After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Chief operations deputy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Greg Newbold “assured [Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas] Feith that we were working hard on Afghanistan. Feith told me, *Why are you working on Afghanistan? You ought to be working on Iraq.* ‘ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra II, Page 17