor not olannina better for
2 That judgment was wrong,. Keane said in an interview. "We did not
> consider [an insurgency1 a viable option. I believe that's our fault.
> That'a senior military leaderehip buaines!."
> Although Rumsfeld has been criticized tor not sending more troops to
> Iraq once the regime collapsed, Keane aaid the calculation was made in
Ã clone consultation with Gen. John P. Abizaid, Pranks' successor as
> Central Conmand chief.
> Keaae said he had several convreatians with Abizaid in the autumn oÂ
2003 i n which he asked whether more troops were needed. Abizaid
> repeatedly argued againat an increase, saying it would only mean "more
> guys walking around the etreecs with rifles, net understanding the
> culture."
v "I find it aomewhat insulting for people to speculate that Runafeld is

aoinehow browbeating the generals and they're intimidated into not
> telling him what they believe," Keane said, "The conventional wiadom
i they didn't ask for more troops because he 1Runisfeld; wouldn't give
> it to h e . That's insulting co the charoctar of thoee officere."
The reasons behind the polarized view of Rmafeld has become the topic
of intente debate within the uniformed ranks in recent weeks. Moat
> retired officers interviewed Friday declined to publicly speculate on
why views were ao divergent.
> But o m currently serving Army general who hae discussed the
> relationship between Rumsfeld and the military leadership with several
other eenior officers said he believed certain aenerals were simolv
better suited to dealing with the secretary on i n intellectual iivii.
> generals appointed by President clintoi.

.
> Many of those early tensions, which even Rumsfeld supporters
> acknowledge produced intense resentment, largely were set aside after
the Sept. 11 attacks. But the current animosity has been rising since
Pentaaon civilians sidelined Shineeki after he nubliclv aaid several
> hundred thousand troops would be required to st&iiizeIraq
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> "There's been deep frustration with Rumsfeld from the day he took over,"
> said Stephen ~iddle,a defense policy expert at the Council on Foreign
> R e l a t e think tank and a former profeaaor at the Army war College.
> 'This degree of civil-military tension ie historically very uncommon;
i t i c o m o n for it to last this long.'
Rumsfeld continued to dismiss the calls for his resignation, saying
Ã the retired generals who have made the public criticisms represent
> 1 a 1 portion of the senior officers who have served under him.
Ã "I respect their views, but obviously, out of thousands and thousands
> of admirals and generals, if every time two or three people disagreed
we changed the 8ecretai-y of Defense of the United States, it would be
> like a merry-go-round around here." he said in an interview Thursday
> with the Arabic-language television station A1 Arabiya.
~ i m e sstaff writers peter wallaten and ~ a u l~ichcerin Washington
> contributed to this report.
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> prom: momas Mclnerney [ m a i l t o : t m c i n e r a e ~
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8 : 5 5 PM
> To: Ruff, Eric, SES, OSD
> Subject: Re: SD SUPPORT
> WSJ has aaked me to write OP ED in support of ED for Mon. Any

> additional thoughts. I am getting 3 others to cosign. Do you h ~ v e
Rifle DELONG'S cumbers?
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From: Thomas Mclnemey(tmclnemey@n7fn^^H
Sent: Saturday Apri 15.20064-I7 PM
To: Ruff Eric, SES. OSD
Subject; Re: SD SUPPORT
Eric
Thanks. I inadvertently had my eel on vibrate with Bluetooth you gee to hear me, Sorry!
Tom
? U.S. Military Leaders and their- Involvement in National Security
> Decision-Making
9 torn, below is a on-pager that we have developed that lays out the
> unprecedented involvement senior military has had with this secretary
> of defense.
n trying to call you on your cell now but am hearing only sounds of
> you talking to Â¥-on W 5 0 is geing to be a ~ophowor* -. pteauwably
Ã you're unloading at the golf course11 me em straight. thanks. erlc
me u.S. senior military leaders are involved to an unprecedented

> degree in every decinion-making process in the Department of Defense.
> A early as 2001, Secretary Rumefeld created new decision making

> bodies to ensure military judgment and perspectives are woven into all
> aspects of Department of Defense policy and operations. The principal
> r0ru"te
I > are:
The Senior ~ e v e lReview Group meets at least monthly, more freouentlv

> during the development of the annual budget. It consists of the
> secretary and ~ a p u cseeret.ary
~ or oetensc, the Chairman and Vice
> Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StafS, the individual chiefs of the
> m i service, and the senior civilian officials of the Department
> at the service secretam and OSD under-sect-etairv level. I= is anen to
> combatant commandera who may choose to partici.pite
The Defense Senior Leadership Conference meets three times a year. It

is a three-day planning and decision-making conference in which the
Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the nine
combatant commandera focus on the range of issues before the department.
% The Quadrennial Deferme Reviews, amma1 StrategidDefanse Planning

> Guidance, Contingency Planning Guidance, and every budget/supplernental
> appropriations request have been developed through these two processes
> as the result of multiple interactions between the civilian and
military leaders of the Department.
> In addition, the ~ecrecary meets four mornings a week in the

> Roundtable, a daily review of activities of the department Chat
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a includes the Chairman and Vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the Secretaries of the Military Departments, and the Chiefs or Vice
> Chiefs of Staff of the Military Departments.
>
> The Secretary meets approximately twice each yÃ§a with individual
? service chiefs to review general/flag officer personnel aasigments
and planning to the two-scar officer level.
These interactions and others resulted i n the following numbers of

s t i n g s over the past sixteen months alone.
> 2005
a Secretary of Defense meetirwa that involve Service Chiefs - 110
> Secretary of Defense meetings that involve Combatant Commandei-B - 163
2006 (To date1
> secretary oâ Defense meetings that involve Service Chiefs - 29
> Secretary of Defense meetings that involve Combatant Commanders - 45
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a From: Thomas Mclnemey Imai1to:tmcineme
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 as55 PM
To: Ruff. Eric, SES, OBD
> Subject: Re: SD SUPPORT
WSJ has asked me to write OP ED in tupport of SD fox won. Any

additional thoughts. I an getting 3 others to cosign. Do you have
Rifle DELONG'S numbers?
Ã Ton
,Thomas 0 . Mclnarney
> Lt. Gen. USAF (Retl
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Gen john juniper, air force chief of staff until1 2005

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Subject: Re PostcardFrom The LandOf Healthcare
Enc was in touch and was a tremendous help. Thanks for netting back to me.Happy Easier B-
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Bryan- thanks for your note. 1 think we have provided some contactfor
quite a number of these officers Jumper. Adm ciark, jack keane (who i
thought had an abc affiliation)and others. Ijust missed your note until
o w but Ihope eric ruff was in touch witn you. Best, andthanks.
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Greetings from the other side of the river.
I know you're out of the press businessbut 1 also believe you genuinely
careabout the secretary so thought you mightwant to help with something.
I've been asked to help find a retired generalwho would speak in supportof
Secretary RumsfeM and who could speak thoughtfully about civilian control
of the military.
Any suggestions are welcome if you're so inclined. We're reportingthis
story for World News Tonight this evening.
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I hope all is well. Thanks and best regards Brian
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Producer
ABC News
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From: Di Rtta. Larry, CW, OSD
Sent: Friday, Apnl 14,2006 8:43 PM
To: 'Brian HartmanQBaTEni
Cc: Ruff, Eric, SES, OSD
Subject: Re Postcard From The Land Of Healmare
a - thanks for your note. I think we have provided some contact for quite a number of
h e officers. Jumper. ~ d n d a r k , jack keana (who I thought had a n abc affila.ation1 and
others. I I U B C missed your note until now but I hope eric ruff was in touch with you.
Beat, and thanks.
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TO: larry.diritaaffSWRr c l a r r y . d i r i c ,
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S u b j e c t : poktcard From The and of Healthcare
Greetings from the other aide of the river.

I know you're out oE the press business but I also believe you genuinely care about the
secretary so thought you might want to help with something.
I ' v e been asked to help find a retired general who would speak in eupport of Secretary
Rumafeld and who could speak thoughtfully about civilian control of the military.
Any suggestions arm welcome if you're BO inclined. We're reporting this story for World
News Tonight this evening.
I hope all is well. Thanks and beat regards - Brian
Brian Hartman
Producer
ABC News
1717 ~esaleaStreet MW
Washington, DC 20036
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From: Ruff, Enc, SES. OSD
Sent. Friday April 14 20C0 5:27 PM
To: ~ a w r e k e~, a l i i sOASD-PA;
. Bucci,Steven, Dr.. OSD; Stawldis, James. VADM. OSD:
Barber. Allison. CIV. OASD-PA
Cc: Smim, Dormno. HON, OASD-PA; Di Rite, Lany, CIV, OSD, Rangel, Robert S. CIV, OSD:
Whitman. wan SES. OASD-PA
Subject: RE Update & Analysts
thanks forworkma this with theeffort you're undertakino, dailas
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Cc; S r i in. Dorrance, MON. OASD-PA; D Rta, Larw, av, OSD. Range, Roben S, av, 050; Whitman, Bryan, SES, OASB
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Subject Update on Analysts
F?l folks.
l've just named from foof our analysn, MG Vailely end LTG Mtiniimy. that they MU be w B n g an opkd forme WSJ for
Monday addressing the current cornmenis being made by a few retired Generals. Jed Babbin, anotherof our analysts will
be on Fox at 4pm today to address the Issue as well. He asked for the total number of active duty GO'S,which I provided
8 1 1 As he mentioned, the NYTs sixrepresent roughly in of 1%of the current active duty GO force.
invite to the Analysts was sent out at 140 pm today far our regular series of SECDEF outreach evens for next Tuesday
afternoon RSVP's to date include'
MG Bob Scdei (FOX)
LTG Tom Monemy (FOX)
MG Don Shepad (CNN)
COL John Garrett (FOX and others)
Jed Babbm (FOX and syndicated rado regular substitute host for Hugh H e m a n d Laura Ingram)
Dr. James Jay Carafano (Senior Fellow at Heritage)
I anticipate we will have avery good group of folks in for the meeting. We are now coordinatingwith MNR for aVTC
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bnetngwin GeneralDemiisev and we are working wift ttre Chaiman's oftee fa General Pace to brief~ t group
e prior to
Ite SECDEF.
Ihope all have a great Easter weekend
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Confirmed so far..
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To: Barber, Allison, CIV, OASD-PA; Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
sent: ~ r i Apr
. 14 1 5 : 2 8 : 4 3 2006
Subject: mil analysts roundtable
Here is who we have ao far:
Confirmed Retired Military Analysts:
Mr. Jed Babbin (USIF, JAG)
Dr. James Jay caratan., LTC, USA. Retired)
Colonel John Garrett IUSMC, Retired)
C-and sergeant Major Steven Greer (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Maginnis (USA. Retired)
Â ¥ a William L. Hash (USA, Retired)
Major General Robert H. scales, ~ r , IUSA, Retired)
Major General Donald W. Shepperd W A F , Retired)
Captain martin L. Strong (USN, Retired)
I r e r e will respond over the weekend and then I can make calls on Monday.
Thanks
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Sent; Friday April 14,20064:59 PM
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To: Barber, Allison. CIV, OASD-PA
Sent; Fri Apr 14 16:47:10 2006
" Subject: RE: Rumsfeld
thanks for sendng this, allison
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Juat aent this to CffH anchors:
Sleepless in Tucson
A m e retired generals step forward t o ask for the SECDEF's resignation, I an troubled,
I am troubled mostly by the possibilities for politicization of the military, a most
unhealthy prospect. I know it is legal for the generals to do so, but ic seems to me that
writing, analyzing or speaking in opposition to SECDEFIadministration policies after
retirement, rather than calling publicly for resignations would be a more proper route.
Somehow, retired generals calling for resignations of an official appointed by Ã duly-
elected administration seems to violate the military ethos. Civilian control of the
rn~lltaryi e a firmly-rooted and sound principal for a democracy.
AND. wa have a precedent: Lost in the u u l a of Pentagon history i s the ecory of General
Ron Fogelman, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force who asked for early retirement from
his position in opposition to a SECDEF decision. Mcer the nobar Towers incident. General
Fogleman appointed Lt. Gen. Jim Record to investigate. The investigation found a well-
planned and well-conceived terrorist attack, but no culpability on the part of che
commander. Brig. Gen. Terry Schwalier, who had been vigorously pressing the Saudis f01
changes that may have lewsmed the effects.
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Subsequently, SEWEF William cohen appointed oen. Wayne Downing to "re-investigate"
Schwalier was found culpable and reprimanded, a career-ending event. Gen. Foglenan asked
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for early retirement. His rationale was - i f you cannot crust my judgment as your A L ~
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Force Chief, opt- someone else chcv did. Gpn. Pnoleman did not want to be a martvr and
did not wane to embarrass the ~ i Force.
r ~ e w ~ n t eitd to he a &re=-day story. ~ t - w a a ,he
a ' : and it did not. Gen. mgleinan maintains to this day that the SECDEF had every right
to do what he did, to reach the conclusions and to take the action. He simply could not
live with the results and departed as quietly as possible.
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I am troubled, disturbed, by the current events 1 like Sen oglem man's way of handling
things. Our military is based upon civilian control, discipline, elan, courage, integrity
and ethos. Our l o b as military is to carry out the legal orders of choae appointed c e x
s h e I came to the Pencacon 1 was warned that the staffs of oenaral officers are very
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oood at designing- swords uoon which their bosses should fall -. v.o w swords
"nick
carefully" 1 was told, "as there are SO many." I found it to be true -
I dealt weekly with
policies and deciaiona with which I vehemently disagreed. My job was to express my views
and ooinions. trv to influence the outcome, and when a decision was made bv a auoerior, to
carry it out - that's the way our system works
As for leadership style -Rmnsfeld is by reputation a cough task-master -

no matter hie
y e or how many feathers he has ruffled, I have worked for worse -
should I name them?
- Don Shepperd
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Thanks for the invitaton to meet with the SECDEF. Please note that I WILL be attending. Thank you
and have a Happy Easter. Take care.
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Sent: Friday,Apnl14 2006 4 11 PM
To: 'Scott Jennings'
Subject: FW General Officer Force Numbers
Attachm~nte:One Pager for Analysts.doc
not sure if this is of interest but wanted to send ft your way in case. ive sent it out to our retired military analysts,
some ofwhich have been on fox and other networks beating this home today..
From: Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA

Sent: FridM, Apnl 14,2006
Subnet: General Officer Force Numbers
Folks,
A number of you have asked for some specificnumbers with regard to the General Officer force
structure us the US. Military. Below are those numbers.
Total Current Active Duty General Officer Force: 881

s Total Current Active Duly, Reserveand Guard General officer Force: 1400+
T d C m n t Active Duty,R e w e , G w d p l w L k d g I W d General Oiiicers: 8,W
Note that these numbers may fluctuate a bit month to month but are a solid snap shot of where we are
now and I hope it helps address your questions.
I also wanted lo offer a one pager for you all that provides some insight into our military leaders and
their involvement in national security decisionmaking. It is enclosed. Again, looking forward to seeing
you all next Tuesday a1 the Pcnagon
Hope all are well.
dl
U.S. Xilitiry
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Dftcixioo-ltokino
The U.S. senior military leaders are involved to an unprecedented

degree in every decision-making process in the Department of Defense.
AS early as 2001, secretary ~uinateldcreated new decision making M i e a
t o ensure military judgment and perspectives are woven into all aspects
of ~epartment of ~ e f e n s ep l i c y and operations. The principal forums
are:
The Senior L-1 Revim Group meets at least monthly, more

frequently during the devel-nt of the annual budget. It
consists of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, the
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. the
individual chiefs of the military services, and the senior
civilian f i l m of the Department a t the Service Secretary and
W D Under-Secretary level. IC is open to combatant commanders
who may ehooee to participate.
. The DÃ§f- sftaior LÃ§kderchi C o u C ~ e n c . meets three tirnei a

year. It is a three-day planning and decision-making conference
in which the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and
the nine combatant commanders focus on the range of issues before
the department:.
The Quadrennial Deferre xeviews, annual Strategic/Defense Planning

Guidance, Contingency Planning Guidance, and every budget/supplemental
appropriations request have been developed through these two processes
a; the result of multiple interactions between the civilian and
military leaders of the ~epartment.
In addition, the Secretary meets tour mornings a week in the

~oundtable,a daily review of activities of the department that
includes the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the Secretaries of the Military Departments, and the Chiefs or Vice
Chiefs of Staff of the ~ilitary~epartmcnls.
The secretary meets approximately twice each year with individual
service chiefs to review general/flag officer personnel assignments and
planning to the two-star officer level.
These interactions and others resulted in the following numbers of

meetings over the past sixteen months alone:
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2005
Secretary of Defense meetings that involve service chiefs - 110
Secretary of Defense meetings that involve Cornbatant Commandera - 163

3006 (To &bÃ§
Secretary of Defense meetings that involve Service Chiefs - 29
Secretary of Defense meetings Chat involve Combatant Commanders - 45
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GeneralPace. Slr.
I have the following informationregarding upcoming media interviews on the topic of retired generals calling for Secretary
Rumsfeld's resignation. Also pasted below is the text of the President's statement of support for SecDef.
Very Respectfully,
Katie
TONIGHT ,,
Friday, 14 kad.
1700-1800 GEN Franks on'Hardball" (MSNBC)
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1600 Gen Myers on Fox News
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2200 GÃ§Jumper on "Anderson Coopar 360"(CNN)
Also tonight Gen Myre has taped an interview with Barbara Staff, CNN...she has been doing segments at the top of the
news at 1700,1800,1900, and 2000 -although I am not certain when hisinterview will air.
Sundav. 16 April
0900-1000 GÃ§ M y m on FOX NEWS SUNDAY with Chris Wallace
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-Expecting to see an OpEd by LtGen DeLong in Saturday, 17 April NewYork Tlmes
-Gen Jumper has interviewedwith AP and LA Times -should see something from that soon.
-Lt Gftn Melnemy (and ancrfhermilitaryanalyst) have written an OpEd piece that should appear in W i l l Street Journal
On Monday 19 April
-Gen Myem is also writing an OpEd and is expectingto InterviewwithAP, Nmvswek and K a n u a City Star no -.
further detailson these yet
Subject: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
O f f i c e of the Press s e c r e t a r y
For Immediate Release April 14, 2006
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
-. Earlier today I spoke with Don Rumsfeld about ongoing military operations
in the Global War on Terror. I reiterated my strong support for his
leadership during this historic and challenging time for our Nation.
The Department of Defense has been tasked with many difficult missions. .-
Upon assuming office, I asked Don to transform the largest department in
our government. That kind of change is hard, but our Nation must have a
military that is fully prepared to confront the dangerous threats of the
21st Century. Don and our military commanders have also been tasked to
take the fight to the enemy abroad on multiple fronts.
I have seen first-hand how Don relies upon our military commanders in the
field and at the Pentagon to make decisions about how best to complete
these missions. Secretary Rumsfeld's energetic and steady leadership is
exactly what is needed at this critical period. He has my full support and
deepest appreciation.
GEORGE W. BUSH
KY TIMES 6407
From: Lawrence, Dallas. OASD-PA
Sent Friday. Aprn 14. 2006 3.32 PM
To: 'Paul Vallely'
Subjict: RE SECDEFOUTREACH
Sir, id leave it to your insights, though I think general UcInemey j u s t hie it out of the
park. I would offer this thought though, the nyt's 6, don't really seem to be that
representative to me when you consider:
Total Current Active Duty General Officer Force: 881 Total Current Active Duty, Reserve
and Guard General Officer Force: 1499 Total Current Active Duty. Reserve, Guard plus
Living Retired General Officers: 8,000+
It just seems like the media is loving the fact they could find anybody to complain.
Well. I think that 6 . or roughly one tenth of one percent of the GO universe of 8,000 is
- t not representative.
Have a great =aster sir,
-----OriginalMessage-----
From: Paul Vallaly [mailto:paulval1e
s t : Friday, April 14, 2 0 0 6 3:30 PM
TO: Lawrence. Dallas, OASD-PA
S u b j e c t : RE: SECDEF OUTREACH
Dallas... Working on the WSJ article now.... He must do the cigars again for sure. Any
input for the article will b e appreciated. What is your take (will not quote you1 on these
Go=???/
-----original Mesaage-----
From: Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA [nailto:Dallaa.Lawrences
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1 2 : 0 3 PM
0 : Paul
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"allel"
.
vQSas
Subject: RE: SE&F OUTREACH
Thank you s i n SECDEF 1s a c l ~ act,

o I wish ray skin was a thick as his. The- shots in
the back really bug me. Sorry we will msa you this trip, we must have cigars again in
baghdad soon.
-....Original Message-----
From: ~ a u lvallely imai1to:pauivailely
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2 0 0 6 1:51PM
To: Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
Subject: RE: SECDEF OOTRSACH
Thanke HfITI I am at home in Montana and will not be in DC. Tom McInerney will represent me.
WSJ just called Tom and me to do an 0pEd for the Monday on the "The Generals" that are
3
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speaking out againat the S E C ~ F ,
Scarcing to write it now.
Pox News Channel

Paul E vallelv
~ a p p y~ o o d~ridayfolks, I hope this email finds everyone well.

I know many of you have been asking foe our team to schedule the next SECDEF outreach
v e n t sooner rather than later, and due to the secretary's cancellation of a foreign trip
e x : week, some time has just opened up on his schedule. The SECDEF would like to invite
you all to the Pentagon next Tuesday, April 18th f o r a roundtable discussion and briefing
on current operations.
The exact time of the briefings ia still being worked out and will be forwarded Monday
morning, however, we anticipate a start time of no earlier than 12 Noon and an end time t o
later than 4pm.
Please email cc'd with this note, today if possible but
0 a t h a M o d o n , on D U X l i l i t y to t e n d chis outreach event with the
secretary.
I hope you all have a wonderful aster Weekend and I look forward to seeing you next week
at the Pentagon.
All the best,
Dallas a. Lawrence
D O , f d e c of community Relations & public ~iaison
United States Department of Defense
NT TIKES
Fmm: Paul Vallely [paulvfb-
Sent: Fnday. Apnl 14,20063-30 PM
To; Lawrence Dallas. OASD-PA
Sublea: RE SECDEF OUTREACH
Dallas ...
working on the WSJ article now... . we muet do the cigars again for sure. Any
input for the article will be appreciated. what is yoor take will not quote you1 on these
GOB???/
Fox News channel

Paul E Vallelv
Military ~nalyet
fax:
-----original Message-----
: Lawrence, Dallas. OASD-PA [ m a i l t o : M l l a s . L a w r a n c e ~
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:03 PM
T O Paul Vallely
Subject: RE: SECDBF OOTREACH
Thank you sir! SECDEF is a class act, I wish my skin was a thick as his. These shots in
the back really bug roe. Sorry we will miss you this trip, we must have cigars again in
baghdxd soon.
Beet,
dl
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~ r m :
paul vallely ~ ~ i ~ t o ~ p ~ u ~ v a ~ ~ e ~
Sent: Friday, W r i l 1 4 , 2006 1:51 PM
TO: Lawrence. nallas. OASD-PA
Subject: RE: SECDEF OUTREAm
Thanks HSl I am at home in Montana and will not be in DC. om McInemey will represent me.
WSJ lust called Tom and me to do an OpEd for the Monday on the T h e Generals" that are
speaking out against the SECDEP.
starting to write it now.
Fox News Channel

Pan1 E "allel"
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From: Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA Imailto:D<llas.~awrence-
Sent: Friday, %prilo;;,p~06 11:43 atd
cc:
Subject SECDEF OUTREACH
MY TIMES 6410
- - -
Happy Good Friday folks, I hope this email finds everyone well
I know m a n. . have been asking for our team CO schedule
y of vou .-- the~next SECDEF outreach
event sooner rather than later, and due to the Secretary's cancellation of a foreign trip
next week, some time hae just opened up on his schedule. The SEWEF would like to invite
you all to the Pentagon next ~uesday,April 18th for a roundtable discussion and briefing
0 current operations.
The exact time of the briefings is still being worked out and will be forwarded Monday
morning, however, we anticipate a start time of no earlier than 12 Noon and an end tine no
later than 4pffl.
Please email . cc'd with this note, today if possible but

no later than mnday morn.ing, on your- availability to attend this outreach event with the
Secretary.
I hope you all have a wonderful Easter Weekend and I look forward to seeing you next week
- at the Pentagon.
All the best,
dl
Dallas 8. Lawranee
Director, Office of Community Relations & Public Liaisi
United Statea Department of Defense
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From: l c f ^ I ^S ' OASD-PA
Sent: Fnday, AprI 14,2006 3 29 PM
To. Barber, Allson, CIV. OASD-PA; Lawrence. Dallas, OASD-PA
Subject mil analysis roundtable
Here is who we have so far

Mr. Jed Babbin (USAF, JAG)
Dr. James Jay Carafano (LTC,USA. Retired)

Colonel John Ganett (USMC. Retired)
Command Sergeant Major Steven Greer (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Maginnis (USA, Retired)
General William L. Nash (USA, Retinal)
Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr. (USA, Retired)
Major General Donald W. Shepperd (USAF, Retired)
Captain Martin L. Strong (USN, Retired)
I'm sure more will respond over the weekend and then I can make calls on Monday.
Thanks
MY TIMES 6412
From: Lawrence. Dallas.OASO-PA
Sent: PM
Friday, April Â¥Â¥4.20062:
lo: Barber, AHison, CIV.OASD-PA
Subject: RE Update on Analysts
I appreciate it. I know rangall still has no idea who I am and dorcance I cant get a read
a 1 1 a t dorrance has any clue what our office does.
I hope jed uses my line "less than 112 of la.
He called me an evil genious for that. one. trey right pinky finger is now headed towards
my lip ala dr evil ...
.-..-Original Message-----
From: Barber, ~llison,CIV. OASD-PA
Sent: Friday, April 14. 2006 2:47 IN
To: Lawrence. Dallas. OASD-Pa
Subject: Re:update on Analysts
Great work, dallas,
I a n t e d everyone to see what you can pull off. way co go ~b
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~ r o m :Lawrence, Dallas, oASD-PA
To: Bucci, Steven, Dr., OSD; Stavridis, James, VADM, OSD: Ruff, Eric, SES, 0%: Barbel,
1 1 0 CIV, OASD-PA
CC: Smith, Dorrance, HOH, OASD-PA; Di Rita, Larry, CIV. OSD: Rangel, Robert S. CIV, m;
Whitman, Bryan, SSS, OASD-PA
Sent: Fri Apr 14 14:44:24 2006
Subject: Update on Analysts
FYI folks,
.
I've just learned from two of our analyses.. KG Valldv and LT-2 Meinernv that they will be
writing an w e d for the WSJ for Monday addressing the current: comments being m a d e by a
few retired Generals. Jed Babbin, another of our analysts will be 011 Fox at 4pm today to
address the issue as well. we asked tor the coca1 number of active duty GO',, which I
provided ( 8 8 1 1 . As he mentioned, the HYT's six represent roughly 112 of l Ã of the current
active duty GO force.
Invite to the Analysts was sent out at 140 pm today for our regular series of SECDEF
o h e n for next Tuesday afternoon. RSVP'a t o dace include:
MG Bob Scales (FOX)

LTG Tom Mcinerny (FOX)
HG Don Shepard t m )
COL John Garrett 1FOX aud otherel
Jed Bahbin (FOX and syndicated radio regular substitute host for Hugh Hewitt and Laura
Ingram1 Dr. James Jay Carafano (Senior Fellow at Heritage)
I anticipate we will have a very good group of folks in for the meeting. We are now
coordinating with NNPI for a VTC briefing with General Dempsey and we are working with the
Chairraan's office for General Pace to brief the group prior to the SEWEP.
I hope all have a great Easter weekend
HY TIKES
Director, office of Community Relations 6 public Liaison
United States Department of ~ e f e n s e
BT TIMES 6414
From: Barber, Allison. CIV,OASD-PA
Sent: Friday. Apr!l 14,2006 2-47 P M
To: Lawrence,Dallas, OASC-PA
Subject: Re Update on Analysts
Great work, dallas

I wanted everyone to see what you can pull off. Way to go At
-....original message-----
From' Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
To: Bucci, steven, Dr., OSD; stavridis. James, V m , OSD; Ruff, Eric, SES, OSD; Barber,
Allison, CIV, OASD-PA
CC: Smith, Dorrance, HON, OASD-PA; Di Rita, Larry, CIV, OSD: Rangel, Robert S , C N , OSD;
Whitman, Bryan, SES, OASD-PA
Sent: F n Ap: 14 1 4 ~ 4 4 ~ 22006
4
Subject: Update on Analysts
FYI folks.
I've just learned from two of our analysts, UG Vallely and LTG Mcinerny, chat they will he
writing an op/ed for the WSJ for Monday addressing the current comments being made by a
few retired ~enerals. ~ e ~abhin.
d another of o'u analysts will he on FOX at 4pm today to
address the issue as well. He asked for the total number of active duty GO'S, which I
provided (eoll. As he mentioned, the Hyr's s i x represent roughly 1/2 of 11 of the current
active duty GO force.
Invite to the Analysts was sent out at 140 poi today for our regular series of SECDEF
outreach events for next Tuesday afternoon. RSVP's to date include:
MG Bob Scales (FOX)
LTG Tom Mcinemy (FOX)
MG Don Shepard (m)
COL John Garrett (FOX and others)
Jed Babhin [FOX and syndicated radio regular substitute host for Hugh Hewitt and Laura
Ingram1 Dr. James Jay Carafiano (Senior ell ow at Heritage)
I anticipate we will have a very good group of folks in tor the meeting. We are n o w
coordinating with MSE1 for a Â¥VT briefing with General Dempaey and we are working with the
Chairman's office for General Pace to brief the group prior to the SEWEP.
r hope all have a great a s t e r weekend
Dallas B. Lawnmce
Director, Office of Community Relations b Public Liaison
From: Lawrence. Dallas. OASD-PA
Sent Friday, April 14,2006 2'44 PM
To: Bucci, Steven, Dr., OSD. Stavridis. James, VADM, OSD: Ruff, Enc, SES, OSO, Barber,
Alhson CIV OASDPA
Cc: Srnffi, Dornnce, HON, OASDPA; Di Rita. Law. CIV. OSD Ranwl, RotiedS. CIV. OSD;
Whman, Bryan, SES, OASD-PA
Subject; Update on Analysts
FYI folks,
I've just learned from two ofour analysts. MG Vallety and LTG Mcinerny,that they will be writing an opled for (he WSJ for
Monday addressing the current comments beingmade by a few retired Generals, Jed Babbin, another of our analysts will
be on Fox at 4pm today toaddresstho Issue as well. He asked for the total numberof active duty GO'S,which i provided
(8811. As hernentioned,the N W s six represent roughly 1Uof 1%of thecurrent active duty GO force
Invite to the Analysts was sent out at 140 pm today for our mnular series of SECDEF outreachevents for next Tuesday
afternoon RSVPs to dale include:
M G Bob Scales (FOX)

LTG T o m Mcinerny (FOX)
MG Don S h e ~ a r(CNNI
t
COL John G ~i ~H0~'an others)
d
Jeo Babbm (FOX and syndicates radio regular substitute host for ugh ~ e w m
aria Laura Ingram)
Or James Jay Carafano [Senior Fellow at Heritage)
I anticipate we will nave a very good group o f folks in for the meeting We are now coorainatlng with
MNFI 'or a VTC oriefing \Mth General Dempsey ana w e are working with me Chairman s offce for
General Pace to b r e f m e group pr or to the SECDEF
I hope all have a great Easter weekend.

dl
Dallas B. Lawrence
Director. Office of CommunBy Relations & Public Liaison
MY TIMES
Fmm: Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
Sent. Fnday, Apni14.20062.44 PM
To: Buco, Steven, Or. OSD. Stavrdis. James. VADM. OSD; Ruff, Eric, SES, OSD, Barber,
Allison, CIV OASD-PA
cc: Small, Dorrance, HON,OASD-PA: Oi Rita, Law, CIV, OSD; R t n p l , Robert S. CIV, OSD;
Whitman. Bwan. SES. OASD-PA
Subject; Update on ~halysts
FYI folks.
Ivejust teamed from twoof our analysts, MG Vallely and LTG Mcinerny,that they will be writing an o p W tor the WSJ for
Monday addressingthe currentcomments being made by a few retired Generals. Jed Babbin, another of our analysts wili
be on Fox at 4pm today to address the Issue as well He asked for the total number of active duty GO'S,which Iprovided
(881). As hementioned,the N W s six representroughfy 1R of 1%of the current activedutyGO force
Inviteto the Analysts waft ,ant out at 140 pm today ft"o u r regular series of SECDEF outreach events for next Tuesday
afternoon RSVP's to date include:
MG Bob Scales (FOX)

LTG T o m Mcinemy (FOX)
M G Don Shepard (CNN)
C O L John G a r r e t (FOX and others)
Jed B a o m (FOX ana syndicated radio regular substitute host for Hugh Hewffl and Ladm Ingram)
Dr James Jay C a r a f a i o (Senior Fei o w at Heritage)
I anticipate w e wili have a very good group of folks in for the meeting. W e are now coordinating with
MNFi for a VTC briefing with General Dempsey and we are working with the Chairman's office for
General Pace to brief the group prior t o the SECDEF.
I hope all have a great Easter weekend.

dl
Dallas 6. Lawrence
Director. Office o f Community Relations & Public Liaison
BY TIMES
From: Barber.Allison, CIV. OASD-PA
Sent: Fnday. April 14.2006229 PM
To: Ruff. Enc, SES,OSD
Subject: Fw Rumstela
From: .
-----origin*! ~eaaage-----
,
To: Barber, Allison, CIV, OASD-PA; Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA;
Sent: Fri Apr 14 14 - 0 6 - 2 22006
OSD' PA
Subject: Rumsfeld
Just sent this to CNN anchors:
Sleepless in Tucson
As more retired generals Step forward to ask for the SECDEF's resignation, I am troubled.
I i troubled mostly by the pomaibilitie~ for policicizacion of the military, met
unhealthy proepecc. I know it is legal for the generala to do so, but it seem to ire that
writing, analyzing or spoking in opposition to SECDEF/admini~trationpolicies after
t i t rather than calling publicly far resignations would be a more proper route.
Somehow, retired generals calling for resignations of an official appointed by a duly-
t d t e m to v o l t = the military ethos. Civilian control of the
military ifi a firmly-rooted and sound principal For a democracy.
AND, we have a precedent: Lose in the anal* of Pentagon history is the story of General
Ron Fogelman, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force who asked for early retirement from
him position in opposition to a SECDEF decision. After the Khobar Towers incident, General
Fogleman appointed LC. Gen. Jim Record to inveacigate. The investigation found a well-
Planned and well-conceived terrorist attack, but no culpability on the part of the
commander. rig can, ~ e r r yschwalier, who had been vigorously pressing the saudis for
changes that nay have lea-aaned the effect!,
subsequently, SECDEF William Cohen appointed Gen. Wayne Downing to "re-investigate" -

Schwalier was found culpble and reprimanded, a caraec-ending event. Gen. Fogleman asked
for early retirement. His rationale was
Force Chief, getsomeone else -
-
if you cannot trust my judgment Ã§ your Air
they did. g en. mgleman did not want to be a martyr and
did not want to embarrass the Air Force. He wanted it to be a three-day story, it was, he
wasn't and it did not. Gen. Fogleman maintains to this day that the SECDEF had every right
to do what he did, to reach the conclusions and to take the action. He simply could not
1 with the results and departed as quietly as poaaible.
I am troubled, disturbed, by the current events -

I like Gen ?ogleman's way of handling
things. Our military is based upon civilian control, discipline, elan, courage, integrity
and ethos. Our job a* military is to carry out the legal orders of thoaa appointed over
i s . When I came to the Pentagon I was warned that the staffs of general officers are very
good at designing swords upon which their bosses should fall - "pick your m r d s , '
carefully I was told. "as there are so many." I found it to be true - I dealt weekly with
policies and deciB~.ons with winch I vehemently disagreed. My job was to express my views
and opinions, try to influence the outcome, and when a decision was made by a superior, to
2
MY TIMES 6418
carry it out - that's the way our ayetea works.
As - -
for leadership style Rumsfel6 is by reputation a tough task-master no matter hia
-
style, or how many feathers he has ruffled, I have worked for worae should r name them?
- Don Shepperd
HY TIKES
From: Barber. Allison. CtV. O A S W A
Sent: Fnday April 14,2006 2 25 PM
To: Lawrence. Dallas. OASD-PA
Subject Re business councilis a 90
Will work for food.
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Prom: Lawrence, Dallas. O m - P A
To: Barber, Allison, C N , OASD-PA
Sent: F r i Apr 14 14:00:49 2006
Subject: RE: business council is a go
of course, they are:

Bill Cowan, Wesley Clark. General Eacon, Col B,
Any problem with chase?
From: Barber, Allison, CIV, O m - P A
To: Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA '
Subject: Re: buaineaa council is a go
I hope they are top tier. Tee bee.
From: Lawrence. Delias, OASD-PA

To: Barber.. Allison, CIV. OASD-PA
Sent: P n Apr 14 13:55:56 2006
subject: RE: busineea councu is a go
H e 1/2 a dozen rsvpa already for next Tuesday.

From: Barber, Allison, CIV. OASD-PA
Senti Friday, April 14, 2006 1.56 PM
TO: Lawrence, Dallas, MSD-PA
subject: ~ e business
: council is a go
Excellent
.-.--Original Message-----
From: lAwrencc, Dallas, OASD-PA
T o Barber, Allison, CIV. OASD-PA
Sent: ?ri ~ p r14 13:55:06 2C06
Subject: business council is a go
just spoke to him, he anticipates a full go call Monday bus his response has been very
good <if limited due to the.~/eekend).he expecf 50. we could have our entice corporate
outreach for asy done in one meeting!
1
ahppy =aster
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Fmm. ~ h e p ~ m a l d m
Sent Friday. April 14,20062:06 PM
Tn: lamer Allwon CIV OASD-PA- Lawrence DaUK OASIWA-
Just sent this to CNNanchore:
Sleepless In Tucson
As more retired generalsstepforwardto ask for the SECDEFs resignation.Iam troubled. Iam troubled moctty by
the -1biMies for oofltidzatenof the mititaw a most unhealthyorosoect. Iknow it is Jeoalfor the oenerals to dosa but it
firmly-rooted and sound principalfor a democracy
AND. we havea precedent Lost inthe ansls of Pentagon W r y is the story of General Ron Fogelman, tenner Chiefof
Staff of the Air Forcewhoasked for early retirementfrom his positionIn oppositiontoa SECDEF decision. Aftwthe
KbbarTowers incident,General Fqte'nan appointed L t Gen.Jim Recordto Investigate.The investigationfound a well.
plannedand wetkonoelved tenWst attack, but no culpability oft the part of the commander, Brta. Gen. T w Scftwalicr,
who had been vigorously pressingthe Saudis for changes that may have lessened the effects
Subsequently. SECDEF William CohenippolntedSen. WtyneDnming toTe-imwÃ‡gate* Sdliullerwm tend

culpableand mrimanded. a c*re~r-endln~ event. Gen. Footemanasked foream retirement His rationale was-Hvou
-
cannw UJSI my uoonwit 8s pix Air F O GCnief ael sm&e eye uw> dro Gen F o g i m m dio notwant lob a
maftif an8 ad not *an1 io embarrassthe Air Fo'ce He wanted .'to be a tnfw-oay story Â¥ was ne wasn't anofta13 not.
Gen Foclcrnan ma niairs lo in s o a thai
~ the SECDEF naoeberv nom lo oo ~ r r me f o o *o ream in? CoricuSioos an8 lo
take thektion Hestmply could not live with the resultsand dep& as quietly as posslbk
i my views and opinions, try to lnflknceihe outcome,and when adecision was made'$ a &mr,
the way cur system works
to-itout-mi&
-
As for leadershipityte- Rumxfeldis by rcputauon tough task-master no matter his style,or how many feafters he has
ruffled, Ihaveworkedforworse-should I namememv- Don Shappefd
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From: Lawrence. Dallas, OASD-PA
Sent: Friday. April 14, 20052:03 PM
To: 'Paul Vallely'
Subjmct: RE SECDEF OUTREACH
Thank you Â ¥ i z SECDKF i s ft c l a s s a c t , I wimh my akin was i thick aÂ hi.. T h e m Â¥tot i n

the buck r e a l l y bug me. sorry we w i l l miss you t h i s t r i p . we muat have cigars again i n
b.9hd.d soon.
Ben,
dl
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lent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:SL P M
Tot Lawrence, v a l l a a , OASD-PA
Subject:: RE: SECDSF OUTREACH
'ChanksBflj I an a t h e i n Montana and w i l l not be in DC. Tom ~ c ~ i r r mwill

y ruprwent me.
MSJ juac c a l l e d en and we t o do an opxd for chÃ Monday on t h e The Gcneralf t h a t u'Ã
peaking out a g a i n s t the s m m . s t a r t i n g t o w r i t e it now.
-----Original Message-----
mom: Lawrence, Dallaa, OMD-PA ~ m Ã § i l t o : ~ Ã § l l w . ~ a w r e n
Senti FrId*v,
cc:
b . .
. Aoril id. 2006
:CCDEP OUTREACH
11:41 AM
Happy Good Friday f o l k s , I hope t h i a email finds everyone mil.

I knew- of you h v e bean Ã ‘ k i n f o r oux team to schedule thw next SBCDEF outreach
went Booner r a t h e r than l i t e r , and due to t h e s e c r e t a r y c a n c e l l a t i o n of a foreign t r i p
x w e # m e time ha# j u Ã § opened up on hi. .ehedule. The SBCDEF would l i k e t o i n v i t e
you a l l t o the Pentagon next Tuesday, April l o t h f o r a roundtable diacuasion and briefing
on current operÃ§tlons
The exact t i n e of the b z i e f i a g a 1 s still being worked out and w i l l bÃ fÃ§rvÃ§rdMonday
morning, however, we a n t i c i p a t e a s t a r t time of no e a r l i e r than 12 noon and an end t i m no
l a t e r thwi ipm.
mease email c c - d with t h i n note, today i f p o t a i a i t but
0 l e t Â than Monday morning, on your a v a i l a b i l i t y co attend t a i a outroach event with thÃ
Secretary.
I hope you &11 have a wonderful aster weekend and 1 look fonmxd t o aeeing you noxe week
i t the Pentagon.
A l l t h e beat,
dl
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BY TIMES
Frm: Lawrence. Dallas. O A S M A
Sent: Fnday, Apl111 4 . W 201 PM
To: Barber, Allison, CIV, O A S W A
SubMt: RE business council is ago
Of Courae, they are:

Bill Cowan, Clark. General Baton, c o l a
law problem with these?
.--.-Original neaaage-----
From: Barber, Alliaoo. CIV. OASD-PA
Senti Friday, April U. 2006 1:57 W
Toi Lawrence. Dallas, OASD-PA
subject: Re; huainca! council is a go
I hope they are top tier. Tee hoe.
-----OriginalMes"g.-----
Froci: LÃ§wrÃ§nc Dallas, OASD-PA
To. Barber, Allison. cIV, ORSD-PA
Sent: ~ r i~ p - c1, 13:55:58 2006
Sufiiect: RE: hueinearn council in a go
nave 112 a dozen rÃ§vp already far ncxc Tuesday.
From: Barber, Alliaon. CIV, O m - P A .
Sent: Friday, April 14, zoos 1:56 m
TO: Laurence, alla as, W D - P A
subject: xe. huaineas council ia a go
Excellent
-----Original,'eotiaga-----
Frm: Lawrence. alla as. OASD-PA
To: BKbei, Alllaon, CIV. OASD-PA
Sent: Fri ~ p r14 13:55:06 2006
Subject; buaineaa council i a a go
just spoke to him, he anticipates a full go call -day hut his r-ae hu beenvery
good lit limited due to the weekend). he expects 50. we could have our entire corporate
itreach for l a y done in one Ã§eecinq
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From: Gordon cucullu lcoionugordonOmR3Bi
Sent: Friday. April 14,2006 154 PM
To: Lawrence. Dallas, OASD-PA
cc: a .
SUbjtCt: RE SECDEFOUTREACH
Thanks, Dallas and BiSI

unfortunately I'm headingdown to Guantanamo tomorrow to try to
complete on site research for the book.
Hope to make the next one (aany upcomingtrip to Iraq or Afghanistan!)
Best for a Happy Easter, (and quiet one!),

Gordon Cucullu
From: 'Lswmncs, Dallas, OASD-PA" <oaIlss.~awrenmeiES!3SS

cc:
Subject SECDEF OUTREACH
date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13-43-04 -0400
Happy Good Friday folks. I hope this email finds everyonewell
The exact timeof the briefings(s stin beingwakedout andwlltaeforwantodMonday morning,however. we

anticipate a stantime of no earlier than 12 Noon andan end time no later than4pm.
ft-andl * cc'd with thte note. today if posslfatobut no later thanMonday

morning, on your availability loanend lhiaoutreachavenlwiththesecretary.
I hope you an have a wonderfulEaster Weekend andl tookfonmfd to using you nextweek at the Pentagon.
to
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I At the best,
I a
Dallas B. Lawrence
Director. Office of Community Relations & Public Liaison
United Slaies Department of Defense
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To:
CC:
Subject
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Fnday, April t4, 2006 1:54 PM
Lawrence,Dallas. OASD-PA
SD PA
Re ~ E C D E FOUTREACH
333.3 D HIbe there. Can you gel me a space at River? "VRWMC", Virginia, red mustang (ok,ok.
SVT Cobra ButVISISknewthat) Many thanks. Best,Jed
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From: Lawrence, Dates, OASD-PA
Sent: Friday. April 14,2006 1% PM
To: Barber Alhson, CN,OASD-PA
SubjÃ‡a FW SECDEF OUTREACH
&
Great wort on torn ~ I I ~ s o D I
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Original Message-----
From: Paul Vullely Etuilt~:paulvllely*~-
S e n t : Friday, April 14, 2006 l r 5 l FH
To. Lawence, Dallas, --PA
S u b j e c t : RE. SECDBF OUTREACH
Thanks fiflj I &m at hoflie i n Montana and w i l l not be i n DC. Ton Mclnerntty w i l l rÃ§preÃ§e me
WSJ p ~ called
t Tow and me to do an Opfid for t h e Monday on t h e "The Generals" that are
speaking out against t h e SECDEP. S t a r t i n g to Ã § ~ i t~ BOW.
t
..--.o r i g i n a l nessage-----
: Lawrence, v a ~ a a ,o m - P A c M i ~ t a i ~ ~ l u . ~ w r e r n -
sent: Friday. Anril 14, 1 06 11843 AH
ce:
Subject:: SECDEF OUTREACH
Happy Good Friday f o l k s , I hope thifl eÃ‘i find. everyone well.
The exact time of the b r i e f i n g s i s t i l l being worked out Â¥n w i l l be forwarded Monday
morning, howovr, we a n t i c i p a t e a atarc time of no e a r l i e r tbaa 12 Noon md an end t i m e no
l a t e r than .wm.
. .
Secretary.
I hope you a l l have a wonderful ~aaterweetend and I look forward to neeiog you next week
a t the Pentagon.
All t h e beat,
dl
Dallas 8. Lawrence
Director, OfCicÃ of C0iromu.q RelÃ§tiOB & Public U a i -

Dr. Sttroi P. Bucel
Staff blrectcr
Immediate Office of SÃ‡eDc
Ã‘CMglna M t i M o e ~
Frem: lawitfie, Callas, OASO-PA [millto~~llasuÃîen(xell3^
Soil! Friday,e l l 14,2006 1:00 PM
Tt); Bucd, Sleven, Dr., OSO
Subject: BE; mil analyse
I
weare gdm to move forward with Tuesdayffthailimsal works l a m going to coordinatetodayeth thechairman's
office, so it a isat all possible to holdthe fun 90 minutes on secdefsschadule unU cob today tor me boot a read on
the best 45 minute window 1would reallyacweoatert!
thanks sir!
from! Bucd, Stevefi Dr., OSO

Sent; Friday, ApnI 14,2006 11:% AM
To: Rift Edc, SES, OSO; Barter, Mson 0V,CMSMA; Uwiencr Dalbs, -A
Cc Smith, Dorrance, HON, OASO-PA; Slavmis, James, VADM,OSD; Dl Rim, Law, av, OSD; B u d , Steven, Dr.,
OSD, mngel, ~ o b e rS,
t m,OSD, w n m , Bryan, SES,OASD-PA
Subject: RE mil analysts
and wrap upwrth the Boss. Guidance?
Or. Stew P. ftieel

Staff Oli-cctor
I-licdilrteOfflCtdSedXf
Ã‘OriginalHtsaae-
Fmm Ruff, E% SES, m [&-
Sent: Friday, April 14,2006 11:08 AM
To: Baitoer, Allison, CIV, OASBPA; Lawrence, Dalas, OASD-PA
Cc Smid~,Oomnce, HON, MSO-PA; Savndls, James,VADM, 050; 01 Rita, Lany, 0V, 050;W,S>BÃ§nDr.,
Om; Range], Robert S, a'd,OSD; Whitman, wfan, SES,O A SOm
KY TIMES
tin cd wants In put a program together for the military analyte early next w a k and flivnthe o m of the mnxtw
trip hopetuirythis ihoda beeasy radar mn hard we should plan to bring the analyststo the building
lore look at WmeiMng like the following
train and equipof the lcf -ideally dampuy can call In M we handorr before,
updateon army tfamfomiaiion-gen sctioomadw
u s mlHtaiyinvolvementin natknti security &adon making- gÃ§ pace
MY TIMES 6431
I
Fmm: Stavndis, James, VADM. OSD
Sent: Friday April 14,2006 12'45 PM
To: ~ucci,'Sieven.Dr.. OSD: Barber.Allfon CIV OASD-PA; Smith Dormnce HON OASC-PA:
Ruff, Enc, SES, OSD: Whltman.Bryan. SES.'OASWA: ~angai,Robert s CN.~ S D
SubJKt RE- milanalysts
r'd chink we would at. to s t a y with mesday t o r impact on t h e current atow.

..-..
original neasage-----
Pram: Bucci, Steven, Dr., OW
S e n t ! Friday, A p i l 14, 2006 12:33 R
To: Barber, Allison. CIV, OASD-PA; Smith. Domanee, RON, OW-PA; Ruff. Eric, SES, Om;
Whitman, Bryan, SES, OASD-PA: Rangel, Robert S. CIV. OSD: Stavridi., James, W, OSD
Subject: RE: mil a n a l y s t s
There r e a l l y i e not a t i n e as good Ã the rue* one. wed i s 0945-1045 Ithis one I s
tandwichedl, or 1600-1645. MBO, I think t h e Boaa want, i t e a r l y . Please give me the
proslcons and i n f o a l l so they can give d i r e c t i o n . Steve
D r . Stavan P. nucci
S t a f f Director
m e d i a t e o f f i c e of SecDef
--.-.Original Mesoage-----
R : -be=, a i l i s o n . CIV, -0-PA 1 ~ f i l t o : A l l i a o n . B a r t
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:;. m
To: Bucci, Steven, D r . . OSO
Subject:: R e : mil a n a l y s t s
Thanks gteve. Things are n u t t y SO I a p p r e c i a t e you c l e a r i n g t h i n g s up.

Before spending the NSC b l l e t - - x s t h e r e a t i - on wed i n s t e a d ? That would 91- our b i g
guys on the v e s t c o a s t a l i t t l e more t i m e to buy the t i c k e t and get here,
Ab
-----Original ~ e ~ ~ g e - - - - -
mom: BuOci, Steven, Dr., <
T Barber, A l l i m . CXV, OASD-PA: Bucci, S t e w . Dr.. OSD
Sent: F r i W 14 12:19;12 2006
Subject: RE: mil a n a l y s t s
I know you do A l l i m , that w u not a Ã§wlpa t you. I f i t came Ã§croa t h a t w y I

apologize. We w i l l be expending a s i l v e r b u l l i t with the USC by s t i f f i n g thew on t h e i r
neecinq, I just wanted bo make sure it i s worth it.
Yes, you have a u t h o r i t y t o make It so. Again. I apologize. Steve
or. st- P. m c c i
S f f f Directox
Immediate Office of S e e f
.---.Original Mesaage-----
From: Barber, A l l m o n , OASDIPA) [
~ i l f c o : k l l ~ ~ . ~ ~
Sent: miday, April 14. 2006 12:05 W
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t h a t ii why i need t o knew i f t h i s i a good to go SO we c a n s t a r t c a l l i n g r i g h t now co lock
i n the t i n e .
i know ay business, steve.
b.
-----original uc~~Ã§ge----
mom: ~ u c c i ,steven, D r . . OSD i m a i l t o : s t e ~ i u c c i Ã
Sent: Friday. April 1 4 , 2006 12:04 PM
To: Barber. Allison, CIV, OASD-PA' Bucci, St-, Dr., OSO; s u v z i e i a , Jinea, VADH. i D ;
Ruff, Eric. SBS. 0%; Lawrence. Dallas. OASD-PA
c : ~ m i t h . ~ o r r a n c e ,NOS, OASD-PA;~i ~ i t a ,~ a r r y ,CIV. o m ; angel. Robert S, cIV, OSD:
Whit-". Bryan, SES. OASD-PA
Subject: RE: m i l analysts
Allico",
The h y i s to ensure we don't end up w i t h second tier f o l k s . Steve
Dr. Steven 9. ~ u c c i
Staff Director
Immediate Office of Secmf
.----Ocigioa.1 NeBBÃ§gÃ‡---
From: Barber, Allison. OASDIPA) [ u i l t o : a l l i ~ ~ ~ . b a r I ~
Sent: Friday. April 1 4 , 2006 12:00 W
To: Bucci, Steven; Scavridia, James Q; Ruff, Brie; Lxwruic*, M l l a a
Cc: Smith, Dorrance: D i R i f , Larry8 -gel. Rofcwrt 3; Whitman, B ~ u i
Subject: RE: mil analyses
c can make anything bm>en. yes. i f t h i s is ww approved. MS w i l l mend out the i n v i t e e

asap f o r Cueaday afternoon.
-----Original mesaag*-----
From' Bucci, Scevao. D r . , OSD l ( n Ã § i l e o ; ~ t e v c n . ~ u c c i f
Sent: Friday, April 1 4 . 2006 11:59 AH
TO: Stavridia, Jarnett, VADH, OSD; Ruff, Brie. SBS. OSD: Barber. Allison, CIV, OASD-PA:
Lawrence, rwllae, OASD-PA
Cc: Smith, Dorrance, EON, Om-PA: 0%Rita, Larry. CTV. Om: Rangel, Robert S, CIV, i D :
Subject: RE: mil m l y t i f
PA S t a f f , C M you ~ k t hei n happen i f I f r w up the time?
Dr. Steven P. Bucci

Staff ~ i r e c t o r
xllttnedittc Office of S.CEWf
AM
Eric, SBS. OSD;
Cc: Smith, D c w i i c e . HON, Om-PA: Di Rita, Larry,

Whitman. Bryan, SES. OASD-PA
.
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Subject: RE: m i l a n a l y ~ t n
C l Ã § ~ a i f i c Ã § t iUMCIASSIFIED
o
I v o t e do i t . Robert?
From: Due-ci, s t e v n , ~ r . .om
~ o n d Ã §and ~ u e a d a ywere f i l l e d about 60 min a f t e r tae BOXB k i l l e d t h e t r i p . That being

s a i d , we have some options. I ==corned we pre-efnptivcly pass t h e PC on Tuesday (we s t i l l
d o n ' t have a s u b i e c t l . his uould f r e e up a 90 min block on Tueaday afternoon
(2:30-4i001. This g i v e s you time to gather ft good group, do your o t h e r b r i e f s 1
t t l , and wrap up with the noex. Guidance?
D r . Steven P. a u c c i
Staff nixeccor
Immediate Office of SecDef
- - - - - 0 r i g i m l Message-----
From: Ruff, Eric, SES, OSD Iinailto:Eric.RufÂ£
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1l:oa W
To: Barber. Allison. CIV. OASD-PA: mwrcnce. Dallas. m D - P A
: i t , Dorrance, HW. OASD-PA: S t a v r i d l a . James, Â¥VADM OSD: Dl R i f , m y . CIV, OSD:
Bucci, steven, ~ r . OSD; . Rangel, Robert s. CN, oSD: Whit-, Bryan. SBS, OASD-PA
subject: mi1 .,1yata
t h e sd wants t o put a program together f o r the m i l i t a r y a n a l y s t s -1y next week, md

given the cÃ§n of the mexico t r i p , hopefully this should be eftay rather than h a d . we
should plan to bring the a n a l y s e s t o the building.
1 look a t -thing l i k e the followim:
t r a i n and equip of t h e i s â - idÃˆÃ§l de-y con c a l l i n Â¥ we have done before;
upeat= on army transformation - gen t K - m e h e r
. Â ¥ m i l i t a r y involvement is n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y declnion making - gen pace
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sent:
To:
SuhW
Folks,
I recomnend we do the b r i e f i n g on Wed atternoco so WB have the best chance of getting o u r
key f o l k s i n town.
With t h e holiday weekend, w arÃ making it t i g h t for folka who have to f l y In.
Ab
.-...o r i g i n a l Message-----
From: Bucci, Steven, D r . , OSD
To: Barber, Allison, C I V , OASD-PA: Smith, Dorrance. W E , --PA; Ruff, Brie, SES. OSD:
Whiman, Bryan, SSS, OASD-PA; Rangel, Robert S, CIV, OSD: Sfvridia, Jamea, VMM, om
Sent: P r i Apr 1 4 12:31:58 2006
subject: RE: n i l analyses
There r e a l l y i e not Ã e i n Ã .a good Ã§ the n e e d a y one. l e d l a 094~-10Ã§( t h i s m e is
sandwiched), o r 1600-1645. ~ l s o ,I think t h e ~ o s swants it e a r l y . Please give me the
proa/cone and i n t o a l l eo thay e r n give d i r e c t i o n . Steve
-.-..Original "eBsage-----
From: Barber, A l l i t o n , CIV. OASO-PA lmailto:Allison.~Ã§rberÃ§fRlTi31
Senti Friday. April H , 3006 12:24 W
To: Bucci. Steven. Dr., OSD
Subject: ~ e m: i l a i r l y s c e
Thanks at-. Thing. are nutty ao I appreciate you c l e a r i n g thing* up.

~eforespending the NSC b u l l e t - - i s t h e r e a. time on wed instead7 mt would give our big
guys on the weet c c r a t Ã l i t t l e ware time t o buy the t i c k e t and gee here.
..---Original Heuage-----
From: Bucci, Stevoo, ~ r . .m
To: Barber. Allison. CIV, OASD-PA: Bucci, stwen. Dr., OSD
~ p 1r4 1.2:19:12 2006
Sent: ~ r i
Subject: RE: m i l a m l y a t s
I know you do Allison. t h a t was not a awipe at you. 1f It cane tcroaa that way I
i p e l ~ l z - .HÃ w i l l be expanding Ã Â ¥ l i v e b u l l i t with the ssc by . t i f f i n g them on t h e i r
meetiiw, I j u t ~ n t e dto make sure i t i s n o r t h i t .
Yen, you hive a u t h o r i t y to makÃ i t Â¥o w i n , I apologize. Steve
Dr. Steven P. Bucci

Staff Director
I m d l a c e Office of SecDeS
u
-----Original ,,--*age-----
From: Barber, A l l i ~ o n , OASD~PAIIiiailto:alliÃ§on.barb
Sent: Friday, April 1 4 , 2006 12305 m
To: nucci, s c e v w
Subject: RE: mil a i r l y a t s
t h a t is why i oead to taicw i f t h i s '

1 good t o go SO we can start c a n i n g r i g h t it o lock
i n the time.
i know my bueineaa, at-,

ah
----Original Meamage-----
prom: ~ u c c i ,steven. Dr.. OSD i m a ~ l t o : s t e v e o . ~ u c c i t f
To: Barber, Alliaon, CIV, OASD-PA: ~ u c c i .St-, Dr., OSD: S t a v r i d i s , Janes, VABM, OSD:
Ruff, Eric, SES, OSD; m r e n c e , M l l a n , WD-PA
cc: smith, ~orraiice.HOS, OASD-PA;DI ~ i c a ,~ a x r y ,CIV, OSD, ~ x n g e l ,Robert S, CIV, OSDJ
Subject: RE: n i l a n a l y s f
Allieon,
The key i m t o amure we don't end up with vftcoul t i e r folka. Steve
Dr. Steven P. m c c i
Staff ~ i r e c t o r
Immediate Office of SeeDef
---Original masage-----
Frool: Barber, Allison, OASDlPAt i ( n Ã § i l f c o i U l i Ã § c ( i . b Ã § r
Sent: Friday, A p r i l 14. 2006 12;00 W
To: Buccl. Steven; S f v r i d i a , JÃ§mÃG i R u t f . Eric; Lawrence:, D a l l a i
Cc: smith, Dorrance; ~ i z i t a ,urry; angel. ~obertS; whitman, Bryan
subject: 9.E: mi1 -1y.ta
1 make anything happen. y e s . i f thim i e now approved. we w i l l mend out the i n v i t e

*cap tm cuemday * f t e m m .
b
.
-----Originti N Ã § Ã ˆ ~ g Ã § - -
From: Bucci. steven, Dr., OSD 1niailto:ste-.~ucci<
Sane: ~ r i d a y ,~ p r i 1l 4 , 3066 11:59 AM
To: Scavridit, James, VMM, OSD: Ruff. Eric, BBS. OSD: Barber, Alllaon, CIV. OMD-PA:
I-wence, alla as, OASD-PA
Cc: Smith, ~orrance,ROH. OASD-PA: Di R i u , urn, CIV. OSD: KiiaÃ§Ã§Robert 6, CIV, OSD;
Whitman. B r v n . BGB. OASD-PA
PA s t i f f , am you make t h i n happen i f I free up the t i n e ?
Dr. St- P. m c c i
Staff Director
Immediate Office of s a e ~ e f
.----
O r i g i i u l Message-----
From Stavridia, JÃ§mÃ§ VADH. OSD
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 11:57 &U
u
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TO: Bueel. Steven, Dr., OSD; Ruft, Eric. SES, OSD: Barber, Allison, CIV, QHSD-PA;
Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
Cc: Smith, Dorrance, HOH, OASD-PA: DI ~ i t a ,w r y , CIV, oSD; Rangel, Robert S, CIV, OSD:
UNCLASSIFIED
Cl~~fliticÃ§tion
I vote do it. mberc?
From: Bucci, Steven, Dr.. OSD

Sent: Friday. April 14, 2006 11:SS M
To: Ruff, Erie, SBS, OSD: Barber, Alliaon, CIV, OASD-PA; Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
Cc: sm.ich, Dorfnce, HOH, OASD-PA; scavridis, James, vmK, OSD; Di Rita, Larry, CIV, OSD;
Bucci, Steven, Dr., OSD; Rangel, Robert S, CIV, OSD; Whiman, Bryan, SES, OASD-PA
Dr. Steven P. Bucei

Staff Director
Imiwdiace Office of SecDef
-----Originalueefge-----
From: Ruff, Brie, SES. 0sD t m * i l e o : ~ r i c . ~ u f f Ã
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 11:08 AH
To: Barber, Allieon. CIV, OASD-PA: Lawrence, Dallas. OASD-PA
Cc: Smith, Dorrance, HON, OASD-PA; Scavridii, J a w , VADH, OSD: Dl Rita., Larry, CIV, m:
Bucci, Steven, ~ r . OSD;
. angel, Robert S, CIV, OSD: Whitman. Bryan, SES, OASD-PA
Subject: mil analyata
the ad wants to put a p r ~ r a mtogether tor the m i l i b a r r a n a l y f Â¥arl pwtt wk, and
v l v n Ã§h c- of =he maxi-o trip, hopefully chi. should be eaÃ§ rather than h r d . we
should plan to bring the analysts to the building.
lct'a look at 8-thing like the following!
train and equip of the isf - ideally dempaey can call in as we have done before;
iipdÃ§t on Ã§zm transformation - gen Â¥choonrche
. Ã ˆ military involvement in national security deeixion making - gen paca
t. a with the secdef
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hi
please have IRHready to send out the invite love that stew 6 tehng me how to do my lob oh my
ab
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From: Barber, Allison, -PA)
Senb Friday, ~pril14,200612-05PM
To: BUCQ Steven
Subject: RE mll a m
ihat is why, need to know if the a good to goso wecan dart calling right now to lock m the time
I know my business, s e n
ab
-Ortefnal message^^
From: Bucci, Steven, Dr., OSD [maim-=
Sent; Friday, April 1% 2006 1201PM
TO:Btfbtr, Alllson, OV,OASO-PA; W, Sum Dr., 05% SOMdIs, -1 VAW, Om; ÃûÃ Ert:,SES, OSD;
Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
CC: Smith, Dorranc~,HON, OASD-PA; Dl RRa, Larry, CIV, OSD; Range), Robert S, OV, OSD;WhitV8n, BW,5%
OASn-PA
Subject: RE: mil analysts
Allison,
The key is to ensure we don? end up wrth second twtofts Steve
Dr. Stum P. kied

Staff Director
Irenrilate off- sf SUM
--Original MessageÃ‘
from*. Barber, Antson, QASDfPA) [mam~~lfeorLtiarberÃ§fl3^
Sent Friday, April 14,2006 12:00 PM
To: Buccl, Steven; Stavrtdls, James G;Ruff, Erte;Uswwe, Dallas
Cc: Smith, Dorrance; DiRlta, tarry; ftanoef, Robat S, Whitman, Bryan
Subject:RE- mil analysts
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Ã ‘ O r i g i n a Mesaw-
from b l , stew", or., OSD [ m m & n u n m d @ ~
Sent: Friday, April 14,2006 11:SO AM
To: Siavndls, Jam- VADM, 0%; Ruff, Eric. SES,0%; Barber, Anboo, OV,-PA; Lavwence, Dallas,
OASD-PA
Cc: Smith, Cteince, HON, OASD-PA; Dim,Uny, m, OSO; Tangel, ~obeit5, OV,OSD; Whitman, Bwn,
SES, OASD-PA
Subject: RE: mu amlystf
PA Staff.Can you makethis happen tf I free up the time? 1

Dr. SfvÃ‡nP Bueef
Staff Director
Immediate Office of Secbef
TO; wcd, Stem, Dr., OSD: ~ u f f ,Ew SES, OW Barter, Arm, Ov, OASMA; Laitence,Dallas,
OASWA
Cc: SmUh, DdlTtnce,HON, OASO-PA; 01- Uny,CIV, 0% Rangel, Robens, OV, OSD; Whitman,
Bwn, SES, O A W A
Subject: RE: mil analysis
Classlficstlon: UNCLASSIFIED
votedo t. Robert?
from: Bucd. Stnen. Dr.. OSD

Sent: kkbi, tedl14,2& 1156 AN
To: Ruff Erk SES O m Barber Afllson OV W A ; Lawrence Dallas OASO-PA
~ csmith.
i &A &. &A; Stavndb,
3asncs, VADM, 06; CH R&, Larry, OV, 050; Sued,
Steven, Dr., OSD; Rangel, Robot S, OV,OSO; Whilman, flfYBn, SES, --PA
Subject; RE: rnl analysts
Dr. Steve" P. Buccf

Stuff Dirccfof
IillinxIMte Offk. of SceCef
Ã ‘ t t t a h a fteonÃ‘
Fmm: Ruff, Erte SES, OSD 1fnato:Eric
Sent Friday, April 14,2(106 11:1)8 AM
To: Barber, Plltson, CIV, -PA; Lawrence, Dallas, OASWA
Cc Srntn. twnm. HON, OASO-PA: St4vlMk.James. VADM, OSD; Dl Rib, m y , CIV, CQ; eiÃ§
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the sd wants to put a program together for themilitary analysts mrtynext wmk, and given (he canxof
the m w b trip. hopefully[his sWuH be easy rather than hard. we should plan to bring h e analysts to
the building.
!at's loot at Something Nka the foliating
.
train and quip oftha kf ideally d e m w can call in as we have dona before.
u w en army l - wn schmmher
m ~ a l b n
thanks
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From: Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
Sent: Fnaay, April 14, 2006 t2:12 PM
To: Barber. Alhson, CIV. OASD-PA
Subject RE mil analysts
obviouslywe can make anything happen
From: Birber, AllIfon, CIV, OASD-PA

Stilt! Friday, Apfll14,2006 1200 PM
To: Bucd, S m , Dr., OSD; SBvridk, lames, VADM, OSD; miff, Eric, SES, DSD; HÃ§Ã§eiK
MIÃ‡OASO-PA
I
Cc: Smith, Doriame, HOB, OASO-PA; Dl RIB, HW, a V , OSO; PdW, Robert S, CN, OSO; Whltman, 6inn, SES, <ÃˆSO
rm
Subject: RE: milanalysts
I we can make anything happen ye* If this is now approved. we will send out the Invites asup tor tuesday afternoon
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F-: ~d , DK, OSD [ m n m s m m , ~
stem,
Sent;F r w , April 14, 2006 1159 AM
To: StavrtdB, James, VADM, OSD; Ruff, Erie, SES, OSD; Barber, A l l m , av, OASWA; Uwrence, Dams, OASO-PA
Cc: Smith, Dorrance, HON, O A W A ; 01 Rita, Larry, CN,OSD; Rangel, Robert S, a v , O D , Whltman, Bryan, SES,
OASD-PA
Subject: RE: mil analysts
PA Staff, Can you mahe tWÃ happen If IfMUP thetime?
Dr. Stem P. fuxl

Staff Director
Immillrn Offlei of UeDaf
From Stavridls, J ~ S VADM,

, OSD
Sent: Friday, April 14,2006 1157 AM
To: E d , S m , Dr., OSD; Ruff, Eric, SES, OSD; Barter, Alllm, OV,OASD-PA; Lawrence, Dalts, OASWA
Cc: Smith, Dorrance, HDN, OASD-PA; Dl WKa, law, 0,OSD,Rangel, Robert S, av,OSD; Whltman, Biyan,
SES. OASD-PA
subject: RE: mil mriyfts
Classifmetton! UNCLASSIFIED
I w l e d o l Roben?
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From: Bucd. Stewen. Dr.. Om
S& &, And 14,20061156 AH
To: Ruff, Ertc, SES, OSD; Barter, ABBOn, 0V, OASMA, LBIltm, Msli, OASD-PA
Cc: Smith, Dmnce, UON, OASD-PA; Stavridis, Janes,VADM, OSD; Oi Rita, Larry, OV, OSD; Buccf,Steven, Dr.,
OSD; Ranod, Robert S. CIV. 050; Whtanan. Bryan, SES, 0-A
Subject:RE: mil analysts
b-. st*- r. Sued

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Immediate Office of ScdXf
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Sent* Frtoay, April 14,2006 11:08 AH
To: Bew.MIso/1. OV. OASO-PA; ~wwem. Was. OASO-PA
HON,OA~D-PA;
cc s ~ T } I ~~oirance,
, SBvrBs, la%, VKM, OSD; OI RIB, m y , OV, 0s;Bmd
Dr., OSD; Ran@, telwt S, av, OSD; Whitman, Bwn, SES,OASWA
SubNct; mil analysts
thesdwanQto~a~togetherfor(hemifitaivanalystsearlynwtweek.andgiventhecanxofthe
menmtnp,hopefully the should beeasy ratter than hard. we should plan to bring the analysts to the
building.
ten took art m m w ium the rolowfrn;
trainandequipofthaisf-~dempsevcancallinaswehavedonebefom;
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Fro: Barber, Alhson, CIV OASD-PA
Smt: Friday.Apri1 14, 2006 11-26AM
To: Ruff. Eric, SES, 0SD
Cc: Lawrence, Damas, 0ASD.PA
Subjut RE' mil inibEO
hi
did you guys fine a time and day on his schedule? couldn't pull It off until luwday wed would be mi
please letus Know and we will execute
into leas got shot down in our p i -ling pstmay are weall on tin same paga and ready to execute?
Ã‘OrigIna MessageÃ
From: tuff, Eric, SES, OSD [ m a I l t ~ & l t . i t ~
Sent: Friday. Awn 14.2006 11:OB AM
1 To: Barber,'~llison, CIV, OASO-1PA; Lawrence,Ddks, O M - P A
CC: Smlth, Dotrance, HON, OASD-PA; SBvrBB, James, VWM, OSD; Dl R b , HW,OV, OSD; BNU,
S t e m . Dr.. OSD: Rmoel. Robert S, av, OSD;whilmin, BW, SES, MSD-PA
the sa wants to put m program togattier for the mitiwy analytt early next wk, andoken thecaw of the
mexico Inp. hopefurty this should be easy rafter than hard we should plan to bring the analysis to the
ouilamg
2 ledlookat something like me following
I trainand equip of thelsl- Idwlfy dempsey can call In as w haw done befon:
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update on army tmnstomiatlofi g m xctwoncchar
1 U.S. mlllbry involvement In national tecurtty decision making -gen pace
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I
From: Lawrence, Dallas, OASC-PA
Sent: Fndat. Aprl14 2006 11:WAM
To: Barber. Allison, CIV. OASD-PA
Sub]& FW milanalysis
let me know If you think this to enoughto rollout and get a date andinviteor If we need to play the paperwork gameand
wait
From: ~uff. ~ric.SES. 0 5 0

Senb Friday, April 14,2006 11:08 AM
TO:Baitaer, Allison, OV,OASWA; Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA
Cc Smkh, DOrranct, HW, O m - P A ; SBvrlls, JimtS,VADM, OSD; Dl Ria, llrv, OV, OSD; Bml, Steven, Dr., OSD;
Rangel, Hubert 5, OV, OSD; Whitman, Bwan, SES,0.450-PA
subject: mil analysts
the sd wane to put a programtogetherforthe militaryanalystsearty next week and given the caw ofthe m d w trip.
howfuly this should beeasy rather thin hard. we should plan to bring thean&Islo the building.
let's look at something dde the following:
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train and equipof the Iff ideally dempwy can call in Ãwehcv done before;
updateon army transfoffnaten - g m schoomadw
U.B. mllitmy tnvo(vemÃ§iIn nationalMwrIty daclÃ§iormklng- gm pace
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From: JedBabbinigirriWa*
Sent: Frrday, April 14. 2006 10:MAM
To: Ruff.Erie, SES, OSD
Subject: Re Coverage
Cool. Let's talk about radio soon. He's invited to keynote the Solm Radio conference (5 or6 Mayat the Omni
Shoreham.) Not the biggest audience, and not soonenough, but could be a goodie.
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Fmm! J e d B a b b i n m
Sent: Friday April 1 4 2006 8-51 AM
To: Ruff Enc SES, OSD
Subject: Coverage
E m Its been at least five months since you had the group in with me big guy Is it time? I'm only
stating theobvious when 1point out that ne'sgemng oashea extraadmanly these days ano the
momentum is against mm Let's talk Best Jeo
Jed Bibbin
(Mobile)
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From: lmcmemey@(BniaÃ‘Ã
Sent: Thursday. Apnl 13,20câ 1.41 PM
To: Ruff Eric, SES. OSD
Subject: RE- SD SUPPORT
what's your phone number toro. chunk* for your message.

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prom: ~houmeMcInerney i Â ¥ a i l t o : t i n c i -
Sent:: Thursday, April 13, 2 0 0 6 ll:54 AH
To: R u f f , Eric, SES. OSD
Subject: SD SUPPORT
Eric
I an trying t o g e t Fox to do a dctwcc on guys trying t o cube SB but not having much luck.
They don't seem to w a n t t o cut debatee or diacuaaiona .bout zioni, Nevbold e t c on for
discussion.
Anything you can do t o plant a seed could hÃˆl SO.
Th* divergent GO'a don't luve much nerit but they *re &xed. very BÃ‡ to debÃ§te
Anything I can do t o help SD aend it my way!
Tow
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From: Lawrence,Dallas, OASWA
S.nt
To:
SubJtct:
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Weanesaav. April 12.2006 1% PM
RE mil analysis call
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.Wednesday, mi 12,2006 rn m
To: s~~,WR~~M~OSDPA;SS~EWKW.OUSMA
R luff, ~ i : , SES, om; Lawrence, Dallas, OASM-A
subject mil analyst-, call
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Retired Military Analysts
WEDNESDAY,APRIL 12,2006 TIME-. 3:00- 3 3 0 p.m.
I 3:00 p.m. Welcome and Introduction (GUIDELINES)

AGENDA
. Community Relations and PublicLiiison
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3 0 1 p.m. Update on Joint IntelligenceOperationsCenters
LieutenantGeneral Boykin
3:30 p.m. Confertnct Clll Concluda (GUIDELINES)
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Conference Cull
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12,2006 TIME: 3:00 3:30 p.m. -
PARTICIPANTS
ConfirmedRetired Military Analysis:

Colonel Ken Altai (USA,Retired)
Mr. Jd Babbin (USAF. JAG)
Colonel (Tim) J, Edda (USA, Retired)
Colonel John G m t l (USMC, Retired)
Command Sergeant Major Steven Grccr (USA, Retired)
LieutenantColonel Robert L,Maginnis (USA, Railed)
Colonel Jeff McCausiand (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant General Thomas Mclnmey (USAF, Retired)
Captain Chuck Nash (USN,Retired)
Major General Paul E. Vallely (USA, Retted)
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From: V5113MI CIV, OASD-PA
Sent: Wednesday. April 12 2006 122 PM
Barber Allison Ms OSD -A
P CDR. OASD-PA
R u t Enc, SES,OSD: Lawrence, Dallas, OASC-PA
subjwt: mil analysis call
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12,2006 TIME 3:00 3 3 0 p.m. -
AGENDA
3:W p.m. Welcome and Introduction (GUIDELINES)
Community Relations and Public Liaison
3:01 p.m. Update on Joint Intelligence Operations Centers
1 . Lieutenant General Boykii
i Military Analysts
1 3 3 0 p.m. Conference Call Conclude; (GUIDELINES)
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Conference Call
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12,2006 TIME: 3:M -3:30 p.m,
PARTICIPANTS

Colonel Ken Allan) (USA, Retired)
Mr. Jcd Babbin (USAF, JAG)
Colonel (Tim) J. Eadi (USA, Retired)
Colonel John G m t t (USMC, Retired)
Command Sergeant Major StevenGreer (USA, Retired)
LieutenantColonel Robert L. Maginnis (USA, Retired)
Colonel JeffMcCamland (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant General Thomas Mclnemey (USAF. IitBred)
Captainchuck Nash (USN, Retired)
Major General Paul E.Valldy (USA, Haired)
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Conference Call
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12,2006 TIME:3 0 0 -330 p.m,
AGENDA
3:00 p.m. Welcome and Intimlnrtion(GUIDELINES)
-m ~ o m m u n iRelations
t ~ lad Public Liaison
301 p.m. Update on Joint InlelllgcmceOperationsCenters
. LieutenantG m d Boykin
. Military Analysts
3:30 p.m. Conference Call Conelodes (GUIDELINES)
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Conference Call
Retired Military Analyts
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12,2006 TIME; 3:00 -330 p.m.
PARTICIPANTS

Colonel Ken Allard (USA. Retired)
Mr. Jcd Babbin (USAF.JAG)
Colonel (Tim) J. Eads (USA Retired)
Colonel John Garrett (USMC. Retired)
Command Sergeant Major Steven Orcer (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Magin.uk (USA, Retired)
Colonel JeffMcCauslmd (USA. Retired)
Lieutenant General ThomasMclncmey (USAF. Retired)
Captain Chuck Nash (USN, Retired)
Major General Paul E.Vallely (USA, Retired)
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Subject; RE: Conferenceoil tomorrow
still on target, mat's M y i copied romtey on me emaii. i just knew with pga things would be crazy. i meant to Post it on
the events cal, but didn't get toit last night, had dave do it this morning and IetfIHTCTknow. it's in the morning report
thanks
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Hi there. What is the statusofthis call?
From:
Sene Wednesday, April 12 20066:17 AM
TO:
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MsOSD PA
RE: conference call tomorrow
O A S D -CIV,
~awrence,~dlas, PQASD-PA
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Is this still happening? It's not on the events calendar so 1don't know if it is on or not. Thu
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Semper Fldelis,
Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary
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1400 Defense Pentagon HSfi
Washington, DC 20301-1400
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MEMORANDUM
To: Retired Military Analysts
From: Dallas Lawrence

Director, Community Relations and Public Liaison
Office of the Secretaryof Defense
Date: April 11,200Ã
Re: Conference Call with Senior DoD Officiali
We invite you to participate in a conferencecall, WEDNESDAY,AprilI2,2006 from 3:00-3:30p.m
LTG William G. Boykin- Dmutv Undersecretaryfor Intcllicenceand Warfiehtinc SUDDO~~. will briefvou on the
esiaolishmeni of ~ointlntelli&x Opcratnons &ntcrs a allthe combelant c"ommands A d the ~ e f e n i
Inlc!ligence Agency. LTG Boykin's Biography, as wc!l as two fact sheets arc attached for your review. We ask
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that you EMBARGOthis information until the start of theconference call tomorrow. This call will be On
Background
To panicipae in this conferencecall, please dial

dna- ! &Â¥h opc-tor to
connect you to the Analysts conferencecall.
PI-= RS.V.P.IO-or call kr a

We hope you are able to participate.
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MEMORANDUM

Office of the Secretary of Defense
Date: April 11,2006
Re: Conference Call with Senior DoD Olliciab
from 3:W-3:Np.m
We hvlle you to panicipale in a conference Mil. WEDNESDAY,A@ 12,SW6
LTG William G. Boykin, Deputy Undersecretary for Intelligenceand Warfighting Suppon, will briefyou on the
establishment of Joint Intelligence Operations Centers at alithc combatant commands and the Defense
Intelligence Agency. LTG Boykin's Biography, as well as two fact sheets arc attached for your review. We ask
that you EMBARGO this Information until the start of the conference call tomorrow. This call will be On
Background.
To participatein this conference call, lease d i a l b 6 n d ask theoperator to

connect you to the Analysts conference call.
PleaseR.S.V.P. t o ~ ~ o r c a ~ ~ t u r a ~
We hope youare able 10 pankipate.
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From: ^H^lÃ‘Ã‘ cIV. OASD-PA
Sent: Tuesday Apnl 11,20058:19PM
TO. 'JedBaobinfdaaWSW
cc: Lawrence. Dallas. OASD-PA
5 u W Re Conference call lofnorrow
Fro,"
sent:
D. . CtV. OASD-PA
Tuesoay, April 11.2006 8:18PM
To: Ruff,Eric, SES.OSD
Subject: Fw In case you miued it
oh, I Chi* I "ill just pa.0 thim m e along to y o u . , . , . . .
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From: Paul v a l l e l y
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CC: 'Thomas HCInCrney'
CIV, OASD-PA
S e n : Tue t o r 11 19:35:54 2006

Subject R E I" case you missed i t
Â Can you f i n d out why E& and the White nouse w i l l not addreas t h e findings of the
Saddam capes and t h e Russian support of the concealment of the WMDs i n Iraq and the
Inapectcn-B and the eventual novemenc and storage of the WMDS in S y r i a and t h e Beku Valley
i n Lebanon.
gentlemen.
please find a t t a c h e d transcript of today's p r e s s b r i e f i n g a t che pentagon.
x thought you might be i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e discussion -- specifically about the plÃ§nniti and
l e a d up t o the war, which continues co be a t o p i c of i n t e r e s t i n t h e news. you nay a l s o
a h t h e b r i e f i n g i n ice entirety on the pentagon channel o n l i n e a t
-.PenCMonchmmel.mil <Eilei//www.peiit~gonchatinel.inil> .
have Ã great evening,
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Please count me in for the con can tomorrow. Best, Jed.

(Dallas: So when we goin' to Afghanistan,guy?)
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MEMORANDUM

Office of the Secretary of Defense
Date: April 11,2006
Re; Conference Can with Senior DoD OtIicUll
We invite you to p h i p d t e inaconference call, WEDNESDAY,AprU 11,ISMflam l.'fO-SMc.m.
LTG William 0. Boykin. Deputy Undcrsecictuy fi>r Intelligcm and Warflghtlng Support, will brief you on the
establishmentofJoim Intelligence Operations Centers at all the combatant commands and the Defense
Intelligence Agency. LTG Boykin's Biography, as well as two fact sheets are anachcd for your review. We ask
that you EMBARGO this information until the stan of the conference call tomorrow. This call will be On
Background.
To participatein thisconferencecall, pelaseddi-alnd ask the operator to

connect you to the Analysts conference call.
We hope you are able ID participate
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F i : Lawrence, Dallas. OASD-PA
Sent: Mtonday. Apnno. 2006 4.21 PM
To: Barber, AllisOn. CIV, OASD-PA
Lieutenant General Thomas Mclncraey (USAF,Retired) FoxNews

12155 SanestersCourt
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gw anda straightshooter.
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To: tmmmey GlenstreeTTBffl^l
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Nuking Iran? cell phone? I'm fed up with April, and If6 not even tax day yet
T M m n Smctamr
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nighlight* frool a wire scary:
The administration of President 0-e H. Buah ia planning a massive bombing campaign
against Inn, including use of bunker-buster nuclear bombs to destroy a key Iranian
suspected nuclear weapons facility, m e men Yorter magazine has reported in its April 17
1.sue.
The article by investigative purnalist Seymour said that Bush and others in the
white w e have come to view lranian president ftahmoud Abroadinejad as a potential Adolf
Hitler.
That's the name they're wing.* the report quoted a former senior inflligence official
Ã § saying,
A senior unnamed Pentagon adviser ia quoted in the article as saying thae "cilia White
HovuÃ believes chat. the only way to solve the problem is to change the power structure in
Iran, and that lawns war."
The former intelligence officials depicts pluming aa *enornoua," 'hectic* and
'operatio+,. "er-eh write*.
One former defence official said the military pluming wae premised on a belief that "a
swtained b e i n g campiqn in Izan will htmillate tha religious leaderahip and lend the
public to rice up and overthrow the goverment,* The ~ e w~ o r k e rpointed out,
The full text folloia:

THE IRAN PLANS
Would President BuÃ§ go to war to stop Tehran froo getting cne bomb?
ISSUB of 2006-04-17
Posted 2006-04-10
The Bush Adainistration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to atop Iran fron
" i n ? . ""c1ur w p m , ha. d
....rcni cl.nilfti"..etiviti.. inmid* *ran and
t e n ~ i f i e dplanning for a poaaible major air attack. Current and former American military
and intelligence officials maid thae ~ i Force r planning gtouips are drawing up lists of
targets, and c Ã § a of American combat troops have been ordered into Iran, under cover. t o
alleci targeting data and to establish contact with anti-government ethnic-m;ority
gTOUP8. The official* say that President Bush is determined to deny the Iranian regime the
opportunity to begin a pilot program, planned for this spring, to enrich uranium.
American and European intelligence agemiem, and the Intenrtl-1 Atofnic Energy Agency
. A E A . I , Ã§gre that Iran is intent on developing the capability to produce nuclear
weapons. But there are widely differing estimates of how long that will take, and whether
diplomacy. Â¥Ã§nction or military action r the best m y to prwent it. Iran ii-isiacs chat
it- research la for peaceful use only, in keeping with the m c l e i r wan-Proliteraclot
Treaty, and that it will not be delayed or deterred.
There is a growing conviction a- nwnbera of the United States military. and in the
ittrnationxl coowunicy, that reald dent ~ u ~ h 'ulciiirce
Ã 9-1 in the nuclear ccnfrenution
with Iran is regime change. Iran's President Habmoud Ahmadioejad, h u challenged the
reality of cbe Holocaust and said that tmraei m a t be -wiped off the mop." Bush and ochers
in the White House view him Â¥ Ã potential Adolf Hitler, former aenior intelligence
.
official =id. "That's the name they're u~ing.They say, 'Nil1 =ran get a strategic w o n
and threaten another world war?'
A government conoulfnt with c l o w ties to the civilian leaderahip in the Pentagon #aid
that Bush was %bsolu=ely -minced that Iran is going t o get the bmb" if it IS not
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Â¥topped He "id t h a t th. P r ~ i d e n tbelieve* ehac he must do "what no Democrat or
Republican, i f e l e c t e d in t h e future, ~ u l have
d the courage t o do," and "that saving Iran
i s going t o be hi. legacy."
One i-er defense o f f i c i a l , who s t i l l dealft with ~ e n c l t i v eisnuex f o r t h e Bush
o l, d me t h a t the m i l i t a r y planning w a p r w i ~ don a b e l i e f t h a t " Â
~ d r n i n i ~ ~ r a t i ot n
u s c a i n e d bombing Campaign i n Iran w i l l humiliate t h e r e l i g i o u s l e a d e r s h i p and lead t h e
public t o ri-Ã up and overthrow t h e gove"inienc.*' ~e added, Â ¥wan shocked when I heard i t .
and naked myself, 'what are they smoking?' "
The r a t i o n a l e f o r regime change w arciculacÃ§ in e a r l y March by P a t r i c k Clawaon, an I r a n
expert who i s t h e deputy d i r e c t o r f o r research a t the Wfhington I n s t i t u t e f o r Near E f t
~ o l i c yand who haa been Ã supporter of President nuah. "So long as I r a n has an I m l i t i c
republic. i t w i l l have a nuclear-weÃ§pon progi-m, a t l e a s t c l ~ i d e s t i n e l y , "Clkiraon t o l d
t h e Senxt. Foreign Relations Committee on March 2nd. "The key i a a u e , t h e r e f o r e , i s : How
long w i l l the present Iranian regime l a s t ? "
When I spoke t o c l a w o n , he mphaaieed thac . t h i s h d n i n i t e r a t i o n i e p u t t i n g a l o t of
e f f o t t i n t o diplomacy.' However, he added, I r a n had no choice o t h e r than t o accede to
A m e r i c a ' ~demands or f a c e a m i l i t a r y a-ttack. Clawson m i d t h a t he f e a r s t h a t Ahoadiaejad
a h e w e a wimp# and chinks we w i l l Ã § v n t u ~ lcave l In. we have t o be ready t o d e a l
~ t 1r.nh i f t h e c r i s i Ã c ~ c a l a c e a . -clawson m i d t h a t he would p r e f e r t o r e l y on sabotage
and o t h e r c l a n d e ~ t i n e~ c t i v i t i e m . such as "industrial accident.." But, he s a i d , i t would
be prudent co prepare f o r wider w r , *,given the way t h e ~ r a n i x n eare a c t i n g , ?his l a not
l i k e planning to invade ~ u e b e c . "
one m i l i t a r y planner t o l d me t h a t White ~ouaec r i t i c i m ~or Iran and tba high tempo of
planning and c l a n d Ã § Ã § t ia c t i v i c i Ã § m o u n t t o cÃ§owÃ§lor "coercion" xined a t Iran. "You
have to be ready t o go, end w e ' l l see how they renpond," t h a o f f i c e r maid. "You have to
r e a l l y show a t h r e a t i n order t o get Ahmadinejxd t o hack down.. He added. "People think
B u ~ hhtÃ been focusaed on SÃ§dda HusÃêi s i n c e 9/11,. but, Â¥'imy via", i f you hÃˆ t o r a m
one nation t h a t was hi* focuÃ a11 the w y along, i c w Iran: ( i n reJSpOife t o d e t a i l e d
requeate f o r cement, t h e white Hwne aaid t h a t it -1d net c-nc on m i l i t a r y p k m i n g
but added, "Aa the President ha# indicÃ§ced we are pursuing & diplomatic so1ution"i the
Defense mpartment a1.0 eaid that ran was being d e a l t with through "iplomatic cfiainnela-
but wouldn't elaborac* o n c h a t ; t h e C.I.A. .aid t h a t t h e r e were -1RÃ§ccuracieÃ i n t h i a
m e hut would not s p e c i f y thani.1
"This 1. much more than Â nuclear iÃˆBiM, one high-ranking diplomat t o l d Ã I n Via-.
'That's juat a r a l l y i n g p o i n t , and t h Ã § r l a . t i l l cine co f i x i t . But t h e A d m i n i t t f t i o n
b e l i o v m i t cannot be f i x e d u n l e s t they c o n t r o l the h a r t , and minds of I n n . The zeal
isaua i s who i a going t o c o n t r o l the ~ i d d l e~ u and t i t . o i l i n t h e next ten year... ,
A mÂ¥nio Pentagon advi-er on t h e v r an t e r r o r e x p r e f d a s i n i l f t r view. V h i Ã White House

b e l i e v e s t h a t the only way t o solve the problem it to c h u q e t h e power s t r u c t u r e i n Iran,
and chat m e w war," he a a i d The danger, he a d d . w a t h a t Â ¥ ia l Ã § r e i n f o r m the b r i i i f
i n s i d e Iran that t h e only wÃ§ t o defend the country i a t o have a n u c l e a r capÃ§hility h
m i l i t a r y c o n f l i c t chat d e s t a b i l i z e d the region could a l ~ oi n c r e a s e the r i s k of termzx
"Hazbollth COMB i n t o p l a y , . t h e adviser w i d , referring to t h e terror group that i Ã
i i d e r e d one of t h e world's moat succÃ§aaful and which 1, now a Lebanese p o l i t i c a l p a r t y
w i t h strong t r Ã t o I n n . "And here cornea A1 Oudft."
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Some o p e ~ a t i o n ~
apparently
, aimed i n part at i n t i d c t o t i n g I r a n . are a l r e a d y under way.
American Naval t a c t i c a l a i r c r . ~ operating
~ from carriers i n t h e a r a b ~ Ã § Sea, have h e n
f l y i n g simulated nuclear-weapons d e l i v e r y i t t i ~ s i o n s - r ~ p i dascending maneuvers known as
Â¥over-th shoulder- bombing-since l a s t a-r, the f o r n e r o f f i c i a l s a i d . within r a w of
Il-tnian CO.Bt.1 r*a*r..
s k ~ n r d i n i r ;a military .n.lyat +I.=

~ h otaught a t th. ~ Ã § c i o n a c o l l e g e before r e t i n n y
from the Air Force i n 1987 provided a n emtinate of what would be needed t o destroy
1re.n'~ nuclear program, working from u t e l l i t e photographs o f t h e known f a c i l i t i e s ,
Gardiner eatinaced c h a t a t l e a a t f o u r hundred t a r g e t s would have t o be h i t . He added:
I don't chink a U.S. w i l i t ~ vplanner would want t o s t o p t h e r e . I r a n pxohably has two
chemical-production plÃ§ntm we would h i t those. we would want t o h i t t h e meOLum-range
b a l u s t i c m i 8 ~ i l e at h a t have juÃ§ recently been w e d c l o s e r t o Iraq. There Â¥r fourteen
a i d s with s h e l t e r e d a i r c r a f t . . . . We'd w > c t o gee r i d of t h a t t h r e a t . We -Id
wane to h i e t h e aaaeta t h a t could ha i r e d t o threaten Gulf s h i n i n g . That means t ~ r q c t i n g
t h e c t - u i s ~ - m i s s i l e n i t - and t h e I r a n i a n d i e a e l aubnuirinas. . . . So- of the f Ã § c i l i c r
may be coo d i f f i c u l t t o t a r g e t even with penetrating ureapoiu. The U.S. w i l l ha- to e.u
Special operations unit..
One of the m i l i t a r y ' s i n i t i a l option plana, &a prcaented t o t h e White HOLKC by the
Pentagon. c h i s Minter, c a l l a f o r the use of bunker-BuBET t a c t i c a l BUCIÃ‡ mapon. such
aÂ tile 861-11, s g a i n f t underground nuclear s i t e s . One t a r g e t i Ã I r a n ' s w i n centrifuge
plane, a t n Ã § t ~nearly
)~ two hundred mile* Â¥ouc of Tehran. N Ã § f n which ~ i m r longer
under I . A . E . A . aafcguarda, reportedly hna underground f l o o r apace t o hold f i f t y thousand
CintrifugBB, and laboratories and workBpaces buried approximately mtventy-five f e e t
beneath the surface. T h a t number of c e n t r i f u g e s could provide enough enriched uranium f o r
b Y 1 warheads a v e a f 11r.n has acknowledged c h a t i t i n i t i a : l ~ kern the
x l a f n c e of i t s enricnrenc proffr*. hidden f r o m 1.A S A i n s p e c t o f . tout cliimc that notie
of if current a c t i v i t y L B Den-cd Siy the on-pTo1ittration Treaty. The ~ l ~ n i n a c i o of r.
N ~ t a n zwo-ild be ma-ior flerixck for I r a n a nuclear ambiciona. out t h e conventional Ã‡eÃ‡D
n the Airerican a r s e n a l could not inxure the d t c t r u c ~ i o nof t Ã § c i l i t l under
e Â¥eveney-f~
f e e t of e a r t h and rock, e s p e c i a l l y i f they ire reinforced with c o n c r e t e .
tilac t h e underground f a c i l i t y w Ã designed f o r "continuity of govttrment8'-for the

l i t 1 and m i l i t a r y leadarehip to survive a. n u e l f r war. (There axe Â ¥ i d l f a c i l i t i @ ~ ,
i n Virginia and ~ e r m a y l v a n i a .f o r the Americin leadership.1 =he s o v i e t fsci1it.y a t i l l
e x i s t s , and much of w h a t the U.S. knows about I t remains c l a s s i f i e d . "The ' t e l l ' .-th
9iveawar"was the v e n t i l a t o r s h a f t s , come of which were d i s g u i Ã § e d , t h e former aenlor
I n t e l l i g e n c e o f f i c i a l t o l d me. AC the time, he s a i d , i t was decexmincd thac 'only n u l f "
could destroy t h e bunker. ~e added t h a t soffit Anencan i n t e l l i g e n c e analyeca believe t h a t
the nuaaians helped the l r Ã § n i ~dwaign n chair underground f f t c i l i c y . "We aee a aimilarlcy
of design,. specifically i n the v e n t i l a t o r s h a f t s , he s a i d .
A former h i g h - l e v e l D Ã § f Ã §Depkrtnrnt o f f i c i a l t o l d ne t h a t , i n hi* view, even limited
bombing would allow the U.S. t o -9 i n t h e r e and do enough damage t o slow down the nuclear
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i t r u c t u f . The United Scace; Bhould a c t l i k e we're ready t o go." He added. *We den'=
c;yh&=
i:don*t have
hnVe to knock h a l l of t h e i r a i r defenmen. Our s t e a l t h bmberm and atandoff ml.si1..
r e a l l y w r k , and we can blow f i x e d things up. we can do t h i n g s on t h e ground, too, but
i t ' s d i f f i c u l t and vem dmw.=o-ut bad -tuff i n v e n t i l a t o r shafts and put them t o
Â¥l.Ã‡ll
But thoac Kho are f u i l i a r with t h e SoviÃ§ Bunlur. a c c e d i n g t o t h e Comer Btnior
i n t e l l i g e n c e o f f i c i a l . Â ¥ s a 'Ne way.' You've got to know w h a t ' * undÃ§rneÃ§Ctt-' talonwhich
v e n t i l a t o r f e e d s people, or d i e s e l qeneratora, or which ire t a l e . And t h e r e ' a a lot t h a t
e dm'; know." The lack of r e l i a b l e i n t e l l i g e n c e leave* m i l i t Ã § r plaiinera, given the goal
of i l l y destroying the s i t e * , l i t t l e choice But t o consider t h e use of t a c t i c a l nuclear
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weapons. very other option, in the view of the nuclear weaponeera, would leave a gap,"
the former aenior ineÃ§~ii4Ã§nogficiti *aid. " '~ecisive' is the key word of the A x r
Force*, planning. 1 t . s a cough decision. nut w made it in Japan."
me went en, "~uc1e.r mhnners so t h r o w h exterriva training uid learn the technical
The aefneioa given to chÃ nuclear option has created merioua misgivings inside *ha
f f i c e a of tha m i n t chief, o f staft, he added, and aone otficert hÃ§v talked about
.
resigning. ate thit winter, the ~ o i n tchiefs of Staff nought to remove the nuclear option
frail the evolving w a r plans for Iran-without Buccesa, the former intelligence official
a i d . "me white ~ e u a esaid, $why y a r yyou challenging this? The option came fro^ you.'
=he pentagon adviser on the war on terror confirmed ttrt acme in the Adminiatration ware
looking Â¥erioml at t h r option, which ha linked to ft f u r g e n c e of 1ncarÃ§. in tÃ§ctic~
nuclear weapons among Pentagon civilians and in policy circles. He called it "a juggernaut
that ha- to be stopped," He also confirmed that some senior officers and officitle were
considering resigning over the iBaue. "There are v e r y strong .entiifntn within the
military Ã§gaiir hrandiahing nuclear weapons against other countries," the advise= told
m e This goes to high levels.' The matter may aeon reach a deeiaive point, he m i d ,
because the Joint Chiefs had agreed to give President Buch ft formal recmendation stating
that they are strongly opposed t o cotridering the nuclÃ§Ã option for 1r.n. "The internal
debase on t h r has hardened in recent weeks: the adviser maid. "and. if senior ~ c n t a i o m
1 of!ieera express their oppoaltion to the i r e of offensive nuclear wÃ§Ã§)on then it w ~ i l

never happen
The Pentagon adviser w a t i o n e d the v l u Ã of air Btrlkea. "The Iranians have di~tributcd
chair nuclear xccivity very w l l , and ve h v e no clue where .one of the key stuff la. It
could even be out of the country,, he said. ne warned, Ãˆ did many others, chat bcmhmq
I I d w o k h a t i i n " oC ttttcka on American ficilltiee md citi*enm
throughout the world! W h a t will 1.3 billion Muslims chink the dÃˆ we attack Iran?.
with or without che nuclear option, the lint of targeto may inevitably expand. One
eceocly retired high-level Bush Mniniatration official, who iÃ also Ã§ expert on mr
plaiuia.ng. told ma t b t he would have vicar-ly argued against an air attack on Iran.
b e c a u ~"Iran la a much tougher targees than Iraq. But he added "If you're going to do
any bombing to atop the nukes, you might &a well improve your lie acroas the board. Maybe
hit nome training C ~ B and . clear np a lot of other problems:
me Pentagon adviser said that, in the event of an attack the Air Force intended to
acrike many hundreds of target# in Irm but that mninety-&e ncr cent of c h m have .
nothing to do with proliferation. There are people who believe it's the vay to operate.-
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It the order were to be given for u attack, the h r i c m combat troop* now operating in
Iran would be in position to nark the critical barge- ~ i t hlaser beans, to insure boinbing
accuracy and to minimize civilian casualties. AB of early winter, I waa told by the
government consultant with c-lcrc ties to civiliÃ§o in the pentagon, the unite were a1.o
working with minority g r o u m in 1ran. including the ~ t e r i s ,in the north, the Baluchis, in
h e soucheaat, and the xurds in the northeast. me troops -are studying the terrain, and
giving .way walking-'round money to ethnic tribe,, and recruiting .couC. from local tribes
and shepherds,, the consultant aaid. One goal is to get "eyes on the ground'Ã‘quotin a
line from "Othello," he maid, "Give oe the ocular proof." The broader aim, the ConBultant
m i d , is to "encourage ethnic cension~"and undernine the regime.
m e new mieaion for the combat troops is a produce of Defenae Secretary Rmnafeld's lcng-
standing interest in expanding the role of the military in covert operations, which was
i ~ d eofficial policy in the pentagon's wadrennial ~ e f e n s enevi-, published in February.
s o h activities. it conducted by C.I.A. operatives, would need a Presidential Finding and
would have to be reported to key members of congress.
'Force protection' is the new buzzword.. the f-r menior intelligence official told
.broadly
~e was referring to the pentagon's position that clandestine activities that can be
claoaified is preparing the battlefield or protecting troops are military, not
intelligence, operations, and are therefore not aubject to congressional overaighc. "The
guys in the .mint Chiefs of staff ~ a ythere are a lot of uncertainties in Iran," he said.
"We need t o have more than what we had in Iraq. How we have the green light to do
everything we want:
The President'Â deep dimt-uÃ§ of Ahiixdlnejad has strengthened hi* determination Co

infront lean. This view has been reinforced by allegations that AbMadinejad, who joined a
ipecial-force* brigade of the Revolutionary oiri'da in 1986, way have been involved in
terrorist activities in the late eighties. ( m e r e are gape in Alimadinejtd'sofficiÃ§
biography in this period.) A h a d i n e p d has reportedly been connected to Inad Hughniyeh, Ã
terrorist who ham been inplicÃ§ce in the deadly bombings of the U.S. ~mbaaay and the V . S .
Marine barracks in B e i m t , in 1983. Bh~ghriyehm e then the mecwity ah>=Â Of Hezblhh8 he
m i en the r.B.1:~ liet of moat-wanted terroriatB.
Robert Baer, who was Ã C.I.A. officer In the Middle =st and elsewhere for two decades.
1 te that ~ h ~ 6 i n q .and
a hf nevoiutionary -i-d - i i ~ - ~in tho xruiixii government
! cÃ§ubl of making Ã bomb, hiding it, a d launching it at Iarael. They'- apocalyptic
Shiites. if you're flitting in Tel Aviv and you believe they've got nukes and aie~ilei-
you've got to take them out. m e s e guys are nuts. and there's no reason to back off:
Under Ahmadinejad, the Revolutionary Guards have expanded their power base throughout the
Iranian bureaucracy: by the end of ~anuary,they had r~placÃ§ thousand^ of civil eervante
with their own members. One former senior United nations official, who hae extensive
experience with =ran. depicted the turnover a> -a white coup," with ~ ~ i n o iimplicÃ§~ion
r
fox the Weat. mPEofeamlonala in the Foreign ini is try are out; others are waiting co be
kicked t he i d 'We may he too late. These guys "oil believe that they are atranger
t h a n ever since the revolution.- ~e maid that. particularly in conaideration or mina'm
emergence as a superpower, ~ran'm attitude Ã‘ "TO hell with the w e s t YOU can do as much
as you like..
Iran's suprene religious lÃ§ader Aytollah Kbweoai, la considered by many experf to be

in a atrooger patition than Ahadinelad. .AhMidinejBd is not in control," one European
diplowc told toe. .Power is diffuse in Inn. The Revolutionary W r d s are among the key
backers of the nuclear prooram. but. ultimately. I don't think they are in chargeof it,
The Sup- Leader hae the camtin9 vote on the nuclear program, and che ~ u a r d swill not
take a i m without his approval,"
The P e n t a m adviser on the war en terror mid that %llowing Iran to have the bonb is not
on the cable. we cannot have nukes being sent downfltream to a terror network. It's just
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too dangerous.. ne added, "The whole i n t e r n a l d e b t a i s on which way t o 90"-in cema of
stopping the Iranian program. it 1, p o ~ m i b l e ,t h e adviser m i d , chat I r a n will
m i l a t e r a l l y renounce i c a nuclear planfl'"azd f o r e s t a l l t h e American a c t i o n . "God may smile
on i e , but I don't chink so. The bottom l i n e i Ã t h t I r a n cannot become a nuelear-wettpona
i t a t e . The problem is t h a t t h e ~ r a n i a n sr e a l i z e t h a t o n l y by becoming a nuclear stace can
they dafcnd themselves a g a i n s t t h e U.S. Something bad i s going co happen..
While ftlmoit no one d i m t e a IrÃ§n' nuclear arnbition~. cham i m intenme debate over How
loon 1% could g e t t h e bomb, and what t o do about t h a t . Robert Oallucci, a f-r
government expert on nonproliferation who i o now t h e dean of t h e School of Foreign Service
a t Georgetown, t o l d me, "Baaed on what I know, Iran could ba e i g h t t o t e n years away" from
developing a deliverable nuclear weapon. ~ a l l u c c iadded. "1f they had a covert nuclear
. -
r a m a d we could Drove i t . and we could not atoo it bv
h
.. neciociÃ§cion
- dinlomacy, or t h e
e of i n c t i o n a , z ' d be i n favor of taking i t o u t . nut i f you do if-bomb
IranÃ‘withou being a b l e to Â¥ho chere'a a s e c r e t program, you're i n trouble."
Heir Dagan, t h e head of Mossad, I s r a e l ' s i n t e l l i g e n c e agency, t o l d t h e KnÃ§aÃ h a t
December t h a t "Iran i s one t o two years away. a t the l a t e a t , from having enriched iicaniun.
Prom t h a t ~ o i n t .t h e c m ~ l e t i o nof t h e i r nuclear w e a m i s Â¥iiaol a technical M a t t e r . I n
A conversation with m e . senior I s r a e l i intelligence o t t i c i ~ l t h e dabout what he said
S t i n Bmh'a f i r s t terra, cold me, " I chink Iran tur a eÃ§crÃ nuclear-weapon8 program-I
believe i t . but I d o n ' t know i t . "
I n recent months, t h e PÃ§kiÃ§cÃ§ g-rninent has given t h e U.S. new access t o A. 0. Khan.
t h e l o - c a l l e d t a t h e r of the Pkkimfni atomic bomb, Khan, who i Â now l i v i n g undar house
amem i n 1.1amud. i m .ccumd of s e t t i n g up a black market i n n u c l s a r m t e z i a l m he mde
t l Ã § Ã §one clandeatina v i a i t t o Tehran i n t h e l ~ t ne i n e t e e n - e i g h t i Ã § ~
I n t h e moxt recent
i n t ~ r r o g a t i o i r ,Khan ham provided information on Iran'a ueÃ§pon deaign and i t s time l i n e
f o r building a bo-nb. "The p i c t u r e i a of 'unquestionable danger,' 'a t h e former senior
intelligence o f f i c i a l s a i d . (The ent tag on adviacr a l m confirmed t h a t Khan hia been
" ~ i n g i n gl ~ k ea c a m r y , " l he concern, t h e f o r m = .mior o f f i c i a l m i d , i e t h t "Khan ham
c r e d i b i l i t y problem#. He i s auggeatible, and h e ' a c e i l i n g t h e neoconaervacivea what they
a t t o heir"Ã‘o what might be useful t o ~ a k i a c a n ' a President, Pervez HuÃ§harrÃˆ who is
under pressure to a~si-t waahingcon in the war on t e r r o r .
"I think man'# leading urn on.,, t h e former i n t e l l i g m c e d f i c i a l maid. .I dm'% h e w
anybody who may., e ere'^ t h e amking (run.' B u t l i g h t s are beginning to blink. He'a
feeding uÃ i n f o r m t i o n on t h e t i r e l i n Ã § and t a r g e t i n g intormation iÂcoming i n from our
own source- n e ~ o r sand t h e covert t e a m . The C.I.A., which wag ao burned by I r a q i
D . I s going t o the Pentagon and t h e Vice-Preaident'a o f f i c e aa.ying, 'It'* a l l n Ã §
t u f f . People i n t h e Adminrcration are saying, 'We've got enough.' ,,
intelligence on Iraq'a weapons of maaa destruction. I n a recent essay on'tha ~ o r e i g n

Policy web a l e e , e n t i t l e d "Fool Me m i c e , ' Joseph c i r i n c i o n e , t h e d i r e c t o r lor
nonproliferation a t t h e Carnegie Endowment f o r I n f x n a t i o i r l Peace, wrote, "The unfolding
d m i n i ~ t r a t i o nstrategy appears t o be an e f f o r t to repeat i t * successful campaign for t h e
Iraq war., HÃ noted several p ~ a l l e l s :
The vice president of the unitad S t a t e s g i v w major ~ o e Ã § locuiÃ§

c on t h e t h r e a t from an
o i l - r i c h nation i n tha Middle Bane. The U.S. Secretary of S t a t e t e l l s Congress t h a t tha
same nation l a o w moat serious global challenge. me Secretary of Defense c a l l a t h a t
nation t h e leading supporter of global t e r r o r i m .
Clrlnclone c a l l e d some of t h e A d n i i n i ~ t n t i o n ' a claims) about I r a n "questionable" or lacking

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i n evidence. When I spoke t o him. he asked, "what do we know? what i e t h e t h r e a t ? The
question i s : How urgent i s n i l this?. =he u r w e r , he maid, " i s in t h e incelligÃˆnc
c-unity and t h e I.A.E.A." 11" ~ u g u s t , t h e Washington Post reported t h a t the most recent
coraprtheil~iven ~ t i o n a lI n t e l l i g e n c e Estimate predicted chat I r a n was a decade away from
being a nuclear power.)
Last year, the Bwh A d m i n i a c r ~ . i o nb r i e f d I.A.E.A. o f f i c i a l s on w h a t it Â¥ai was new and
l a m i n g information about Iran's w p o n a program which had been r e t r i e v e d f m an
Iranian's laptop, The new'data included more than a thousand pages of technical drawings
of weapon. s y s t e m . The washington Pose reported t h a t t h e r e were Ã § l a designs f o r Â m a l l
f a c i l i t y t h a t could be uaad in t h e uranium-enrichaent proceÃ§* LeÃ§k kbouc the laptop
b e t h e focal point of s t o r i e s i n the Tima and e r e w h e r e . The n t o r i e ~e r a generally
d l 0 0 c h a t t h e i M t e r i Ã § l could have been fabricated. but a l s o quoted ienxor
American o f f i c r l a am aiying t h a t they appeared t o be l e g i t i m a t e . The headline in the
m e ' account read. "RELYING ON COMPUTER. U.S. SEEKS TO PROVE IRAK'S NUCLEAB AIMS."
I w a t o l d i n incexview with American and European i n t e l l i g e n c e official^, however, t h a t
t h e laptop w more auBpecc and lea8 r Ã § v e l ~ t othan r i t had been depicted, The Iranian who
owned t h e laptop had i n i t i a l l y been r e c r u i t e d by German and American intelligence
operatives, working together. The m e r i c a n s eventually l o s t i n t e r e s t i n him. The G e m
kept on, but t h e Iranian wÃ Ã§eize by t h e Iranian counter-intelligence force. I t i s not
known where he i s today. Some family members managed to leave I r a n with h r laptop and
handed it over a t a U.S. embuay, a p p r e n t l y i n Europe. I t was a c l a s s i c "walk-in."
h e s i t a t i o n on our s i d e mabout what
A E u r o f ~ ni n t e l l i g e n c e o f f i c i a l s a i d , "There w 'OK.
h a materials r e a l l y proved, *and we are a t i l l not convinced." The drawings wr* not
ifciculoum. new~crnaraccount# ~ u o q e a t e d , "but had tha chazacter of Â¥ketches. the
European o f f i c i a l &id. " ~ tm a not imlxm-dunk smoking gun.*
The t h r e a t of American m i l i t a r y action h i s created d l m y a t t h e heÃ§dquÃ§rteof t h e

I . A . Z . A . , i n Vienna. The a g e n c y ' officialm believe t h a t Iran wan- t o be a b l e t o wake a
nuclear wpm, but "nobody has presented an inch of evidence of a ptr.1l.l nud-r-
-awn# p z 0 9 x w i n Iran." the h i g h - r a n k i q diplonat t o l d me. The 1.A.E.A:. beat eatimate
s h a t the 1rafii.n. ax. f i v e yeare away frm building Ã nuclear bomb. 'Â¥Buti f the United
S t a t e s does anything m i l i t a r i l y , they w i l l make t h e dwvlopnianc of a b o a Ã ntr,.r o!
Iranian national p r i d e , ' t h e d i p l m t aaid. "The whole i s s u e Is Amcrica'a r i t k a ~ Ã § a i m n
of I ' 1 i n t e n t i o n s , and they d o n ' t eruat the regime. Iran i Ã a menace t o AmÃ§riÃ
policy."
xn viema, I w a t o l d of an exceedingly t e s t y meeting a a r l l e r t h i a y r between KohÃ§nÃ
ElBaradei, t h e I . A . E . A . ' ~ director-general, who won the Nobel Peace Prize l a s t year, and
Robert Joseph, t h e under-Secretary of Scice f o r Arms Control. Joseph's nrmsage was blunt,
one diplomas r e c a l l e d : "we cannot have a Â¥ingl centrifuge spinning i n Iran. I r m La a
d i r e c t t h r e a t t o the national s e c u r i t y of the United States and our a l l i e s , find we w i l l
.
not t o l e r a t e it. we want you to give uÃ ui understanding chat you w i l l not may anything
publicly t h a t w i l l undermine ua.
The c e n t r a l v a t i o n - h e t h e r Iran w i l l be a b l e t o proceed with its plans t o enrich

urÃˆnii>mÃ‘ now before t h e united Nations with t h a ~ u Ã § s i Ãand § t h e C h i m e reluctant t o
impnu Â¥Â¥nftiOt on Tehran. A d i Â ¥ f o u r J g fot-mrr I.&.E,A. o f f i c i a l t o l d me i n l a t e March
t h a t , a t t h i n point, " t h e r e ' s nothing the Iranians could do t h a t would r e s u l t i n ft
P o ~ l C i v eoutcome. American diplomaw doea not. allow f o r it. W e n i f they announce K ,
stoppage of enrichment, nobody w i l l believe them. I t ' s J dead end."
1 The d i p l m a t went on, .You never w a r d M d tehavior. and t h i a i a not t h e time t o o f f e r
. need to f i n d warn to i m a e s u f f i c i e n t ccms to bring the regime t o it,
c o n e = s = i o r ~ ~we
SeWes. I t ' s Q o i w t o h a clome = a l l . but 1 thi* i t there is m i t v i n m e i t i m and t h e
to bevev difim\t to line up the Europeans on Iran: Hesaid that the B"tish"arejumpy about the
Ammicamgoing h l l b m on the Iranians, 4 t h no mmpmmw"
The Eu-n diplomat said that he was skptical that Irsn give^^ its rmrd. had admitted to
evewhtng tt v m dotng, but *to thebest ofour knowledge the Iranian capabiliiy is not at the point
where they could succeshUy run muifuges"toennch uranium In quantiiy. Gnemason forpursuing
diplomacy was, hesald, Iran's essential pragmhm. m e regimeacts in ns best lntercm; hesaid
Iran's leaders '"takea hard-line approach on the nudear ksue and they want to call the American
bluff," bel~enngthat'the tougher the~arethemorelikelythe Wesl will fold "But, hesaid, "Fmm
what we've seen wth Iran, theywll appear superconfidentuntd the moment theybackoff"
The diplomat w n t on, 'You newr rewardbad h h a ~ o rand , this is not the time to offer m m s i o n s .
We need to find w a F to impose sufficht wsb to bring the regime to its senses. It's going to be a
c l o s e ~ l lbut
, 1 think if there is uniw in ornosition and the ~ r k im~osed"-in
e sanctions-"is
suff&nt, they may back d m . ~ t ' s i o o e &to~give up on &e route." He a d d 4 "If the
diplomaticprocess doesn? work there is no mil~tazy~solution~ There may be a military option, bui
the impact could be catastrophic"
Tony Blair, the British Pnme Mimister, was Gmrgc Bush's mos dependable ally in the year leading up
tothe 2003 invasion of Iraq. But he and h s pan) have teen racked by a senesof linanclal~nda1s,
and htsppuianw rn at a low point. Jack Stmw, the F o m g n h e t a r y , satd la* p a r that military
action asainst lran ~ " i n m n a i v a b l e . ' Blatr has been more arcumspea,saying publiclythat one
should never take options off the table,
Other European offickds expressed s i m i l a r s k e p i ~ mabout the valueof m Ametkan hmbimg

campign. 'meIranian emnomy Ism badshape, and Ahmadlnejad is in had shape politically; the
Eumpan intelligene &cia1 told me. 'Hew'll ben& pollticallyfmm American bombing. You can do
it, hut the resuits will te worse."h American attack, he said, would alienate ordinary Iraniam,
includingthose who might be sympathetic to the US."Iran is no longer living in the Stone& and
the young w p l e there have access to US. moviesand book, and they love it? he said. "If there wasa
cham offensive with Iran, the mullahs would be in trouble in the long run,''
Another European offi"a1told me that he w s a w r e that many in Washiion wanted =&om. ;'tI"
always the same guys; hesaid, with a resignedshrug. 'mere is a belief that diplomacy is doomed to
fail. The timetable is shorn''
Akey ally with an immrtmt voice in the debate is Israel. whose leadershin has warned forvears that it
view& a& a n e m p by Iran to begin e h h i n g umntum a point of no re&. 1was tdd by several
oHrlals that the White Houses merest in prmntingan Israeli attack on a Muslim mntzy, which
would provoke a backlasha~msst h e r e ~ o nwas
, afactor in i u decision to begin themrent
operatiom1 p ; a n n q . In a speech in Clw~landonMaxh zoth, P m ~ d e nBush
t depicted
Ahmadinepd's hosiliv t w m d Israel as a''senousthreat. It's a threat to w d d peace." Headded, "I
made it clear 11: make n dear again, that we will usc military might to protea OUC all" Israel.-
h y Ammican bombing atrack, Richard Annitage told me would have to mnsider the following
qumions: 'What wll happen m the other lsladc count&? \%'hat ablHtydm lran have to m c h uq.
and touch p glob ally-that is, temrim'WiI1 S y i a and Lebanon up t h e p r w u m on Israel? ~t
.- d m the attack do m our already diminisbed internatiord standing?And what d w s this mean for
Russia, Chim, and t k U.N. Security Cound?*
Iran, which rmvproducra nearly four m i i o n bamb of oil a day, would not have to a t off produdion
todkmpt the vmrld's oil markets. It muld bIm!iade or mine the Strait of Hormuz, the thitty-four-
mile-wide passage through which Middle -ern oil reaches the Indian Ocean. Nonetheless, the
recently retired defense &cia1 d i s m k d t h e strategicconsequences of such actions. He told methat
the US. Navy muld keep shipping open by condu&gsalnge missions and putting mine sweepers
to work. ''It's impossible to block passage,"he said. m e government consultant with ties to the
Penta~onalso said he believed that the oil ~ m b l e mcould hemana~ed,minting out that ih-e G.S. has
enon& in it3 strate~icreserves to k e e h~ i n a rnnnin~fms i W c i a ~ s . ~ ~ o w ethose
v ~ r ,in the oil
bus~nksI spoke toLere less o p n i s t k ; one t~~dusny e&ztemrnatid that the piicepm barrel m i d
immed~atelyspike, to anywhere from ntnewto a hundred dollars per barrel, and muld go h~gher,
dc?end~ngon the durauon and s m p o f t h e wnfl~ct.
Michel Samaha. a veteran M a n s e Christian ooliticim and fomermhinet mmi6ter in EIei~t.told
me that-& l r a ~ ~ n ~ r d a l , a t i ~ " mio&k
i $ ~ 6 on e&ed 21&diA fields i"~audikabia; Qamr,
Kuwait, and the United h b Emirates. %ey would be at risk," he said, "and th'icould begin the real
jihad of lranversns the West. You will have amessyworld."
lran muld also initinte a wave of terror an& In lraqand elsewhere, with the help of Hezhollah. On
Aprii znd, the Washington Post reported that the piamong to counter such attacks "IS mnsuminga im
of nme' at US. ~ntelltgeneagencies. ' 7 3 e k lt e m r network in the world has remained neutral in
the t e r n war for the p a t sweral yean," the Pentagon a d k on the war on terror said of Hezbollah.
"Tbis will m o h i l i ~them and put us up a g a d the p p that drove I s m 1 out of southern khanon. If
we move against Iran, Hezhollah will not sit on the sidelines. Unless the Israelis take themout, t h q
will mobiiii against us.'' (When I asked the government consultant a b u t that psibiliiy, he said
that, if Hezbllah fired rnckets mto northern Israel, '"Israeland the new Lebanese governmentwill
finish them off")
The ad%lser went on, "If we go, the southern haifofkaq will light uplike a candlc~"The America&
British, and other coalition forces in lmq w d d he at greater risk of attadi from Iranian troop or
from Shiite milith operating on instructions from I m . Umn, which is predominantly Shiite, ha
do= ties to the leading Shiite parties in Iraq.) A retired four-star gemera1 told me that, despite the
eight !housand British trwpsin the region, "the Iranians muld take Basra +th ten mullalx and one
sound truck,"
"if you attack," the high-mnkingd~plmttdd me in Vmma, .Ahmadinejad willbe the new%d&rn
Hussein of the Arab world, but with more d i b i l i i d more power. You must bite the bullet and 6%
down with the I m ~ a n s ' '
The diplomat went on, 3 e r e rn people m Washington wba would be unhappy if we found a
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solntion They are still banking on isoimon and q ' m e change. This k wishful thin!&&" He ad&,
'The window ofopportunity s n o w
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Atmehnum: FW Babbtn's Titanic
Eric: Not all the readers' mail is like this. but a whole lot is The Big Dog is waaaay popular
outside the b e b a y (especialy wth the ladies). Have a great weenend. Best, Jed
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Director, Community Relationsand Public Liaison
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Dale: April 7,2006
Re: Conference Cull with aervke members In Inq
We invite you toptrtlcipate in a conference oil. SATURDAY,April 8,2006 from 0900493B.

Iraqi Freedom DÃˆ (April 9*) is the backdrop of this call. Five servicemembers who were in Iraq on the day
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s and have now rermed lo Iraq, will be avai.~bleto siitrc their
expenems and the differences they see three ycan lam. P l e u e f e d free 10 u k them questtonsabout then
service for your use in media interviews on this anniversary.
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Eric
I t has not run yet.
Having problems getting i t picked up. WSI, WT, NYPost all said not at this time.
Trying Weekly Standard now.
Will let you know when.
Tom
will pass along and relterete,torn thanks. hasfti! wed nm yet? please advise when U does. I f It
hasn't yet. where are you, or have you, pitched V
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Sent; Friday, April 07,2006 1 : 1 1 7
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Eric
M an OPED
It IS IinDOrtant that SEC DEF AND ADMINISTRATION diSCUSS Islamic

Extremism as an IDEOLOGY. I t wasn't a1 Qaeda alone that attacked on
9/11 but Islamic Extremists whose IDEOLOGY s tne threat In the reglon
to the moderates.
Tom
Thomas G. Mclnerney
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It Gen. USAF met)
Re: FORWARD STRTAEGY VERSUS CUT AND RUN
FORWARDSTRATEGY VERSUS CUT AND RUN

By Thomas 0. Mclnemeyand Paul E. Vallely
In our book Endgame, The Blueprint fix Victory in the War on Tenor,we emphasized that
we were attacked on 911 1by Islamic Extremists that are driven by an ideology just as evil
and ingrained by its adherents as Nazism, Fascism and Communism. Islamic Extremism
will be defeated bv 2 two-nart stratecv similar to the ones we used to defeat those other
ideologies. In tho& confli&. we hada Forward Strategy and a Defensive Strategy
(Homeland Defense). Each compliments the other but offensewins the victory. Defense
only prevents homeland damage but not global defeat.
In Endgame we further stated that on 911 1 we bad eight Web of Tenor nations that we ftccd
as threats. President Bush identified two as Axis ofEvil Nations. N o h Korea, and Iran and
we added Afghanism, Syna. Liby~,Saudi Arabia, and Pakimn The latter two are enablers
whose populations and elements of government were supporters of this violentiddelogy
that was hijacking Islam itself. To date we have changed regimes intwo, Afghanistan and
Iraq plus a third Libya self eliminated itself by turning in a treasure trove of nuclear secrets
and appears to want to rejoin the civilized world. Needless to say President Bush's
Proliferation Security Initiative and quick fake down of Saddam Hussein encouraged them
to comply. Iran looms on the horizon as it drives for nuclear hegemony in the regionand
along with Syria continues to aid the tecronsts in Iraq. We will have to change these
rccimes but with B different model than we used inliafl. more alone the Afchanism model
byhelping the people take their countriesback ~oowforwardstrategy is p&cssirg fairly
well but running into some headwind politically in the US led by significant parts ofthe
Democratic Party and the mainstream media, both whom have a political agenda that has
nothing to do with defeating Islamic Exirepiism.
This Cut andRun crowd does not recognize that the forward strategy is essential just as it
was in WW1I and the Cold War. We had million oftroops oveneni in WWII and almost a
half million during the Cold War. Otnnany, Italy and Japan were defeated with forces in
theater and Conunpitisni was defeated with forces forward deployed into Korea, Japan,
Philippines and throughout Central Europe. Today we are forward deployed into
Afghanism and Iraq plus other locations in the Middle East. It took us about 40 years to
defeat Communism and two intense combat theaters in Korea and Vietnam plus numerous
other campaigns like the Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall Crises and the Cuban Missilecrisis to
eventually win. However. the Cut and Run strategists do not appreciate that we must
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change the region and apparently think defending portsand shopping malls alone will
defeat Islamic Extremism. They don't gel it. We must take the fight to the Islamic
Extremists on their territory and it will be intense and ugly at times. As a matter of fact Cut
and Run doesn't address how they will defeat this ideology let alone acknowledge that it is
the threat. They just want out and say ifwe leave things will gel betier.
The Bush Administration has done a good job of projecting forces and changingregimes to
date, not so good explaining why. Clearly ihc Islamic Extremists recognize that Iraq is the
central front in this War on Terror and thev arc fiehtine literah to the death. as they know
that if they fail, the region will be well on the road to ademocracy. This transition lo
democracy will spell doom to their vision and objective of a global caliphate. Conversely, if
they are successful and gain the wealth of Iraq coupled with Iran's potential deployment of
&nuclearcapability, Kuwait, Saudi Arabiaand the GulfStates will roll up quickly. They
will control the majority ofthe world's oil reserves and you wilt see gasoline at 115 a
gallon. This economic wealth coupled with the radical ideology will put the world on a
collision course with the Islamic Extremists.
If Europe has succumbed to Islamic Extremism through demographics. ourchalknga will

be daunting They are wel' on the mad to this outcome and Europe is s1i.l in denia.. Yet the
Cut and Run crowd doesnot recognize Ikis eventuality as they are blinced with t h r
political r u e agawst Presiden: Bush. Haee ftnd denial are not strategies Nor have .udersof
tnc US, Europe and As!= recognized that Islam needs a Rc!oma!ion and Renaissance m t
some Muslims have written fthnnf like tnmwr Indonetian Pr?i;idcni Wnhid's O? PD Rmht
Rootsof
- Islam
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.~PLO-. leirorisu
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and Runcrowd read and recognizethrs threat' Why oo they want to limit the Presided~
chilit) to listen 10terronsis e m d d e c in our soctetjr!They are moreinterested in aterrorist
Bill ofIUghts
Our Forward Strategy isessential to victory over lilantic Extremism just as it was in WWI1
and the Cold War. We cannot l o x this war in Iraq but we CM ifthe will ofthe American
ncwle fallen The Cut and Runcmwd is doine their best totw oeninti the America neoole
to lose faith in our Forward Strategy without C ~ i n them
g the &sequences. o u r men ine
uniform have performed magnificently and wecannot betray them and those that have paid
the ultimate sacrifice as the Cut and Run crowd did in Vietnam.The consequences of a
global Islamic Fundamentalist Caliphate are too severe this time,
Thomas 0. Mclnemcy is a mired USAF Lt. Ocn. m d Paul Vallely is a retired USA Mai.
Gen.They coauthored Endgameand Warfooting and are Fox News Military Analysts.
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Re:Brigiltein Memphis
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To: Ruff. Eric. SES, OSD
: iawrenca. Dallas. OASD-PA- fl3^^H CN, OASD-PA; Pauivairly
ERIC
Paul Vallely knows her and he Is talking to someone at Fox. You are SPOT ON1
I will check and see If they have picked It up.
Tom
torn. have you given this piece to the nationaldeskat fox? seemaliket hiscould be an *resling
interviewwith this lady. do you know her. btw? if she'scredible we ought to send swrw columnists
redilorial writers her way thanks
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Subject: FW: Brtoftte in Memphis
Eric
FYI below. Important to emphasize ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AS AN

IDEOLOGY that Is being fought In Iraq and Afghanistan and must be
fought In Memphis!
Tom
Thomas G. MUnemey
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From: "Paul valiely" <pauivai~elyt-
Date: Fri, 7 ADr 2006 06:57:42 -0600
To: "David Asman" <david.asman@foxnews.com?
Subject: Brigitte I n Memphis
Sent and reported by my friend Brigitte. This is happeningall over America on

campuses and areas that are sewed by Muslim Mosques
bear Paul,
Muslims Muzzling Memphis
By Brigitte Gabriel
Universities, f o r those of us who lecture on campuses, are the battleground

for the heart and soul of the next generationof leuders. I t is the
battleground where we must fight t o win back the opinion and allegiance of
American college students. his is made harder when Islamists in both the
coiieae and local communities t r v to intimidate us and deny our free s w h on
campuses in some of the least likely places.
We hove grown t o expect these things on the major East and West Coast
cities "elite" university campuses that harbor radical professors and anarchist
student and radical Muslim community activities. But not in the heartland
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where I spoke last weekat the University of Memphis. What was shocking was
that it occurred in the South, in "Bubboland' as my friends from the region
call it.
I was invited t o give a lecture sponsored by Professor David Patterson of the

Judaic Studies Program. When newsabout my appearance spread, the Muslim
community both on and off campus launched a full-scale campaignt o stop my
lecture. They demandedthat Dr. Patterson cancel my speech. E-mails flooded
the University of Memphis administrotion and Dr. Patterson from Muslim
students on campus and Muslims in the communityand mosques. Here are some
of their comments:
"People like Brigitteare plenty in the mid. they are the true enemies of
Islam. And despite their rubbish talks, the truthabout Islam is spreadiq like
a wildfire across Arwricas andacross theglobe (All Praise t o Allah)."
' Dr. Patterson, hosting o f this lady is orders of -tude worse than hasting
of the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux KIM:
"bo you honestly think the scheduled lecture will serve any useful purpose
other than inflaming the Muslims, insulting them and spilling poison in the
community?"
I t is interesting t o see the reaction of the Muslim community t o someone with

Moslemshrapnel in her body who speaksqdnst butchering innocent people in
the name o f Ailah. I f they would put the same energy into condemningthe
radical element within Islam and join us insaying that slaughtering people in
the h murder not Jihad, maybe we wouldn't question their
of ~ l l a is
l y i t y as American citizens. Dr. Pattarson refused to bow to their intimidation
and insisted on going on with thescheduled speech.
Re:Brigitte in Memphis
By the time Ishowed up a t the amphitheater style lecture hall on campus,

police officers were already standing a t each entrance. Nearly half of the hail
was filled with Muslims with their leaders dressed Osama Bin Laden style
sitting in the front two rowsat eye level making "their point," that I wasn't
going t o y \ owoy with spcnking freely.
Just as the program was about t o begin, a Muslim student walked t o the f mnt
andasked the crowd to raise their hands ifthey believed that this lecturewas
"undemocratic." They complainedthat I would be taking questions on cards
instead of allowing them to ask them publicly. Experienced in these settings, 1
knew they would make speeches, spew anti American and Israeli sentiments
and create chaos in t h e room during the Q&A. I decided that they were not
going to do that, The provocative Muslim student behavior before I even began
my lecture proved my foresight. Dr. Potterson explained that taking questions
from cords distributed t o the audiencewas normal protocol a t university
speaking events like mine.
Patterson tried t o calm theunruly crowd but nothing was working
Fed up, Iwent straight to the podium and ordered everyone t o sit. Itold
Them, this is my lecture and I run the show. If
they didn't like the way I
conducted my lectureand my questions they could leave the room, now.
Shocked a t my behavior and authority they shut-up. The non-Muslim members
of the audience applauded.
I finished, asked Professor Patterson to make introductory remarks and

returned t o my seat.
E>r. Patterson introduced me by telling the audience what an eye opener This
lecture hod become because of the reaction. He stated that he never realized
that here i n Memphis a speaker should be threatened for hidher safety just
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to speak on a college campus. He introduced me and I delivered my speech with

police officers on both sides os well as about eight others in the lecture hall
and wound the building.
Unknown to me, a Muslim student attending the University of Memphis was

arrested weeks prior t o my lecture for, among other things, possessionof
DVO's on pilot training and charts on the layout of the Memphis airport. They
1 :!, found links on his computer t o sites associated with a radical Sunni Muslim
2.
organization in Iraq, and searches f o r information on how guns and bombs can
besmuggled post airport security. After witnessing the Muslim reaction to my
lecture and what happenedfew weeks ago at the University of North Carolina
a t Chapel Hill when an Iranian Muslim student drove into, for Allah's sake,
innocent students gathering on university grounds, the Memphis police was not
goinj to toke any chances.
I t is a sad State of affairs when any speaker on any American University

campus has t o be surrounded by police officers t o protect their freedom o f
speech and person from intimidationand menace. America is the country where
free speech is protected under our constitution. Who would have expected
that in the home of the Beale Street Blues. W.C. Handy and Elvis, I would be
confronted by Muslims tryitq TO muzzle my free speech and perhaps all of us?
1 A t the end of the lecture the Muslims immediatelv in front swarmed over me
questionitq and intimidating. Police off icers quickly moved in and pulled me out
straight to the police carsas theenraged Muslims started shouting.
Based on what happenedt o me in Memphis, I think it's time f o r Americans to

wake up as t o what is occurring within their very midst. I t is time to be
energizedand empowered to stand up and fight to take bock our universities.
I t s incidents like this that spurs speokers like me t o defend our civilization
md everything it stands for.
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Re: Brigine hi Memphis
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threat of radical Muslim fundamentalists to world peace. We are committed to
combating the global upsurge of hateand intolerance.
To wntinueand bolster our efforts, we need your continued solidarity,

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FYI below. Important to empHastee ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AS AN IDEOLOGY that Is

being fnught in Iraq and Afghanistan and must be fought In Memphis!
Tom
Thomas G. Mclnemey
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From: "Paul Vailely" epaulvallely?
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 06:57:42 -0600
To: "David &man" edavld.asman(aifoxnpw*t.wm>
FW:Engine in Memphis
Subject: Brigltte In Memphis
Sent and reported by my friend Briqine. This is happening all over America on campuses
and areas t h a t are served by Muslim Mosques
Clear Paul,
I MuslimsMuzzling Memphis
By Brigitte Gabriel
Universities, for those of us who lecture on mrquses, ore the battlegroundfor the heart
and soul of the next qeneration of leaders. I t is the battleground where we must fiqht to
win back the opinion &d allegiance of American college students. This is mode harder
when Islomists in both the college and local communitiest r y to intimidate us and deny our
freespeech on campuses in some of the least likely places.
-
1I We havegrownt o expect -these things on the major East and West Coast cities "elite'
universi<campuses that harbor m d k l professors and anarchist student and radical
Muslim communityactivities. But not in the heartland where I snake last week at the
University o f ~ e k p h i sWhat
. was shocking was that it occurred in the South, in
'Bubbaland" asmy friends from the region call it.
I was invited t o give a lecture sponsored by Professor b i d Patterson of the Judaic

Studies Program. When news about my appearance spread, the Muslim communityboth on
and off campus launched a full-scale campaign to stop my lecture. They demanded.that
Dr. Paiierswi cancel my speech. E-mails flooded the University of Memphis
administration and Dr. Pattersonfrom Muslim studemts on cornpus and Muslims in the
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community and mosques. Here are some of their comments:
'People like Brlgitte areplenty in the world, they ore the true enemies o f Islam. And
despite their rubbish talks, the truth about Islam is spreading like a wildfireacross
Americosond across the globe (A11 Praset o Allah)."
" Or. Patterson, hosting of this lady is orders of m q i t u d e worse than hosting of the
Imperial Wixard o f the Ku Klux Khn.'
"Oo you honestly think the scheduled lecture will serve any useful purpose other than
inflaming the Muslims, insulting them and spilling poison in the community'?'
I t is interesting t o see the reaction of the Muslimcommunity t o someone with Moslem

shrapnel in her body who speaks against butchering innocent people in the nameof Allah.
I f they would put the same energy into condemningthe radical element within Islam and
join us in saying that slaughtering people in the nameof Alloh is murder not Jihad, maybe
we wouldn't question their loyolty os American citizens, Or. Patterson refused t o bow to
their intimidation and insisted on going on with the scheduledspeech.
By the time I showed up a t the amphitheater style lecture hall on campus, police officers
were already standing of each entrance. Nearly half of the hall was filled with Muslims
with their leaders dressed O s m Bin Laden style sitting i n the front two rows at eye
level making "their point," that Iwasn't going t o get away with speaking freely.
Just as the program was about t o begin, a Muslimstudent walked t o t h e front and asked
the crowd to raise their hands ifthey believedthat this lecture was "undemocratic."
They complainedthat Iwould be taking questions on cards instead of allowing them to
ask them publicly. Experienced in these settings, Iknew they would matte speeches, spew
anti American and Israeli sentiments and create chaos in the room during theQ6A. I
decided that they were not goirg to do that. The provocative Muslim student behoviw
FW:Brigitte in Memphis Page 4 of 7
before I even began my lecture proved my foresight. Dr. Potterson explained that taking
questions from cards distributed t o theaudience was normal protocol at university
speaking events like mine.
Potterson tried to cairn the unruly crowd but nothing was working
Fed up, I went straight t o the podiumand ordered everyone to sit. I told them,fhis is my .
lecture and Irun the show. I f they didn't like the way I conducted my lecture and my
questions they could leave the room, now. Shocked ot my behavior and authoriiy they
shut-up. The non-Muslim members of the audienceapplauded.
Ifinished, asked Professor Patterson to make introductory remarks and returned to my

seat.
Dr. Patterson introduced me by telling theaudience what an eye opener this lecture had
becomebecause o f the reaction. He stated that he never realized that here in Memphisa
speaker should be threatened for hidher safety just t o speak on a college campus, He
introduced me and I delivered my speech with police officers on both sides as well 03
about eight others in the lecture hail and around the building.
Unknown t o me. a Muslim student attending the University o f Memphis was arrested
weeks prior TOmy lecture for. among other things, possessionof DVD's on pilot training
and charts on the layout o f the Memphisairport. They found links on his computer to
sites associated with a radical Smni Muslimorganization in Iraq. and searches for
informotion on how gunsand bombs con be smuggled past airport security. After
witnessing the Muslim reaction to my lecture and what happened few weeks ago at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when an Iranian Muslim student drove into,
for Allch's sake, innocent students (potheringon university grounds, the Memphispolice
was not going t o take anychances.
.
FW: Brigitte m Memphis
I t is a sod state of affairs when any speaker on any American University campus has t o
.
be surrounded bv oolice
, officers t o nmtect their freedom of soeech and personfrom
intimidation and menace. ~ m e i c is
a the country where free speech is protected under
our constitution. Who would have expected that in the home of the Beole Street Blues,
W.C. Handy and Elvis, I would be confronted by Muslims trying t o muzzle my free speech
and perhaps all of us?
A t the end of the lecture theMuslims immediatelyin front swarmed over me questioning
and intimidating, Police officers quickly moved inond pulled meout straight t o the police
cars as the enraged Muslims started shouting.
Bused on what happened to me in Memphis, I thinkit's time for Americans t o wake up as

to what is occurring within their very midst. It is time t o be energized and empowered to
stand upand fight t o take back our universities. I t s incidents like this that spurs
speakers like me t o defend our civilizcftionand everything it stands for.
Everyday, American Congress for Truth ~http://omericancongressfortruth.com

~http://amerimncongressfortruth.coml~ > (ACT) is on the front lines fighting for you in
meeting with politicians, decision makers, speaking on college campuses and planning
events to educate and inform the public about the threat of r a d i a l Muslim
fundamentalists t o world peace. We arecommitted t o combating the global upsurgeof
hate and intolerance.
To continueand bolster our efforts, we need your continued solidarity, activism and
financial support. We are only as strong as our supporters. If
you have friends that would
benefit from our information please refer them t o
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Smt: Friday Apnl07, 2006 11'00 AM
To! MeirlU. Roue. AFIS-Ha, MNC4 P W B m W S t SllPCWisor
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Subject: RE: [UISri year inlerviewees
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Mr. Jed Babbil (USAF,JAG) - American Spectator
Colonel John Garrett (USMC, Retired) MSNBC-
Command Sergeant Major Sloven Orcer (USA, Retired)-Fox News
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(USA,Kitired) CBS
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Major General Donald W. Shepperd (USAF, Retired) - CNN
From; Mefritt. Roxie. AF1S-HO
Subject: XE. [U] 3rd year lntervkwees
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analysts lney'll be talking to and who they're affiliated wfth. Can someone please send that to roeso I can-
brief them?
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From: ~tiomas~clnemey[tmcinemey~
Sent: Friday.April 07.2006 1:11 PM
To: Ruff. Em. SES, OSD
Subject W FORWARDSlRTAEGY VERSUSCUTAND RUN
Eric
It Is i m p o r t a n t t h a t SEC DEF AND ADMINISTRATION discuss I s l a m i c Extremism as

a n IDEOLOGY. It wasn't a l Qaeda alone t h a t attacked o n 9/11 b u t Islamic
Extremists wnose IDEOLOGY 15 t h e threat I n t h e region t o t h e moderates
Tom
Thomas G. Mdnemey
FORWARD STRATEGY VERSUS CUT AND RUN

By Tho- 0.Mclneraey and Paul E. Vallely
In our book Endemic, The Blueprint for Victory in the WÃ§o Terror. we emphasized that we were
ittackedon9ll lby Islamic Extremists that aredriven by an ideologyjust as evil and ingrained by its
.
adherentsas Nazism. Fascismand Communixm, IslamicExtremism will be defeatedbv a I-DBTI .
strategy similar to the ones we used to defeat those other ideologies. In those conflicts, we hada
Forward Strategy and a Defensive Strategy (HomelandDefense). Each complimentsthe other but
Offense wins the victory. Defenseonly prevents homelanddamage but not global defeat.
In Endpnewe funherstated (hion 9111 we had eight Web ofTerror ~ I i o n Sthat we facedÃ§thrtals.
President Bush identified two as Axis of Evil Nutons. North Korea,uid Inn m d we xddcd Afghanistan,
Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Pxksltn. The latter twoare enabkrswhoaepopulawns and elementsof
govemmml were supporters of (his violcra ideology that was hijacking Islam itself. To date we have
changed .xgnncsintwo, Afghanistan and Iraq pl'ua third lib,^ selfeliminated iisefby tunung m a
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mmre trove of nuclear secrets and win to want to rejoin (he civilized world Needless to say
President Bush's Proliferation Security Initiativeandquick takedown ofSaddam Husseinencouraged
them to comply. Iran looms on the horizon as it dnves for nuclear hegemony in the region and along
with Syriacominues to aid the terrorists In Iraq. We will ha* to c h q c ncsc regimes but wnha
different model than w e used in Iraq. more a.ong the Afghmhan model by helping the people take their
countries back So OUT forward strategy n progressing fainy well but ninnmg into some headwind
politically in the US led by significant paru ofthe Democraw P q and me mainstream media both
who"! have a political agenda that nas nothing to do withdefeating Is amic E x u e m m
This Cm and Run crowddoes not recognize that the forward strategy is essential just as it was in WWIl
Ãˆn the Cold War We hid millions of troops oversell In WW1 and almost a half million during the
Cold War. Germany, Italy and Japan were defeated with forces in theater and Communism was defeated
with forces forward deployed into Korea, Japan, Philippines and throughout Central Europe. Today we
r e forward deployed into Afghanistan and Iraq plus other locations in the Middle East. It took us about
40 years to defeat Communism and two intense combat theaters in Korea and Vietnam phis numerous
other campaigns like the Berlin Airlift. Berlin Wall Crises and the Cuban Missile crisis to eventually
win. However, the Cut and Run strategists donot appreciate that we must change the region and
apparently think defending ports and shopping malls alone will defeat Islamic Extremism. They don't
gel it We must take (he fight to the Islamic Extremists on their lenitory and it will be intense and ugly
at times. As a maner of fact Cut and Rim doesn't address how they will defeat this ideology let alone
acknowledge that it is the threat. They just want out and say if we leave things will get better.
The Bush Adnuntaration has done a goodpb of p j e d r g forces and changing regimes to date. nono
good explaining why Clearly the Islairuc Extremists recognize that Iraq is the central front in this War
onTenor and they are fighting lnerdl) to the death. Ã§slh know that ifthey fail. the region will be
well on the road toademocracy T lis transition todemocracy will spell doom to their \isionand
ob:ective o f a global caliphate Convencly tfthey ire successful and g*m the wealihof Iraq coupled
$15 agilon. This economic wealth coupled with the radical Ideology wilt put the world ona collision
course with the Islamic Extremists.
If Europe has succumbed to IslamicExtremism throughdemographics, our challenges will be daunting.

They are well on the road to thisoutcome and Europe is still in denial. Yet the Cut and Runcrowd does
not recognize this eventuality as they are blinded with their political rage against President Bush. Rage
and denial are not strateeies. Nor have leaders of the US. E w e and Asia rccotinin-d that Islam needs a
Reformation and ~enais&ce that some Muslims have kinenabout like form; Indonesian ~residenl
Wahid's OP ED Right Islam vs. Wrong Islam in the Wall Sireel Joiimal on Dcc 30,2005. Dr Tawfik
-
Hamid -The Roots of Islam and former PLO letrorists Walid Shoetat Why I left Jihad Doesn't the
Cut and Run crowd read and recognize this threat? Why do they want to limit the President's ability to
listen to terrorists embedded in our society? They arc more interested in a terrorist Bill of Rights.
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Our Forward Strategy is essential to victory over Islamic Extremism just as it was in WWU and the Cold
War. We cannot lose this war in Iraq but we can ifthe will ofthe American people falters. The Cut and
Runcrowd is doing their best to try getting the America people to lose faith in our Forward Strategy
without telling them theconsequences. Our men in uniform have performed magnificently and we
cannot betray them and those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice as the Cut and Run crowd did in
Vietnam. The consequencesof a global Islamic Fundamentalist Caliphate are too severe this lime.
Thomas 0.Mclnemey is a mired USAF LL Gen. and Paul Vallely is a retired USA Maj. Oen. They
coauthored Endgame and Warfooting and me Fox News Military Analysis.
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Subject: FW. Sad to See
Eric
M l e d Babbln's article In the American Spectator.
Good stuff. Zlnni never explains the threat of Islamic Extermlsm and Its Ideology of
global dominance.
Tom
Thomas G. Mdnerney
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Jed Bibbin
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rita'a suggested changes.
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conference calls ( a t the least one per month, m e t i m e s aa often Â¥ weeklyl. In addition
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itficitla. including the Secretary there have been approxinrteiy 1 6 ~ u c hbrleiings In
the paot 4 years.
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t . including Iraq and ~fghanistan. to WAC, Operations at the ~uanunaooDetention
Facility, Veteran. Healthcare and the DoD budget.
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The fact that terroristsmet in Beirut at the same time the Three Amigos were meeting in Cancun should cause
us to demand an answer to why we aren'tprotecting the border.
The American Sneciaior
Jtd Babbin
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SutlÃˆcl Re would you please look atthis one mom lime?
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Subject:: x e : would you pleaae look at this one more cine?
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he consider adding the anichldeaerc BCOXW elements for context. Pleaae tell him that 2
r=comed this cca. Thanks.
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President Cones To Defense Of RuwEeld

> By Peter Spiegel. Times Staff writer

When speculation surfaced recently about another long-rumored Cabinet

> Runrfeld has been the a q e c t of resignation speculation before After

> plane and that it was thoroughly debated by military leaders,

v "I find it aomewhat insulting for people to speculate that Runafeld is

> generals appointed by President clintoi.

> WSJ has aaked me to write OP ED in support of ED for Mon. Any

me u.S. senior military leaders are involved to an unprecedented

> A early as 2001, Secretary Rumefeld created new decision making

The Senior ~ e v e lReview Group meets at least monthly, more freouentlv

The Defense Senior Leadership Conference meets three times a year. It

% The Quadrennial Deferme Reviews, amma1 StrategidDefanse Planning

> In addition, the ~ecrecary meets four mornings a week in the

These interactions and others resulted i n the following numbers of

a Secretary of Defense meetirwa that involve Service Chiefs - 110

> Secretary of Defense meetings that involve Combatant Commandei-B - 163

2006 (To date1

> secretary oâ Defense meetings that involve Service Chiefs - 29

> Secretary of Defense meetings that involve Combatant Commanders - 45

WSJ has asked me to write OP ED in tupport of SD fox won. Any

Gen john juniper, air force chief of staff until1 2005

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Greetings from the other aide of the river.

thanks forworkma this with theeffort you're undertakino, dailas

From: Lawrence, Dallas, M E - P A

MG Bob Scdei (FOX)

LTG Tom Monemy (FOX)

MG Don Shepad (CNN)

COL John Garrett (FOX and others)

Dr. James Jay Carafano (Senior Fellow at Heritage)

Ihope all have a great Easter weekend

Juat aent this to CffH anchors:

As for leadership style -Rmnsfeld is by reputation a cough task-master -

From: Lawrence. Dallas, OASd-PA

From: Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PA

Total Current Active Duty General Officer Force: 881

Hope all are well.

The U.S. senior military leaders are involved to an unprecedented

The Senior L-1 Revim Group meets at least monthly, more

. The DÃ§f- sftaior LÃ§kderchi C o u C ~ e n c . meets three tirnei a

The Quadrennial Deferre xeviews, annual Strategic/Defense Planning

In addition, the Secretary meets tour mornings a week in the

These interactions and others resulted in the following numbers of

Secretary of Defense meetings that involve Cornbatant Commandera - 163

Secretary of Defense meetings that involve Service Chiefs - 29

Secretary of Defense meetings Chat involve Combatant Commanders - 45

Subject: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

THE WHITE HOUSE

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

Thank you s i n SECDEF 1s a c l ~ act,

Pox News Channel

~ a p p y~ o o d~ridayfolks, I hope this email finds everyone well.

All the best,

Fox News channel

Fox News Channel

Please email . cc'd with this note, today if possible but

Here is who we have so far

Confirmed Retired Military Analysts: