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Peale, Rembrandt
Pearl, Daniel
Pelosi, Nancy, Chapter 4.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Perino, Dana
Perot, Ross, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Petraeus, Gen. David, Chapter 8.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9
Philip, Prince (United Kingdom)
Pierce, Franklin
Pierce, Marvin
Pierce, Pauline Robinson
Piester, Ruby Lee
Plame, Valerie
Portman, Rob
Powell, Colin, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Afghanistan war, Chapter 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
AIDS policy
departure from Bush administration, Chapter 3.1, 91
Iraq war, Chapter 3.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8
secretary of state, selection as
State-Defense tensions
terrorist attacks of September 2001
Powell, Don
Pozen, Robert
Presidency of George H.W. Bush, Chapter 2.1, 2.2
Gulf war of 1990
Hurricane Andrew disaster
Los Angeles riots of 1992
Panama intervention
presidential campaign of 1988
presidential campaign of 1992, Chapter 2.1, 10.1
Supreme Court appointments
White House staff
Presidency of George W. Bush
abortion policy
African visits, Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
“anti-science” charge against
arms-control agreements
“axis of evil” speech
budget deficits
climate change policy
congressional relations
criticism, Bush’s response to
debt relief policy
economic team, Chapter 3.1, 14.1
education reform, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 10.1
faith-based initiative
final day
financial regulation
foreign aid, Chapter 11.1, 11.2
Great Britain, state visit to
hurricanes of 2004, Chapter 10.1, 10.2
hurricanes of 2008
immigration reform
inauguration of 2001, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 13.1
inauguration of 2005, Chapter 13.1, 13.2
Iraq air strikes of 2001
leadership philosophy
Malaria Initiative, Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Medicare reform, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
mental illness coverage mandate
national security team, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
nuclear cooperation policy
Oval Office decorations
pardon policy
personal diplomacy, emphasis on, Chapter 7.1, 8.1
personnel decisions, approach to
Putin-Bush relationship
Social Security reform, Chapter 9.1, 9.2
State-Defense tensions, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
Supreme Court appointments
tax cuts, Chapter 3.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
trade policy, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 13.3
transition to Obama administration
Treaty Room of White House, Bush’s use of
visits to Crawford
vice presidential selection, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
White House staff, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
World Series appearance in 2001 See also Afghanistan war; AIDS policy; Financial crisis of 2008; Freedom agenda; Iraq war; Katrina disaster; Presidential campaign of 2000; Presidential campaign of 2004; Stem cell research funding; Terrorist attacks of September 2001; War on terror
Presidential campaign of 1980
Presidential campaign of 1984
Presidential campaign of 1988
Presidential campaign of 1992, Chapter 2.1, 10.1
Presidential campaign of 1996
Presidential campaign of 2000
Bullock’s proposal for Bush candidacy
Bush-Gore debates
Bush’s comment about Jesus
Bush’s decision to run, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Bush’s DUI incident and
Bush’s victory
election day
Florida recount
Republican National Convention, Chapter 3.1, 9.1
Republican primaries
Presidential campaign of 2004
bin Laden’s message and
Bush daughters’ involvement
Bush’s bus tour through Midwest
debates
Democratic candidates
election day
“flip-flop” theme used against Kerry, Chapter 9.1, 9.2
Iraq war and
media coverage of
Rather’s report on Bush’s military record, 18
Republican National Convention
stem cell research funding issue
Presidential campaign of 2008, Chapter 14.1, 14.2
Presidential Emergency Operation Center (PEOC), Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.9
Price, Dan
Proctor, Mike, Chapter 1.1, 1.2
Prodi, Romano
Proliferation Security Initiative
Putin, Vladimir, Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
Q
Qaddafi, Muammar
Quayle, Dan, Chapter 2.1, 3.1
Qurei, Ahmed
R
Racicot, Marc
Rafferty, Kevin
Rainwater, Richard, Chapter 2.1, 2.2
Ramos, Capt. Ramon
Randt, Sandy
Rasmussen, Anders Fogh, Chapter 7.1, 8.1
Rather, Dan, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 9.1, 13.1
Reagan, Nancy
Reagan, Ronald, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 7.1, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1, Epilogue
Recasner, Tony
Reese, Jim
Reeve, Christopher
Rehnquist, William, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 13.1
Reid, Harry, Chapter 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2
Reid, Richard
Reinsdorf, Jerry
Rendón, Paula
Resolute desk
Reynolds, Mercer
Rice, Condoleezza, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1 13.1, 13.2
Iranian nuclear program, Chapter 13.1, 13.2
Iraq war, Chapter 3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
national security adviser, selection as
secretary of state, selection as
terrorist attacks of September 2001, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 7.1
Richards, Ann, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1
Ridge, Tom, Chapter 3.1, 6.1, 6.2
Rigell, Gwen
Riley, Bob, Chapter 10.1, 10.2
Rising Tide (Barry)
Roadmap plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, Chapter 13.1, 13.2
Robb, Chuck
Roberts, John, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
Rockefeller, Jay
Romania
Roosevelt, Franklin, Chapter 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 9.1, 12.1, 13.1
Roosevelt, Theodore, Chapter 9.1, 14.1
Roots (Haley)
Rose, Rusty
Roussel, Pete
Rove, Karl, xi, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 9.1
Bush’s relationship with
Cheney’s selection as vice president, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
governorship of George W. Bush, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
presidential campaign of 2000, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
presidential campaign of 2004, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
Rowe, Dawn and Alan
Rubin, Bob
Rumsfeld, Don, Chapter 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1
, 13.2
Abu Ghraib scandal
departure from Bush administration
Iraq war, Chapter 3.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
secretary of defense, selection as, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
State-Defense tensions
terrorist attacks of September 2001, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Rumsfeld, Joyce
Rumsfeld, Nick
Russert, Tim
Russia
Afghanistan war and, Chapter 7.1, 7.2
freedom agenda and
NATO expansion and
war with Georgia
Ruth, Babe
Rwanda
Ryan, Paul
S
Saakashvili, Mikheil, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Sadr, Moqtada al, Chapter 12.1, 12.2
Salim, Izzedine
Samar, Sima
Sanchez, Gen. Ricardo, Chapter 8.1, 12.1
Sanger, David
Santamaria, Cpl. O.J.
Sarkozy, Nicolas, Chapter 7.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1
Satterfield, David
Saudi Arabia, Chapter 13.1, 13.2
Sauer, Joachim
Sawyer, Penny
Schieffer, Bob
Schieffer, Tom
Schlesinger, James
Schoomaker, Pete
Schroeder, Gerhard, Chapter 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1
Schumer, Chuck
Schuster, Rudolf
Scowcroft, Brent, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 8.1
Scully, Matthew
Scully, Tom
Senegal
September 11 terrorist attacks. See Terrorist attacks of September 2001
Sharansky, Natan
Sharon, Ariel, Chapter 5.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
Sheehan, Cindy
Shehhi, Marwan al
Shelby, Richard
Shelton, Gen. Hugh, Chapter 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Sheppard, Bob
Shevardnadze, Eduard
Shia and Sunni sects of Islam
Shibh, Ramzi bin al, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
Shinseki, Gen. Eric
Shivers, Allan
Shultz, George
Sibley, David
Siddiqi, Muzammil
Silberman, Larry
Silverberg, Kristen
Singh, Manmohan
Siniora, Fouad, Chapter 13.1, 13.2
Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson, Chapter 2.1, 11.1
Six-Party Talks, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Smith, Fred, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
Smith, Gaddis
Smith, Sgt. Paul Ray
Smith, Wesley J.
Snow, John, Chapter 9.1 14.1, 14.2
Snow, Tony
Snowflake babies, Chapter 4.1, 4.2
Social Security reform, Chapter 9.1, 9.2
Sons of Iraq movement
Soros, George, Chapter 9.1, 11.1
Souter, David
South Africa
Spann, Johnny “Mike,” Chapter 6.1, 7.1
Spellings, Margaret, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 9.1
Stafford, Brian
Stem cell research funding
abortion issue and, Chapter 4.1, 4.2
announcement of Bush’s decision
arguments for and against
Bush’s veto of legislation on
decision-making process within Bush administration, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
ethical concerns, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
John Paul II’s views on
as political issue, Chapter 4.1, 4.2
reaction to Bush’s decision
results of Bush’s policy, Chapter 4.1, 4.2
Stevens, Bob
Stevens, John Paul
Stewart, Potter
Sulzberger, Arthur, Jr.
Sununu, John
Supreme Court
abortion ruling in 1973
Bush’s appointments to
counterterrorism programs, ruling on
presidential election of 2000 and
surge
Syria, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5
nuclear weapons program
T
Taiwan
Talabani, Jalal, Chapter 12.1, 12.2
Taliban, Chapter 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12
Tantoh, Kunene
Tanzania
TASO (The AIDS Support Organization), Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Tax cuts, Chapter 3.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Taylor, Charles
Tenet, George, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
Afghanistan war, Chapter 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
interrogation program, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Iraq war, Chapter 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
retention as CIA director by Bush
terrorist attacks of September 2001, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
al Qaeda’s responsibility for, Chapter 5.1, 5.2
Bush’s commemorative activities
Bush’s messages to American people, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Bush’s personal perspective on
Bush’s visits with attack victims
Bush’s visit to Ground Zero in New York, Chapter 5.1, 5.2
Bush’s visit to Pentagon
day of the attacks, Chapter 5.1, 5.2
economic cost
FEMA’s response
international reaction, Chapter 5.1, 7.1
National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, Chapter 5.1, 5.2
psychological effect
White House attack false alarms, Chapter 5.1, 5.2
Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP), Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Texas Air National Guard, Chapter 1.1, 1.2
Texas Rangers
Thatcher, Margaret
Theodore Rex (Morris)
Thirteen Days (film)
Thomas, Bill
Thomas, Clarence, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
Thompson, Fred
Thompson, Tommy, Chapter 3.1, 9.1 11.1
Thurmond, Strom
Tillman, Col. Mark
Tobias, Randall
Torre, Joe
Tort reform
Towey, Jim
Townsend, Fran
Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy
Trade policy, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Chapter 14.1, 14.2
Truman, Harry, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 13.1
Truscott, Carl, Chapter 5.1, 5.2
Tsunami of 2004
Tubb, Dick
Turkey
Turner, Henry
U
Ueberroth, Peter, Chapter 2.1, 2.2
Uganda, Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Ukraine
United Nations (UN), Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6
Iraq war and, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 11.1
Uribe, Alvaro, Chapter 8.1 13.1
USA Freedom Corps
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
V
Valenti, Jack
Valentine, Bobby
Van Buren, Martin
Varmus, Harold
Venezuela
Vickers, Michael
Victoria, Queen
Vietnam war, Chapter 1.1, 7.1, 12.1, 12.2
W
Wade, Abdoulaye
Wagoner, Rick
Waldrep, Kent
Wallace, Charity
Wallace, Nicolle
Walsh, Kerri
Walsh, Lawrence, Chapter 2.1, 3.1
Warner, Margaret
war on terror
AIDS policy and, Chapter 11.1, 11.2
airline security
anthrax attack
anti-Muslim backlash, concerns about
balance between alerting and alarming the public
border security programs, Chapter 9.1, 9.2
botulinum toxin scare
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br /> Bush’s assessment of
codification of counterterrorism programs into law, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
congressional support for, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
declaration of war, Chapter 5.1, 5.2
doctrine of, Chapter 5.1, 13.1
economic dimension
holding of captured terrorists, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
homeland security effort
intelligence briefings on terror attacks
interrogation program, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
large-scale effort, Bush’s plan for
law enforcement alternative, failure of
military tribunals system, 6.1, 6.2
October 2001 attack false alarm
PATRIOT Act, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
president’s authority to conduct
prevention of further attacks, focus on, Chapter 5.1, 6.1
sacrifice by Americans
shift to wartime on September 11, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP), Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 See also Afghanistan war; Iraq war
Washington, George, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
Washington Post, 240, Chapter 14.1, 14.2
Waterboarding, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
Way, Ralph
Weapons of mass destruction. See Nuclear weapons programs; under Iraq war
Weinberger, Caspar, Chapter 2.1, 3.1
Weinstein, Jared
Weissman, Irv
Welch, Harold, Chapter 1.1, 1.2
Welch, Jenna
West, Kanye
White, Byron
White, Don
Wiesel, Elie
Wilkinson, J. Harvie
Williams, Bob
Williams, Brian
Williams, Pete
Wilmut, Ian
Wilson, Joseph
Wilson, Pete
Wilson, Woodrow, Chapter 6.1, 9.1, 14.1
Winik, Jay, xi
Wolfowitz, Paul, Chapter 7.1 7.2
Woodward, Bob
World Series of 2001
Wright, Dave and Heather
Y
Yale University, Chapter 1.1, 1.2
Yarborough, Ralph, Chapter 1.1, 1.2
Younger, Charlie
Yushchenko, Viktor
Z
Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan Chapter 7.1
Zanzibar
Zardari, Asif Ali
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
Zayed, Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zellem, Scott
Zen, Joseph
Zerhouni, Elias
Ziemer, Rear Adm. Tim
Zimbabwe
Zindler, Marvin
Zinsmeister, Karl
Zubaydah, Abu, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
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