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by Susan Rice

U.N. ambassador, 172

  U.S. embassy in Khartoum, 157–58

  war and famine in, 200

  Sullivan, Jake, 352, 357, 408, 412

  Summers, Larry, 200, 201

  Sumter, S.C., 34

  Swing, William, 198

  Syria, 4, 265, 279, 341 chemical weapons and, 297, 362, 364–66

  Chemical Weapons Convention and, 365

  civil war in, 297

  Iran and, 366, 367, 368

  ISIS and, 297, 366

  Kurds and, 423

  al-Nusra Front, 367

  Obama and, 341, 362–69, 450–51

  Russia and, 297–99, 364–65, 367, 368, 369, 423

  SR and policy decisions on, 153, 297–98, 362–69

  Trump and, 365–66, 423

  U.N. resolution on chemical weapons removal, 365, 386

  U.S. humanitarian aid, 367

  U.S. operations against ISIS in, 420, 422–23, 451

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), 420

  Talbott, Strobe, 214

  Taliban, 391, 392, 394–95

  Talwar, Puneet, 261–62

  Tanzania, 348 U.S. embassy bombing, 186–91

  terrorism Afghanistan and, 394–95

  Africa and threat of, 171

  Africa’s Sahel and, 282, 293

  Al Qaeda and 9/11 terrorist attacks, 135, 206–11

  Al Shabab, 379

  Benghazi attack, 311, 312–13

  in Brussels, 420

  Counter-terrorism Support Group, 187

  East Africa embassy bombings, 4, 186–91, 306–7, 325

  ISIS and, 293, 297, 404, 418, 420

  Paris bombings, 420, 421

  San Bernadino massacre, 420

  Sudan and, 156–57, 208, 326

  Syria and, 366

  U.S. political division and, 479

  World Trade Center bombing, 1993, 156

  Thomas, Mickalene, 249

  Thomas, Stanton, 250, 302

  Thorning-Schmidt, Helle, 379

  Tibbetts, Jim, 80–81

  To End a War (Holbrooke), 183

  Torsella, Joe, 104, 111

  Toulmin, Catherine, 93

  Touré, Kadiatou, 462

  Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), 242–43, 418, 434, 451, 457

  Trudeau, Justin, 457

  Trump, Donald, 5, 298, 453–60 Access Hollywood tape, 444

  Afghanistan and, 394–95

  briefing of, queries about by Obama administration, 5

  China and, 439, 457

  domestic policy divisions and, 477–78

  FBI investigation and, 449

  Flynn appointment, 457–60

  Inaugural Address, 8

  inauguration of, 1, 2, 7

  Iran nuclear deal and, 417–18

  ISIS and, 423

  Israel and, 432–33

  Kim Jong Un and, 477

  McCain as critic, 474

  national security decision-making process, 452

  national security team, 456

  Oval Office of, 460

  Paris Climate Change Agreement and, 418

  Putin and, 477

  Russia and, 400, 448, 449

  Russia collusion allegations, 5–6, 468, 470–71

  Russian election interference and, 442, 445, 447, 448

  Sessions appointment, 457

  South Sudan and, 397

  spying on, 468

  SR accused by, 470

  SR and, 382–83

  SR and NSC transition team, 455–60

  SR’s opinion of, 8, 468, 477

  SR unmasking controversy, 468–70

  “Steele Dossier” and, 448

  Syria and, 365–66, 423

  TPP and, 418, 457

  Ukraine and, 400

  Tunisia, 279, 282

  Turabi, Hassan al-, 158

  Turkey, 253, 268–69, 366, 421, 423, 459, 477

  Turnbull, Malcolm, 457

  Tuskegee Airmen, 36–37

  Tuskegee Army Air Field, 21, 29

  Tuskegee Veterans Hospital, 28

  Tutu, Desmond, 104

  Twaddell, Bill, 166–68

  Uganda, 159, 160, 163, 172, 396 atrocities in, 173

  Bill Clinton visit, with SR, 175

  Congo War and, 193, 195

  LRA, 158, 173

  SR and Albright’s visit to, 173

  U.S. embassy threatened, 187

  Ukraine, 398–401, 449

  Underriner, John, 193–94

  UNICEF, 212

  United Kingdom, 114–15, 449 Ebola epidemic and, 403

  Iran sanctions and, 266–67

  Libya, Qaddafi, and, 280, 281, 284, 291, 292

  Obama trip to (2008), 95

  SR as Rhodes Scholar in, 103–4, 108–17

  Syria and, 297, 362–63

  as UNSC P5 member, 259

  United Nations (U.N., UNGA), 136 Albright as U.S. ambassador, 134, 137, 161, 357

  anti-Israel bias, 252, 253, 254

  Bolton as U.S. ambassador, 241, 243, 245, 259

  Clinton administration policy on peacekeeping, 141–42

  convention to support disabled persons, 244

  Correspondents’ Dinner, 334

  Ebola epidemic and, 403

  General Assembly opening, 300

  Goldstone Report and, 253

  Holbrooke as U.S. ambassador, 182, 195, 197, 199

  hot conflict issues, Clinton era, 136

  Human Rights Council, 244, 245, 246, 253

  Iran nuclear deal and, 412, 413

  ISIS and, 301

  LGBT rights and, 244

  “the month of Africa,” 197

  Obama and building diplomatic coalitions, 243

  Obama’s approach to, 245

  Open Government Partnership, 301

  Palestine’s status and, 253

  PDD-25 and, 142–43

  Qaddafi at, 301–2

  “right to food” issue, 244

  Rwanda genocide and, 148–49

  Soderberg and, 119

  Somalia conflict and, 136–41

  SR as U.S. ambassador, 10–12, 13, 87, 237–337

  SR’s analysis of role in Somalia, 140

  SR’s NSC position under Clinton, 132–34, 136, 154

  Sudan and, 159, 301

  United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UAMIR, UNAMIR II), 145, 147, 148

  U.N. Millennium Development Goals, 244

  U.S. Mission building, 259, 261, 262, 276, 281, 290

  U.S. president’s meetings, speeches, receptions, 300–301

  U.S. status in, 2009, 243–44

  women’s advancement and, 244

  World Conference on Racism, 253

  United Nations Security Council (UNSC), 259 African affairs, 196, 269–77

  African trips, 269

  Brazil and Turkey on, 268–69

  Côte d’Ivoire and, 269–70

  Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict and, 181, 183

  EU-3, 266–67

  Goldstone Report and, 253

  Holbrooke and, 196–98, 199

  Iran sanctions, 264, 266–69, 413–14

  Israel-Turkey conflict, 253

  Libya as member, 301

  Libya resolution, 278, 280, 282–87

  nonpermanent members, 252

  North Korea sanctions, 255–60, 266

  Obama summit on nuclear proliferation, 301

  P5, 259, 264–66, 285

  P5+1, 264, 411

  presidential statement (PRST) and, 254, 256

  rotating African seats on, 159

  rotating presidency, 299–300

  Russia, China “double-veto” on Syria, 298

  Rwanda genocide and, 146–47

  Somalia conflict and, 137–38

  South Sudan and, 396–97

  SR and Obama’s agenda, 241–42, 243

  SR as chair, 300

  SR at sessions, 240

  Sudan and, 157, 270–77

  Syria and, 264, 297, 367

  Syria chemical weapon rem
oval and, 365, 386

  U.S. abstains on anti–Israeli settlement vote, 432–33

  University of California, Berkeley, 36, 44 International House, 44–45

  SR’s father’s PhD, 32

  Stanford-Berkeley game, 1982, 94, 98–99

  University of Chicago Law School, 17

  U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 56, 192, 346, 387 Ebola epidemic, 401, 402, 406

  Gross imprisoned in Cuba and, 408–9

  Emmett Rice and, 47

  Gayle Smith and, 177, 195, 385

  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Ebola epidemic and, 401–7

  U.S. Congress African Growth and Opportunity Act, 176, 201

  Benghazi investigations, 311, 313, 337

  Biden and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 165

  constraining the President, 139

  Ebola epidemic appropriations, 406

  embassy appropriations, 190

  “Gang of Eight,” 444–45

  Iran nuclear deal and, 415–16

  Iran sanctions, 267–68, 269

  Joint Congressional Inquiry into 9/11, 210

  Menendez and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 158–59

  Netanyahu joint address, Mar. 2015, 414–15

  Obama as junior senator, 19, 95

  Obama’s Cuba policy and, 408, 409, 410

  policy on U.N. peacekeeping, 154

  Somalia and, 138–39, 141

  SR as page, 83–86

  SR’s confirmation as assistant secretary of state, 163–64

  SR’s confirmation as U.N. ambassador, 239–40

  SR’s secretary of state candidacy and, 323–25

  Sudan sanctions and, 158

  Thompson-Markward Hall, 84

  U.N. debt appropriations, 199

  U.S. military action in Syria and, 362, 363–64, 365

  U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) African Center for Strategic Studies (war college), 202

  China and, 436

  Ebola epidemic and, 402–3

  Rwanda genocide, 147, 149

  SR and proposals from, 372–73

  U.S. in Afghanistan and, 394

  U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). See also Johnson, Jeh; Monaco, Lisa Chinese cyber theft and, 438

  Ebola epidemic, 404–6, 406

  Russian interference in 2016 election and, 443, 444

  U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), 156, 437 Obama and, 5, 6

  Trump-Russia collusion allegations, 5, 449

  U.S. Department of State (DOS) Africa Bureau, 144, 157, 169, 190, 191, 198, 201–2

  African debt relief and, 200

  African embassies threatened and SR’s closing of, 190–91

  Art in Embassies program, 249

  diversifying workforce, 429–30

  East Africa embassy bombings, 186–91, 206

  evacuation of U.S. personnel from Rwanda, 144–45

  Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, 249

  leaking by, 246

  Medical Unit psychiatrist, 188

  Monrovia, drawdown of U.S. embassy staff, 200

  Operations Center, 186, 187, 188

  risks taken by Foreign Service Officers, 184

  Rwanda conflict as genocide, 148

  South Sudan and, 395–96

  SR and Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict, 177–84

  SR as assistant secretary of state for African affairs, 13, 59, 152, 162–65, 166–204

  SR in Nigeria and death of Abiola, 166–69

  SR’s AF Front Office and direct reports, 169–70

  Sudan embassy closing, 157–58

  as supportive of SR as U.N. ambassador, 245

  U.S.-Nigeria Bilateral Commission, 203

  U.S. policy on U.N. peacekeeping operations and, 142

  vulnerable embassies of, 187

  U.S. Department of the Treasury (USDT), African debt relief and, 200–201

  U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 201–2

  U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), 332 agencies of, 309

  Benghazi attack talking points by, 11, 308–15, 318, 323, 324, 332, 335

  Benghazi update, 315

  Chinese cyber theft and, 439

  diversifying workforce, 429

  DNI (director of national intelligence), 309

  DNI Oct. 7 statement on Russian email hacking, 443, 444

  Iran nuclear deal and, 417

  ISIS in Iraq and, 418

  Mosul Dam threat and, 422

  Russian election interference and, 442–43, 447, 449

  SR’s unmasking requests, 469–70

  “Steele Dossier,” 448

  U.S. in Afghanistan and, 394

  U.S.-Nigeria Bilateral Commission, 203

  U.S.-South Africa Binational Commission, 202

  U.S. Supreme Court Affordable Care Act and, 427

  same-sex marriage and, 427

  Vanity Fair “The Osama Files” (Rose), 207–9, 210–11, 326

  SR rebuttal to Rose article, 208

  Vera, Juana, 408

  Vietnam War, 53

  Votel, Joe, 422

  Waldorf-Astoria Towers (WAT) apartment, 249–51

  Walker, Alice, 101 The Color Purple, 101

  Walker, John T., 89

  Wall Street Journal, 318 SR and unmasking, 468

  Warner, Mark, 416

  Washington, Booker T., 33

  Washington, D.C., 52–53, 83 Black Student Fund, 100–101

  Boulé in, 225

  Forest Hills neighborhood, 50

  Rock Creek Park, 54

  SR and July 4th in, 349

  SR’s family in Shepherd Park, 54–55

  SR’s home in Adams Morgan neighborhood, 137, 206

  SR’s home in Kent neighborhood, 206

  as SR’s hometown, 13, 41, 49, 52–53, 82–83

  Washington National Cathedral, 50, 79–80, 89

  Washington Post, 321 Carney op-ed in, 210

  leaked story on Chinese sanctions, 437

  Webster, Meridith, 330

  Weems, Carrie Mae, 249

  Weinstein, Jeremy, 327

  Westbrooks, Ticey, 226, 288, 289

  White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 381

  White House Situation Room, 143, 157, 388, 401, 415, 419, 422, 429, 439, 441, 460 Afghanistan and, 393–94

  Brennan meets SR on Russian election interference, 441

  John F. Kennedy Conference Room, 388

  K. T. McFarland and, 459

  Morsi coup meeting in, 348–49

  Principals Committee meetings in, 283, 356, 388, 415, 419–20, 422

  Putin phone calls and, 398–99

  Reagan and, 459

  Somalia crisis and, 137, 138

  SR and, 1, 6, 161

  WikiLeaks, 444, 445, 449

  Williams, Brian, 330

  Williamson, Ruth Ann, 81, 93

  Wisner, Frank, 147

  Withers, Anne, 357

  Wolff, Alejandro, “Alex,” 241, 248, 253, 262

  Wolpe, Howard, 191–99, 374 advice to SR, 191–92

  Congo war and, 193–99

  Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement, 195, 199

  Wonder, Stevie, 232, 354

  Wood, John, 81

  Woods, Tyrone S., 306–7

  Worden, Andrea, 87–88, 116–17, 125

  World Bank, 303

  Xi, Jinping, 381, 435, 436, 437–39, 440, 457

  Yale University, 91, 92, 102, 227, 228

  Yang, Jiechi, 434

  Yanukovych, Viktor, 399

  Yates, Sally, WH briefing, Jan. 5, 2017, 5–6

  Yemen, 279, 450

  Young Leaders initiatives, 385

  Zarif, Mohammed Javad, 412, 414

  Zhang, Yesui, 257–58, 266, 438

  Zients, Jeffrey, 374

  Zimbabwe, 118, 119–20, 132, 160, 163, 172, 173–74, 193

  Zoellick, Robert, 303

  Zuma, Jacob, 286

  Zuniga, Ricardo, 408, 409

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