Jalonick, Mary Clare: Schafer hearing to be held, The Bismarck Tribune, 12. januar 2008, besøkt 26. mars 2016: «I was talking to Gov. Schafer, and he said it'd be nice if he could be confirmed earlier so he could go to the State of the Union address as a member of the president's cabinet», Conrad said. «That's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.»
