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Lieberman, Joe, 239, 240, 254, 272, 317, 362–65
Life, 124, 163
Lifton, Robert, 126
Light, Kenneth, 299
Likud, 470
Limbaugh, Rush, 300
Lincoln, Abraham, 325
Lindbergh, Charles, 556
Liss, Jeff, 271
Livni, Tzipi, 449, 451–52, 459, 460, 462, 470, 474
Locke, Bill, 77, 79
Logan Act, 166
Long, Huey, 151
Long, Russell, 151, 350
Long Tau River, 84, 88
Lonsdale, Adrian, 225
Los Angeles Times, 304, 369
Lott, Trent, 213, 235
Lowell Sun, 135–36
Lowenstein, Allard, 117, 118, 351, 457
Lowenstein, Frank, 457, 459, 460
LST (landing ship tank), 75–76, 95, 106–8
Lugar, Richard, 179–80, 247, 248, 369, 378, 380, 397, 399, 401–3
Macdonald, Lloyd, 21
Machar, Riek, 412
Maddox, USS, 51
Maduro, Nicolás, 433
Maliki, Nouri al-, 543–44
Malley, Robert, 516
Manafort, Paul, 179, 435, 436
Mandela, Nelson, 428
Mansfield, Mike, 157, 393
March on the Pentagon, 123, 190
Marcos, Ferdinand, 176–80
Markey, Ed, 146, 148, 536
marriage, 290, 291
gay, 281, 289–94, 319, 331
Marshall Islands, 567
Marshall Plan, 581
Martin, Eddie, 22
Martin, Mary, 15
Marttila, John, 134, 214
Masefield, John, 54
Massachusetts politics, 122, 143, 211, 214, 216
Mastromonaco, Alyssa, 347, 348
Mattes, Jack, 182
McAuliffe, Terry, 277
McCain, John S., 148, 190–93, 201, 242, 243, 273, 303, 337, 344, 360–63, 401, 404, 407, 426, 428
Burch and, 238
climate change and, 362, 363
and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 404–6
Dole and, 404–5
Kerry’s consideration as running mate, 272–73
“Manchurian candidate” smear against, 194–95, 238, 304
in POW/MIA investigations, 194–95, 201, 238, 299, 300
Republican Party and, 273
Senate members’ defense of, 238–39
Syria and, 535
2000 presidential campaign of, 238–239
2008 presidential campaign of, 344, 363
Vietnam experience of, 49, 56, 65, 148, 190–91, 194–95, 201, 238, 304
McCain-Feingold Act, 276
McCall, Dick, 167
McCarthy, Eugene, 59–60, 116, 117, 260
McCarthy, Joseph, 581
McChrystal, Stanley, 371
McConnell, Mitch, 157, 169, 366, 395–96
McCormack, Edward, 22
McCurry, Mike, 321, 323
McDonough, Denis, 527, 528, 533, 534
McGovern, Jim, 233
McGurk, Brett, 518, 522
McKean, David, 186, 331, 395, 410
McKinsey & Company, 454–55
McMurdo Station, 579
McNamara, Robert, 119
Medeiros, Mike, 100, 106
media, 229
Medicaid, 353
Medicare, 215, 353–55
Meehan, Michael, 223, 224, 226
Meese, Edwin, 211
Meet the Press, 245, 254, 333
Mehlman, Ken, 291
Meininger, Jason, 512
Mekong Delta, 73, 75, 83, 88, 95, 98, 583
Mellman, Mark, 320
Melville, Herman, 25
Menendez, Bob, 501
Miami Five, 425
Miami Herald, 304
Middle East, 388, 389, 411, 429, 432, 440, 446–48, 452, 457, 460, 528, 543, 546, 549
see also specific countries
Middle East Quartet, 477
Miggins, Mike, 106
Mikulski, Barbara, 295, 517
Milk, Harvey, 286
Millis, Mass., 11, 12
Milošević, Slobodan, 529
Mitchell, George, 184, 193, 388, 410–411, 452–53, 469
Mixner, David, 116
Modi, Narendra, 556, 566, 569, 576
Mogherini, Federica, 515, 520–22
Molho, Yitzhak, 460, 462
Mondale, Walter, 271
money laundering, 187, 188, 245
Moniz, Ernie, 506–8, 510, 514, 517
Morehouse, David, 285, 321
Morgenthau, Robert “Bob,” 140, 187
Morris, Larry, 428
Morse, Brad, 133
Morsi, Mohamed, 413–14
Moscone, George, 286
Moscow, 195–96
Mossad, 465
Mosul, 543, 548
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 190, 350, 377
Muallem, Walid, 542
Mubarak, Hosni, 413, 453
Mueller, Robert, 187–88, 245
Mullen, Michael, 364, 403
Murkowski, Lisa, 395, 402
Murphy, Chris, 517
Murray, Patty, 152
Musharraf, Pervez, 376–77
Myanmar, 237
Nace, Paul, 48, 50, 95–96
Nantucket, Mass., 209–10, 413
NASA, 154
National Governors Association (NGA), 146
National Moot Court Competition, 138–39
National Prayer Breakfast, 171, 282
National Republican Senatorial Committee, 152, 213
National Rifle Association (NRA), 281–83, 285–87
National Security Council (NSC), 147, 183, 390–91, 438, 493, 506, 527, 533, 542
NATO, 15, 245, 373, 418, 423, 437, 529, 546, 566
Naushon Island, 5, 24–25, 45, 63, 231, 573
Navy, U.S.:
Kerry’s enlistment in, 43, 118, 123–124, 191
Law of the Sea Treaty and, 403
SEALs, 71, 100–101
Nazi Germany, 293
NBC School (nuclear, biological and chemical training), 50
Negroponte, John, 136
Netanyahu, Benjamin “Bibi,” 390, 440–444, 447, 451–53, 455–60, 462–78, 557
Iran nuclear program and, 501, 503–5
Obama and, 504
Netanyahu, Yonatan “Yoni,” 451
New Deal, 350
New Hampshire primary, 342, 346
in 2004, 258–60, 262–64, 270, 309
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), 394–402
Newsweek, 193
New York Post, 117
New York Times, 198, 226, 247, 302, 304
New Zealand, 58
Ngo Dinh Diem, 177
Nguyen Co Thach, 197
Nha Be, 84, 89, 92–94
Nicaragua, 147, 571
Contras in, 163–65, 167, 182–84
Iran-Contra affair, 184–89
Kerry and Harkin’s trip to, 162–67
Kerry’s investigation of U.S. involvement in, 182–89
plane shot down over, 184
Sandinistas in, 163–64, 182
Vietnam compared with, 163
Nicholson, Marvin, 279, 313, 324, 333, 347–48
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 171
9/11 attacks, 243–47, 273, 282, 290, 294, 298, 306, 309, 319–20, 370, 386, 416, 547
Nixon, Richard, 21, 117, 122, 128, 129, 133, 136, 149, 185, 261, 282, 301, 302, 310, 340, 357, 359, 396, 582
Kerry’s congressional campaign and, 135, 136
Vietnam and, 125, 132, 133, 190, 194
Watergate and, 185
Nobel Peace Prize, 167, 433
Noriega, Manuel, 187, 188, 211
Normandy landings, 17, 37, 115, 209
Norris, John, 258, 269–70
North, Oliver, 183, 184, 189
North Korea, 246
Norway, 575
nuclear, biological and chemical training (NBC Sc
hool), 50
nuclear weapons, 147, 165, 255, 314, 582, 584
Iran and, see Iran, nuclear negotiations with
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), 394–402
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), 492, 523
Syrian power plant and, 389–90
Nuland, Victoria, 437–38
Nung troops, 104–7
Nunn, Sam, 184
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 397
Obama, Barack, 280, 302, 305–6, 341–343, 358, 361, 366, 368, 369, 388, 393, 395, 406, 412, 415, 479, 512, 527–28, 575
Afghanistan and, 371, 376, 416
bin Laden raid and, 384–85
climate change and, 360, 363, 556, 559, 560, 563–67, 569, 572, 575–77
Clinton nominated as secretary of state by, 349
Cuba and, 425, 426, 428, 431
Daesh (ISIL) and, 545–47
elected president, 344
Iran nuclear program and, 486, 488, 489, 491–96, 499, 503–5, 508, 511, 518, 519, 521
Iraq and, 369, 543, 545
Israel and, 504
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and, 440, 442, 447, 453, 456, 461, 462, 468–71, 474–75, 481–83
Kerry considered as secretary of state by (2009), 346–49
Kerry nominated as secretary of state by, 406–7
Netanyahu and, 504
nuclear treaty and, 396, 398–400
Pakistan and, 383, 384
presidential campaign of (2008), 341–44, 347, 349, 350, 353
presidential inauguration of, 350–52
in Senate, 270–71, 279, 336, 341, 347
Syria and, 389, 390, 393, 525–30, 533–35, 537–38, 544, 548, 551, 555
Ukraine and, 437
Obama, Michelle, 280, 350, 415
Obamacare, 231, 359
O’Brien, Drew, 410
O’Brien, Frank, 134
oceans, 402–4, 573–75
Officer Candidate School (OCS), 43, 46–47, 51, 57, 347
Ohio, voting in, 325–27, 374
Ohiri, Chris, 33
oil, 242, 360, 364, 403, 557
OINC (officer-in-charge), 61, 71, 73, 79, 82, 99
Oliphant, Tom, 130, 223
Olmert, Ehud, 390
Oman, 425, 487–97, 501–2
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 22, 188, 286
O’Neill, John, 301–2
O’Neill, Tip, 158, 165, 214
Operation Desert Storm, 190, 389, 546
Operation Dewey Canyon, 128–31, 132–33
Operation Market Time, 61, 81
Operation Rapid American Withdrawal (RAW), 124
Operation Rolling Thunder, 43
Operation Sealords, 68, 72–73, 76, 79, 101, 105, 108, 115
Operation U-Haul, 100
Operation Winter Soldier, 127–28
Oquist, Paul, 571
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), 540–41
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 566
Ortega, Daniel, 163–65, 167
Oslo Accords, 441, 450, 456, 476–77
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 34
Ottoman Empire, 507
Our Oceans conferences, 575
P5+1, 487, 493, 495, 497–99, 503, 510, 514
PACs (political action committees), 160–61, 181
Pakistan, 372, 374, 376–88
Afghanistan and, 376, 377, 381, 386–87, 417
bin Laden raid and, 382, 384–87
Davis affair in, 382–85
floods in, 381
Kashmir earthquake in, 378–79
military leaders in, 386
U.S. aid to, 379–81
Palau, 575
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 447, 450
Palestinian Authority, 477
Palestinians, 446–47
economy of, 454–55
Fatah, 450, 468, 470
Gaza, 390, 441, 448–51, 455, 471–475
Hamas, 388, 441, 448, 450, 458, 470–73
see also Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace talks
Palin, Sarah, 358, 363, 395, 396, 398
Pamplona, Spain, 8, 36–41
Paris, terrorist attacks in, 556–57
Paris Agreement, 570–73, 575–76, 578
Paris Peace Accords, 136
Pasha, Ahmad, 386–87
Patriot Act, 245
Patrol Boat, River (PBR) vessels, 52, 84, 86–88, 95, 96
Patrol Craft, Fast (PCF) vessels, see Swift boats
Paul, Rand, 396, 531
Paul, Saint, 172
peace movement, see anti-war activism
Pearl Harbor, 53, 54
World War II attack, 54, 370
Peck, Ted, 73, 76, 98–100
Pell, Claiborne, 155, 156, 179, 187
Peres, Shimon, 444, 451, 452, 470, 479–80
death of, 479, 480
Pershing, Dick, 19, 32–33, 42, 44–45, 119, 129, 137
death of, 55, 57, 65, 111, 119, 125, 171–73, 259, 334
Pershing, John J. “Black Jack,” 25, 42, 45
Pershing, Jonathan, 578
Peter, Paul and Mary, 117, 267
Peter Pan, 15
Petraeus, David, 371–72
Philbin, Philip, 118, 120, 121
Philippines, 175–77
Kerry’s trip to, 177–81
Phu Quoc Island, 72, 73, 77, 98
in map, 66
Piatt, Geoff, 434
Pickens, T. Boone, 364
Planned Parenthood, 318
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization), 447, 450
Podesta, John, 563, 567
political action committees (PACs), 160–61, 181
politics, 252, 330
in Massachusetts, 122, 143, 211, 214, 216
stereotypes and, 282
Pollard, Jonathan, 469
Popular Reconnaissance Units (PRUs), 86–88, 100
Portman, Rob, 403, 404
Powell, Colin, 247–49, 396, 409, 532
Power, Samantha, 481, 551
POWs, see Vietnam War POW/MIA issue
presidential election of 2000, 237–42
Bush in, 238–39, 241–42, 245, 263, 291, 292, 310–12, 319
debates in, 310–11, 312
Gore in, 238–42, 245, 272, 276–77, 291, 310–12, 319, 326
Kerry considered as running mate in, 1, 239, 240, 262, 274
presidential election of 2004, 242, 249, 288
Biden and, 260–61
bin Laden video and, 319–20, 386
Bush in, 265, 270, 277, 278, 290–93, 299, 308, 309, 320, 323, 324, 326, 327, 386
Clark in, 261–62
Dean in, 252, 254, 257–59, 261–63, 265, 267, 270, 278
debates in, 309–19
Democratic Convention in, 277, 279–80, 301, 308
Edwards as presidential candidate in, 265, 270
Election Day, 320–26
Iowa in, 258, 261–63, 266–68, 270, 309
Kerry in, see Kerry, John, presidential campaign of
New Hampshire in, 258–60, 262–64, 270, 309
Republican Convention in, 277, 307, 308
voting in, 325–27, 374
presidential election of 2008, 341–44, 363
Clinton in, 341–43, 349
Obama in, 341–44, 347, 349, 350, 353
Pressler, Larry, 206
Primakov, Yevgeny, 196
psyops missions, 101–2, 109
PTSD, 125, 126, 127
Puopolo, Sonia, 244–45
Putin, Vladimir, 435–39, 549, 556
Syria and, 525–26, 529, 537, 548–549, 552, 554
Qaboos, Sultan, 487–94, 500, 503
Qatar, 454, 471, 472, 555
Quebec Company 702, 46
Rabin, Yitzhak, 444–45, 470
Rabin-Pelossof, Dalia, 444–45
Rassmann, Jim, 107, 108, 268–69
Rayburn, Sam, 158
Reagan, Nancy, 183
&n
bsp; Reagan, Ronald, 10, 142, 147, 148, 149, 161, 162, 177, 183, 189, 203, 211, 238, 261, 297, 340, 396, 415, 439, 481, 505
Nicaragua and, 163–65, 167, 182, 184, 185, 255
Philippines and, 179, 180
Reed, Willis, 253
Regional and Popular Forces (RPRF; Ruff Puffs), 106
Rehnquist, William, 236
Reid, Harry, 193, 235, 357, 374–76, 400, 489
Reissfelder, George, 142–43, 203, 221
religious faith:
Catholic, 4, 19, 121, 162, 168–69, 171, 239, 267, 294–98
environment and, 579
Jesus in, 171–73, 296–97, 298
of Kerry, 4, 13–14, 19, 168–75, 282, 294–98, 558
abortion issue and, 294–96, 318
Communion and, 4, 13–14, 294, 297–98
dream about priest, 174–75
St. Christopher’s medal, 170, 252, 320
of Kerry’s parents, 4, 168–69, 296
National Prayer Breakfast, 171, 282
Senate Prayer Breakfast, 168–74, 275, 282
of Ted Kennedy, 169–70
Reno, Janet, 230
Republican National Committee (RNC), 276, 277, 290, 299
Republican National Convention (2004), 277, 307, 308
Republican Party, Republicans, 153–154, 165, 166, 203, 218, 219, 228, 242, 256, 282, 332, 502
Bill Clinton and, 230, 233–36
climate change and, 360–62, 365
gay marriage issue and, 287, 289–92
gun issue and, 281–87
health care and, 354, 355, 357–59
Iran nuclear negotiations and, 505
Kerry’s Vietnam service and activism record and, 298–307, 308
in Massachusetts, 211
McCain and, 273
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and, 394–402
Nicaragua and, 167, 182, 184, 185
Republican Revolution, 212, 215, 335
Syria and, 534–35
Tea Party, 358, 359, 363, 365, 395, 399, 401–5
voting and, 325, 326
Republic of Korea (ROK), 94
Rezaian, Jason, 522–23
Rezaian, Mary, 522–23
Rhodes, Ben, 425
Ribicoff, Abe, 27, 368
Ricciardone, Frank, 374
Rice, Condoleezza, 396, 409
Rice, Susan, 438, 500, 506, 508, 517, 527, 530–31, 533, 534, 537, 551
Richardson, Elliot, 148
Ridge, Tom, 301
Riverine Force, 95, 96
Rivkin, Charlie, 410
Robb, Chuck, 193, 238
Rockefeller, Jay, 157, 243, 368
Rodriguez, Bruno, 426–29
Rogers, Hal, 531
Roman, Yadin, 445
Romney, Mitt, 212, 256, 354, 395, 443
Rood, Bill, 102–3, 105, 113, 302
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 4, 228, 291, 293, 357, 547
Roosevelt, Theodore “Teddy,” 25, 175, 176, 242
Root, Elihu, 176
Rosenblith, Ron, 146, 214, 277, 309, 360
Ross, Dennis, 390–91, 461
Rouhani, Hassan, 496–98, 519, 521
Rouse, Pete, 400
Rousseff, Dilma, 569