deterioration post-Qaddafi, 309–311, 368
NATO-Arab intervention in, 297–305, 307–311
Obama on War Powers Resolution and, 374–375
overthrow of Qaddafi, 309
Qaddafi’s forces advance on Benghazi, 295–296, 297–302
repression in, 289–290
revolution in, 289–292, 293–296, 307–308
Limbaugh, Rush, 305
Lippert, Mark, 149, 151, 154–155, 203, 206, 212–213, 219–220, 235, 267
Liu Jieyi, 520
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 409
Loher Church, 196
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), 274–275, 276
Lugar, Richard, 152
Makachi, Fanta, 483
Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, 417, 418, 418n
Maltz, Gideon, 478–480, 485
Martinez, Pedro, 124
Maynes, Charles William, 65, 66
McAuliffe, Terry, 188–189, 448
McCain, John, 183, 330, 382, 505–506
McConnell, Mitch, 535
McCourt, Frank, 74–75
McCurry, Michael, 118–119
McDonough, Denis
as chief-of-staff to Obama, 380, 496
as foreign policy adviser to Obama, 221, 222, 237–238, 255, 262, 267, 273
on SP’s Scotsman interview, 181–182, 184, 186
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders), 440–441, 447, 452, 454
Medvedev, Dmitry, 304, 304n, 404
Memphis sanitation workers’ strike (1968), 41–42
Mendelson, Sarah, 351n
Merkel, Angela, 498
Metternich, Klemens von, 385
Milošević, Slobodan, 54–55, 54n, 112, 369, 428
Minah, Vandi, 439
Minow, Martha, 169
Mitchell, Andrea, 420
Mizrahi, Alberto, 244
MKULTRA program (CIA program), 337
Mladić, Ratko, 99, 100–101, 108–109, 110, 111, 270–272, 272n, 275
Mohammed, Amina Abaker, 137–139
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 96
“monster” controversy, 181–191, 192–195, 197, 332
Moore, Jonathan, 58, 59, 103, 115, 124, 129, 202, 350, 514, 516
Morgenthau, Henry, Sr., 127–128, 235
Morse, Arthur, 119
Mount Anville, 9, 27, 181
Mubarak, Gamal, 287–288
Mubarak, Hosni, 287, 289, 290, 307
Mugabe, Robert, 280, 280n, 462
Mulligan, Ma, 192
Murad, Nadia, 522, 522n
Mustafa, Nujeen and Nisreen, 494–495
Nahas, Subhi, 523, 524
National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on mass atrocities, 268–269
National Public Radio (NPR), 73, 76–77, 106, 480
National Security Archive, 48, 127–128
National Security Council (NSC). See also Power, Samantha, as NSC Senior Director
early struggles at, 220–223, 229–230, 247–249
functioning of, 215–220
introduction to, 213–215, 215–220
Senior Directors at, 215–216, 219–220
women working on, 252–254
NATO, 78, 106, 107, 234, 236, 290, 304, 308, 368
naturalization ceremonies, 73–74, 490–492
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 376
“never again,” 110, 120, 121–122, 127, 131
The New Republic, 85, 129, 325, 334, 339
New York City Marathon, 115–116
New York Daily News, 187, 188
New York magazine, 187
New York Review of Books, 105
New York Times, 43, 53, 59, 91, 93, 109, 123, 133, 135, 140, 168, 188, 193, 211, 265, 274, 305, 500
The New Yorker, 120–121, 133, 140, 511
Newman, Ronnie, 498
Niamah, Jackson, 440–441, 452, 522
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 120, 262, 263, 551
Nigeria, 471, 472–474, 485–487, 487–488
Night (Wiesel), 119
Nixon, Richard and administration, 58, 548
North Korea
#Freethe20 campaign and, 519n
human rights abuses in, 222n, 528–529
NATO-Arab intervention in Libya, 299n
nuclear program, 220, 528
Nudge (Sunstein), 171, 231
Nunn, Sam, 152
Obama, Barack
as candidate for President
2007–2008 presidential campaign, 167–168, 171–176, 179–180, 183, 186, 189–190, 192–195, 198
decision to run and, 166–167
Iowa caucus and, 174–176, 179–180
presidential election night results of, 200–201
SP resignation from campaign of, 189–190
views of engagement with adversaries, 172–173
Dreams from My Father, 145–146
relationship with SP, 152–153, 165–168, 176, 178–179, 189–190, 193–194, 196, 241–242, 247–249, 262–265, 283–284, 320–324, 420–421, 485, 507–509
as US president
Armenian genocide recognition, 237–239, 241–244
atrocity prevention efforts, 266–282, 297, 299–305, 307–309, 365–367, 369–370, 375, 511–512
Ban Ki-moon meeting with, 225–227
Burma visit by, 314, 317, 318–320
Darfur, Sudan and, 225–227
early accomplishments, 248–249
Ebola epidemic and, 436–438, 445, 452–454, 456
engagement with repressive governments and, 208, 249–250, 284–288, 313–314, 316n, 463, 529–530
Iran nuclear deal and, 299, 299n, 426, 456, 529–530, 537, 550
LGBT rights and, 276–281, 281n, 282
Libya decision-making and, 296–302, 304–305, 308, 310–311, 310n
Nobel Peace Prize and, 261–265
policies toward refugees and, 256–257, 260–261, 261n, 281, 493–499
presidential administration and decisions, 215–216, 221–222, 230, 237, 267–269, 281–282, 283–284, 320–321, 404, 428
South Sudan and, 273–274, 282
Syria decision-making and, 360–371, 374–377, 380–390, 506–514
Syrian refugee response, 494, 495–497, 497n, 498–499
as US senator
Armenian genocide letter to Secretary of State Rice and, 235
Darfur, Sudan and, 162, 163–165, 228
Democratic National Convention speech (2004) by, 143, 152
disappointment with Senate productivity of, 151, 152, 153, 154, 166
on Iraq War, 153–154
life changes, 147, 152–153
on media attention, 147–148
SP’s first meeting with, 144–150
Obama, Michelle, 147, 167, 201, 219, 322, 324
Odhiambo, Okot, 275
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), 204, 214, 230
Office of Presidential Correspondence, 230, 500–501
Olympics
in Beijing (2004), 162
in Sarajevo (1984), 55, 88
in Sochi (2014), 422
Ongwen, Dominic, 275
Open Government Partnership (OGP), 285, 285n
Orbán, Viktor, 432n
Organization of American States, 281
Organization of Islamic Cooperation, 291, 422
Ouattara, Alassane, 274
Oval Office, 163, 224–225, 227, 253, 262–263, 283–284, 326, 452
Oxman, Steve, 91
Palin, Sarah, 265
Paris Agreement on climate change (2015), 401, 530–531, 531n, 542, 550
Parsons, Christi, 238
“Patient Zero,” 443
Payá, Oswaldo, 356–358
Peev, Gerri, 184–185, 189
Pelosi, Nancy, 163
Pelton, Erin, 352–353
Peretz, Marty, 129–130
Peters, Ralph, 420
Pham, Nina, 444, 452
Pillay, Navi, 294
Pirro, Jeanine, 444
; Pitter, Laura, 68, 71, 76–77, 83–84, 109, 163, 339, 430, 459, 499
Pittsburgh, 16–23, 28, 217
Pittsburgh Pirates, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 96, 124, 464
Plouffe, David, 171, 174, 175, 199–200
political prisoners, 289, 314, 318, 351, 400, 432, 515–516, 518–522, 519n, 538, 550
Politico, 228–229
Pomper, Steve, 498
Pope, Amy, 498
Powell, Colin, 142, 409
Power, James “Bam Bam,” 8–9, 32, 52, 71
Power, Jim
courtship of Vera Delaney and, 4–6
Crown’s Irish Independent essay on, 193–194
custody battles, 3, 14, 24–25, 27
death of, 28–30
drinking and, 6–7, 9–11, 14, 25–26, 27, 28, 29, 38, 159, 161
education and career of, 4–6, 8
Hartigan’s and, 6–7, 9, 10–11, 12, 13, 25, 29, 31, 181, 192, 193, 414
marital discord and, 5, 11–12, 13–15
not visiting America, 27–28, 32
relationship with SP, 7–11, 13, 31, 32, 192
SP’s last days with, 24–27
Susan Doody and, 13, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31
Power, Samantha
after UN, 543–552
Carnegie Endowment internship, 50–61, 69–70, 71, 150, 466, 516
early career of
Balkans trip (1993), 65–70
Bosnian war and, 56–61, 62–63
first U.S. News story, 65–67, 70–71
Kirkpatrick and, 52–53
press credentials for Balkans trip, 63–65
US foreign policy as early interest, 48–49
European tour with John “Schu” Schumann (1990), 44–47, 54
father’s death and, 24–32, 126, 161, 167, 192, 193–194, 488
as foreign policy aide to Sen. Obama, 150–156, 162–166, 235, 237
as intern at National Security Archive, 48
as Lakeside High School student, 33–39
as law student, 107–111, 115–116, 118–122, 122–123
as mother, 247–248, 250–251, 312–313, 318–319, 321, 325, 387, 411, 414, 458–464, 479–485, 487, 488–489 See also Power, Declan; Power, Rían
nomination to be UN ambassador
political commentary on, 328–329
preparation for confirmation hearings, 331–334, 337–338
Obama’s offer for, 323–324
Rose Garden ceremony and, 325–327
Senate confirmation hearing after, 338–340
SP’s concerns about confirmation for, 323–325
as NSC Senior Director
on Armenian genocide recognition, 237–244
atrocity prevention agenda, 266–282
Burma visits and, 313–320
concerns over journalist background and, 228–229
Director for War Crimes and Atrocities and, 267–269
Donilon advice, 283
finding the Oval Office, 224
Iraq trip, 256–261
learning the ropes, 213–223, 224, 229–230, 247–249, 251–253, 255–256
LGBT advocacy and, 276–281
Libya crisis and, 289–292, 293–296, 297–305, 308–311
maternity leave, 247–251, 312–313
Middle East policy reform efforts, 284–288
new friends during, 251–253
Obama’s Nobel address and, 261–265
setting priorities in, 255–256
travel and, 229–230
working in national security as a woman, 205, 212, 253–254, 254n
Obama administration and
identifying a role in, 202–206
moving to Washington for, 201, 208
paperwork and clearances for, 206–207
Obama presidential campaign and
Iowa caucus and, 176, 179–180
“monster” controversy and, 181–191, 192–195, 197
Obama’s election and, 200
resignation from, 189–190
Sunstein support for, 186–188, 191–192
opposition to Iraq War by, 133–134
parents and early childhood of, 3–32
pregnancy, 199, 205, 212, 215, 224, 292–293, 312–313
as US Ambassador to UN
on Afghan women breaking barriers, 469–470
calls for resignation of, 503–506
CAR peacekeepers and humanitarian aid and, 393–394
Center for American Progress speech and, 380–382
Churkin negotiations and interactions with, 383–387, 404–408, 410–411, 426–428, 541
courtesy calls to ambassadors, 394–402
Ebola epidemic and, 435–443, 446–449, 450–457
election night party (2016), 532–535
elections (2016) and staff of, 536–538
entering UN Headquarters as, 348–349
#Freethe20 campaign and, 518–522, 519n
General Assembly resolution on Crimean referendum and, 415–417
impact and treatment of gender, 464–470
last hours, 541–542
LGBT advocacy and, 351, 407, 421–426, 430, 522–525, 526–527, 537
lobbying Congress on Syrian strike, 380
María’s naturalization ceremony and, 490–492
media training, 352–353
North Korea’s nuclear program and human rights abuses, 528–529
presenting evidence of Syria’s chemical weapon use, 377–379
red line for Assad regime and aftermath, ix–x, 359–360, 361–390, 512–514
refugee programs and, 493–499
Security Council resolution on Srebrenica genocide and, 428–431
security detail for, ix–x, 345, 460–461
on shrinking the change, 517
team as, 349–351, 351n
Steinberg as speechwriter for, 412–414
swearing-in ceremony, 341–342
on Syria and Russia’s siege of Aleppo, 539–541
Syrian civil war, 359–361, 499–500, 502–516, 539–540
travel to Ebola-affected African countries, 450–454, 450n
US–Russia showdown and, 403–404
voting on new members for Human Rights Council, 431–433, 432n
Waldorf as official residence of, 342–345
on Yazidi support, 511
US citizenship and, 73–74, 491
as war correspondent
in Balkans, 65–68, 70–71, 76–77, 79–82, 83–86, 88–92, 93–101
cease-fire in central Bosnia and, 83–84
conflicted feelings about, 94–97
crossing Mount Igman with R. Cohen, 93–94
Cuny and, 77, 103–106
experience as female journalist, 79–82
Holbrooke’s job offer and, 98–99, 103
loss of fear and close calls for, 96–97
Rohde’s abduction and, 111–114
searching for exit strategy from, 97–98
wedding of Sunstein and, 196–197
writing “A Problem from Hell,” 122–124, 127–130
Power, Declan Sunstein, ix, 199, 246, 248, 249, 250–251, 252, 258–259, 309, 313, 321, 325–326, 335–336, 339, 343, 352, 371, 385–386, 411, 414, 446–447, 449, 457–464, 474–475, 488, 492, 499–501, 531–532, 534–536, 542, 543, 545, 547
Power, Rían Sunstein, ix, 312–313, 321–322, 325–326, 336, 339, 359–360, 371, 387, 458–460, 461–462, 464, 474, 475, 488, 492, 499, 531–532, 534, 542, 543, 545, 547
Power, Stephen, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 24–26, 31, 32, 36, 38–39, 52, 97, 158, 177, 197, 439, 491, 546
Prendergast, John, 135–137, 138–142, 157, 159–160, 161–163, 178, 186, 202, 228–229, 252, 339, 459–460, 546
Presidential Memorandum on International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons, 280–281
Pressman, David, 267–269, 271, 272, 276, 278, 280, 331–332, 351n, 423, 426, 524
Pric
e, Preston, 37
“A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide (Power)
arguments in, xi, 127–128, 133, 135, 234, 266
on Armenian genocide, 234, 236
engagement with readers, 131–132, 396
genesis of, 118–122
on Hirschman, 226
misinterpretations of, 134
National Security Archive cables cited in, 127–129
Peretz and New Republic Books publishes, 129–130
publication of, 130
publisher rejections and, 128–130
real-world events expanding audience for, 132–134, 135, 140–143
reception for, 131–132, 134–135
upstanders described in, 127–128, 131–132
use of declassified cables in, 127–128
writing of, 122–124, 127–130
Proxmire, William, 128, 131–132
Psaki, Jen, 366
Public Theater, New York, 407, 465
Pulse attack (Orlando, Fl), 524
Putin, Vladimir. See also Churkin, Vitaly; Lavrov, Sergey; Medvedev, Dmitry; Russia
antagonism toward US, 404, 538
on Assad regime’s chemical weapons, 378, 382–383
Churkin’s stance toward, 406
demonizing “enemies,” 421–422
international approval ratings of, 548
motives on Syria chemical weapons dismantlement and, 388–389
Obama on Syria’s chemical weapons program and, 382–383
opposing US military force against Syria, 377–378
opposition to LGBT rights and, 421–422, 430
on Security Council resolution on military action in Libya, 304
on Ukraine conflict, 411
Qaddafi, Muammar, 289–292, 295–310, 368, 378, 507
Qaddafi, Seif al-Islam, 290
Qatar, 304, 368
Qureshi, Rabia, 440
Rakić, Miki, 272
Random House, 122, 128–129
Rapp, Stephen, 270–271
Rauhut, Mike, 492–493
Razzouk, Kelly, 422–423, 425, 492, 519–520, 521–522
Reagan, Ronald and administration, 52–53, 58, 350, 465–466
Refugee Act (1980), 496
Refugee Youth Summer Academy, 351–352
refugees. See also immigrants in the US
Iraqi, 257, 260–261
Kurdi, Alan, 493–494
as result of climate change, 401–402
as scapegoats for demagogues, 513
SP on specific stories of, 494–495
Syrian, 495–497, 513
Al-Teibawi family, 499–500
Trump halting admissions of, IRAP and, 546
in the US, SP on highlighting impact of, 351–352
worldwide statistics on, 493–494
Remnick, David, 511
Republican Party
concerns about being seen with UN ambassador within, 535
criticisms of Cass, 231
Ebola and travel ban and, 445, 445n, 452–454, 456
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