No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington

NOTE ON SOURCES

In composing this memoir, I drew upon a variety of materials to supplement my own recollections of the consequential events that shaped my time at the White House and State Department. I relied on my daily calendars and official trip logs to recall various meetings and travel over the course of my eight years in government. I am enormously grateful to Liz Lineberry for keeping such meticulous records.

I also drew heavily on the public papers of the George W. Bush presidency as well as those released by the State Department from 2005 to 2009, including speeches, public statements, reports, publications, and transcripts of briefings, congressional testimony, interviews, and press conferences. These materials are publicly available on the archived websites for the George W. Bush White House (http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/) and the State Department (http://2001–2009.state.gov).

In addition, I consulted documents housed at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and my papers at the State Department. On several occasions, Peter Haligas made it possible for me to review my NSC papers at the library’s temporary facility in Louisville, Texas, and he, Shannon Jarrett, and David Sabo assisted in processing declassification requests. Clarence Finney, director of the office of correspondence and records at the State Department, made it possible for me to review my papers in California. I am indebted to the dedicated employees of the National Archives and Records Administration who are preserving these documents from this consequential period of American history not only for me but also for future generations of scholars.

A number of my colleagues and former associates in government generously participated in interviews for this book and helped sharpen my memory of key events. The Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted roundtable discussions with some of my senior staff members at the State Department. I am grateful to Russell Riley, the chair of the program, Bryan Craig, Katrina Kuhn, Barbara Perry, Marc Selverstone, and Seyom Brown for organizing these. Many other colleagues provided helpful answers to my various inquiries throughout this process.

I reviewed secondary sources as well, including news reports in print and broadcast media, to supplement my own recollections. I consulted articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications in conjunction with broadcast transcripts from programs produced by CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and other networks. Archived news coverage was accessed through online subscription databases made available by the Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources.

A partial list of sources appears below.

Bush, George W. 2001. “Statement by the President in His Address to the Nation.” Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., September 11.

———. 2001. “Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People.” United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., September 20.

———. 2001. “Remarks by the President to the United Nations General Assembly.” United Nations Headquarters, New York, N.Y., November 10.

———. 2002. “State of the Union Address.” United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 29.

———. 2002. “President Bush Delivers Graduation Speech at West Point.” United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., June 1.

———. 2002. “President Bush Calls for New Palestinian Leadership.” Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C., June 24.

———. 2002. “Remarks by the President to the United Nations General Assembly.” United Nations Headquarters, New York, N.Y., September 12.

———. 2003. “Address to the Nation.” Cross Hall, White House, March 17.

———. 2003. “Address to the Nation.” Oval Office, White House, March 19.

———. 2004. “Letter from President Bush to Prime Minister Sharon,” April 14.

———. 2005. “Second Inaugural Address.” United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 20.

———. 2007. “Address to the Nation.” Library, White House, January 10.

Commission on Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. “Report to the President of the United States.” March 31, 2005.

Director of Central Intelligence. “Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs.” October 2002.

Iraq Study Group. The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward—A New Approach. New York: Vintage Books, 2006.

Joseph, Robert G. Countering WMD: The Libyan Experience. Fairfax, Va.: National Institute Press, 2009.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. The 9/11 Commission Report. 2004.

National Security Strategy of the United States of America. September 2002.

Office of the Director of National Intelligence. “Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities.” National Intelligence Estimate. November 2007.

Performance-Based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. United Nations Security Council Document S/2003/529.

Rice, Condoleezza. “Promoting the National Interest.” Foreign Affairs. January/February 2000.

———. 2004. Testimony at the Ninth Public Hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., April 8.

———. 2005. “Remarks at the American University in Cairo.” Cairo, Egypt, June 20.

———. 2005. Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “Iraq in United States Foreign Policy.” 109th Cong., 2nd sess., October 19.

———. 2006. “Transformational Diplomacy.” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., January 18.

———. 2007. “Remarks at the Centennial Dinner for the Economic Club of New York.” New York, N.Y., June 7.

———. “Rethinking the National Interest.” Foreign Affairs. March/April 2008.

United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Arab States/Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. Arab Human Development Report 2002: Creating Opportunities for Future Generations. New York: United Nations Publications, 2002.

U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual. U.S. Army Field Manual No. 3–24/Marine Corps Warfighting Publication No. 3–33.5. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. “Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.” 107th Cong., 2nd sess., S. Report No. 107–351, H. Report No. 107–792, December 2002.