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The Negotiator

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by George Mitchell


  6. McFarlane, North, Poindexter, Secord, Hakim, Clines, Channell, Miller, George, Fiers, Abrams.

  7. Abrams, George, Fiers, McFarlane.

  8. Weinberger and Clarridge.

  9. David Johnston, “The Pardons: Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial. Prosecutor Assails ‘Coverup,’ ” New York Times, December 25, 1992.

  10. Ibid.

  11. Too much deference for some. See Seymour M. Hersh, “The Iran-Contra Committees: Did They Protect Reagan?,” New York Times Magazine, April 29, 1990.

  12. Nationally televised speech from the White House, March 4, 1987.

  13. Richard E. Cohen, Washington at Work: Back Rooms and Clean Air (New York: Macmillan, 1995), 27–48.

  14. Ibid., 62.

  15. Helen Dewar, Washington Post, March 25, 1990.

  16. Congressional Record: Senate, March 29, 1990, 5861.

  17. Paul A. Gigot, “Clean-Air Game: Green Machine Routs Bush Team,” Wall Street Journal, April 6, 1990; Matthew L. Wald, “Industry Wary of Clean-Air Bill,” New York Times, April 5, 1990.

  18. Cohen, Washington at Work, 174.

  19. Ibid., 176.

  20. Environmental Protection Agency, Our Nation’s Air, 2012 Report. The amounts of reduction were significant: ground-level ozone 17 percent, particulate pollution 38 percent, lead 45 percent, nitrogen oxides 45 percent, carbon monoxide 73 percent, sulfur dioxide 75 percent.

  21. “Portland Girl Given Little League Rights,” Associated Press, Lewiston Daily Sun, May 28, 1974.

  22. 132 Cong. Rec. 14336 1986.

  23. 132 Cong. Rec. 14341 1986.

  24. “White House Shores Up No Tax Stand,” Washington Post, May 10, 1990.

  25. John Robert Greene, The Presidency of George Bush (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999), 37.

  26. A copy of the original document, with my handwritten changes, is included at the end of these notes.

  27. Statement by the president, August 19, 1982.

  28. “The Budget Agreement,” New York Times, October 2, 1990.

  NORTHERN IRELAND

  1. George J. Mitchell, Making Peace (New York: Knopf, 1999), 187.

  NO TIME FOR RETIREMENT

  1. Ashley Dunlak, “Tigers’ Scherzer on Steroid Scandal: ‘We’re Tired of Cheaters,’ ” CBS Detroit, August 6, 2013.

  2. Stephen Lorenso and Christian Red, “Mike Trout Wants Players Caught Using Steroids and PEDs Thrown Out of Baseball for Life,” New York Daily News, August 13, 2013.

  3. Mike Cardillo, “Diamondbacks Pitcher David Hernandez: Throw PED Cheats Out of Baseball,” Big Lead, June 7, 2013.

  4. Peter Abraham, “Dustin Pedroia OK with Hiking PED Penalties,” Boston Globe, March 4, 2013; Bryan Curtis, “Q&A: Angels Pitcher C. J. Wilson on Steroids, Screenplays, and Star Wars,” Grantland, March 11, 2013.

  5. Associated Press, “All Star SS Peralta, Cardinals Reach 4-Year Deal,” November 24, 2013.

  6. Bill Madden, “MLB Players Association’s Michael Weiner Says Some Players Would Welcome Tougher Bans for Positive Drug Tests,” New York Daily News, February 25, 2013.

  7. Statement by Major League Baseball and Major League Baseball Players Association, March 28, 2014.

  8. Ibid.

  9. Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports (New York: Gotham, 2006).

  10. The history of baseball’s efforts to confront drug use is summarized in George J. Mitchell, Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball, December 13, 2007, 18–137.

  11. Report of the Special Bid Oversight Commission, United States Olympic Committee, March 1, 1999.

  12. Mitchell, Report to the Commissioner of Baseball.

  13. Report of the International Commission on Violence in the Middle East, April 30, 2001.

  14. U.S. Department of State, Remarks by Senator George J. Mitchell, Appointment of Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Washington, DC, January 22, 2009.

  15. Naftali Bennett, “For Israel, Two-State Is No Solution,” New York Times, November 5, 2014.

  16. Stephen Castle and Jodi Rudoren, “A Symbolic Vote in Britain Recognizes a Palestinian State,” New York Times, October 13, 2014.

  17. Dan Bilefsky and Maia de la Baume, “Symbolic Vote in France Backs Palestinian State,” New York Times, December 3, 2014.

  18. Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, 102nd Congress, May 22, 1991.

  19. U.S. Department of State, airgram to the Embassy in Israel, April 8, 1968. See http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v20/d137.

  20. UN Security Council, Statement by Charles Yost, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, July 1, 1969. See Foundation for Middle East Peace, “Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories,” Special Report, February 1994, p. 6.

  21. United Nations Security Council, Statement by William Scranton, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, March 23, 1976. See Foundation for Middle East Peace, “Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories,” Special Report, February 1994, p. 6.

  22. U.S. Department of State, Statement by the Secretary of State, March 21, 1980.

  23. White House, Statement by the President, September 1, 1982.

  24. White House, Statement by the President, December 16, 1996.

  25. White House, Statement by President George W. Bush, April 4, 2002; White House, “President Bush Calls for New Palestinian Leadership,” June 24, 2002, http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020624-3.html.

  26. United Nations, “A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” July 2002, http://www.un.org/News/dh/mideast/roadmap122002.pdf.

  27. Thomas Friedman, “The Last Train,” New York Times, October 26, 2014.

  28. Jackson Diehl, “Abbas’ Waiting Game on Peace with Israel,” Washington Post, May 29, 2009. Abbas’s view, that others are resonsible for the plight of the Palestinians, is widely shared in the region among Arabs, and also in Turkey and Iran and other non-Arab countries. It is often expressed more broadly to included the plight of the entire region. See Tim Arango, “Turkish Leader, Using Conflicts, Cements Power,” New York Times, November 1, 2014.

  29. David Ignatius, “The Mideast Deal That Could Have Been,” Washington Post, October 26, 2011.

  30. Richard Boudreaux, “Olmert’s Peace Efforts Put Livni in Tight Spot,” Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2009.

  31. Ibid.

  32. Much later, in an interview, Olmert described those discussions in detail. Greg Sheridan, “Ehud Olmert Still Dreams of Peace,” Australian, November 28, 2009.

  33. Richard Boudreaux, “Olmert’s Peace Efforts Put Livni in Tight Spot,” Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2009.

  34. U.S. Department of State, Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell, November 25, 2009.

  INDEX

  A note about the index: The pages referenced in this index refer to the page numbers in the print edition. Clicking on a page number will take you to the ebook location that corresponds to the beginning of that page in the print edition. For a comprehensive list of locations of any word or phrase, use your reading system’s search function.

  Abbas, Mahmoud, 312, 314, 321, 326–30, 333–39

  Netanyahu’s meetings with, 334–38

  ABC television, 270, 274

  Abdullah, King of Jordan, 334

  Abenaki, 43, 44

  abortion, 147, 167–68

  Acadia National Park, 53, 373, 374–75

  acid rain, 170, 171, 172, 174, 180

  Afghanistan, 305, 306

  Air Line Road, 354–55, 357

  alcohol, tax on, 194, 216, 217, 219

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nbsp; American Indians, 43–44, 48, 53, 102, 372

  American Red Cross, 261–64

  Amoco Cadiz oil spill, 225

  Amtrak, 199–200

  Anastasia (movie), 82–83

  Andrew’s Peace, 246–52

  anticommunism, 72, 79, 135, 136

  Arabia, 307–8

  Arabic language, 19, 24, 378

  Arab Peace Initiative (2002), 325

  Arabs, 307–11, 314, 318, 321, 322, 325, 336, 339

  Israeli, 318, 320

  settlement freeze and, 326

  uprisings of, 309, 310

  Arafat, Yasser, 311, 312, 321

  Argo Merchant oil spill, 225

  Armstrong, Lance, 291n

  Army, U.S., 24, 63, 65–66, 69

  Intelligence Service of, 66, 71–82, 84–85, 367

  Aspirations of Maine’s Youth (conference), 344

  Atkins, Barbara Mitchell, 6, 7, 18, 20, 39, 40–41, 244, 379

  education of, 68, 94

  Atkins, Eddie, 141

  Baer, Max, 79

  Baird, Ken, 91–92

  Baker, James A., III, 323

  BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative) scandal, 289, 293, 296, 297

  Balfour Declaration, 308

  Baltimore, Md., 71–72

  Bangor, Maine, 8, 38, 50, 97, 106–7, 108, 354, 355

  Bangor High School, 343

  Barak, Ehud, 312, 313, 318

  Bar Harbor, Maine, 38, 52, 53, 373

  Barstow, David, 261

  baseball, 21, 22, 24, 30, 198

  Blue Ribbon Commission report on, 287

  girls in, 198

  Mitchell’s investigation of, 287–301

  performance-enhancing drugs and, 281–302

  Basic Agreement, 282–83, 294, 295, 299

  basketball, 21–24, 31, 32, 34–35

  at Bowdoin, 58, 59, 62, 64–65

  Bath Iron Works, 151–53, 197, 199

  Baucus, Max, 158, 159

  clean air efforts and, 174, 177, 179, 180, 182, 183

  Begin, Menachem, 310, 311

  Belfast, 40, 243, 247, 362–63

  Belfast, Maine, 52, 53

  Ben-Gurion, David, 310–11

  Benoit, Larry, 127–28, 130–31

  Bentsen, Lloyd, 211

  Bergman, Ingrid, 82–83

  Berlin, 72–82, 84–85, 86, 88, 109, 367

  refugees in, 76–79

  Bernhard, Berl, 150n, 261–62, 264

  Best family, 250

  Beverly Hills, Calif., 125–27, 132, 173

  Biden, Joe, 187–88, 303, 333, 334

  Biogenisis clinic, 282, 300

  Birney, Trevor, 246, 249, 250

  Bkassine, 6, 379

  Blackmun, Harry, 231, 233

  Black September, 311

  Blair, Tony, 242, 245

  blood testing, 282, 291

  Boles, Eugenie, 6–7

  Boles, Marium Saad, 6, 7

  Boles, Thomas, 6, 7

  bombing, 240–41, 247, 251, 265

  of King David Hotel, 310

  book signing, 63–64

  Boston, Mass, 7–8, 69, 71, 200, 285–86, 296–97, 378

  Boston Red Sox, 24, 281, 284, 285–86

  Bowdoin College, 59–69, 88, 91, 364–66

  history of, 60–61

  Boyle, Jessica, 342–44

  Boys Club, 29, 32, 33

  Bradley, Bill, 159, 203n

  Brady, Nicholas, 201, 211

  Brann, Louis, 46

  Breaux, John, 177

  Brennan, Joe, 99, 113–18

  Breyer, Stephen, 233

  bridges, 4, 15–16, 54, 82–83, 194, 195, 199

  in Ireland, 378–79

  in New York, 257–60

  Bridges, Styles, 87, 89

  Bristol, Maine, trip to, 36–40

  Brokaw, Tom, 131

  Brunswick, Maine, 57–67, 197–200

  Brunswick Bypass, 197, 199

  Brunswick Naval Air Station, 197, 199

  budget, 202, 218, 220, 361

  Clinton policy and, 229, 230, 361

  deficit, 203, 205–7, 209–16

  Bush, George H. W., 138, 168, 323

  budget and, 206–7, 209–13, 361

  clean air efforts and, 171–72, 175–76, 178, 183–86, 189–92

  taxes and, 201–2, 204–19

  Bush, George W., 316, 326, 331

  business, xiii, 58–59, 203

  clean air efforts and, 173, 178, 179, 184

  health care reform and, 231–32

  Robbie’s ventures in, 32–35

  transportation projects and, 198–99

  Byrd, Robert C., 145, 147, 149, 155–56, 160–63, 244

  clean air efforts and, 18–79, 169, 171, 184–88

  funeral of, 188

  Byrd amendment, 169, 184–88

  California, 125–27, 132, 145, 173, 198, 266–67, 286

  Camp David agreements, 311, 312

  Camp Lejeune, 66–69

  Canada, Canadians, 44, 46, 144, 224

  environmental issues and, 171, 172

  Olympic Games and, 277, 279

  cap-and-trade, 175, 184

  capital, 204

  equity vs. debt, 221

  capital gains tax, 203–5

  Capitol, U.S., 154–55

  cars and driving, 33, 36, 52–53, 57, 58–59, 68–71, 77, 87, 107–8, 197

  clean air efforts and, 173, 174, 185

  with Muskie, 352–55

  9/11 and, 257–60

  pollution and, 169, 170, 174

  Carter, Jimmy, 102, 105, 106, 311, 324, 353

  hostage crisis and, 113, 369

  Catholics, 7–8, 10, 13, 86–87, 250, 378

  Maronite, 18–20

  Ceausescu, Nicolae, 141

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 84–85

  Chafee, John, 174, 177, 182

  health care reform and, 232–34

  taxes and, 203n, 204, 205

  Chamberlain, Joshua, 60

  Champlain, Samuel de, 48, 372–73

  Cheney, Dick, 137

  Chicago, Ill., 295, 304

  China, 13

  Christian Civic League of Maine, 147

  Christian Right, 147

  cigarettes, tax on, 194, 216, 217, 219

  Civil War, U.S., 45, 46, 60

  Clarke, John, 288

  Clean Air Act (1970), 93, 223n

  1977 amendment to, 170

  1990 amendment to, 169–93, 205, 206, 218, 220, 361

  Clinton, Bill, 141, 150, 229–36, 345, 365

  budget and, 229, 230, 361

  health care reform and, 229, 231–35, 303

  Ireland policy and, 235–36, 241–42, 268

  Middle East and, 304, 311–12, 324

  Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 229, 231, 305

  Middle East policy and, 303–4, 333–34, 336

  coal miners, coal, 171, 179, 181, 184

  Cohen, Bill, 122, 149–53

  Cohen Group, 150–51

  Colby College, 11–13, 34, 59, 66–67, 343

  baseball at, 284–85

  cold war, 74–80

  Commissioner’s Office, 292, 300

  communism, communists, 75, 76, 79, 80, 135, 141

  Congress, U.S., 45, 54, 105, 145, 194, 319

  Iran-Contra Select Committee of, 135–39, 149–50, 157, 158

  joint committee on taxation of, 203

  Mandela’s addressing of, 201

  “out-of-control-pork-barrel” spending of, 199

  see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

  Congressional Budget Office, 206, 217

  contras, xiv, 135–39

  Coombs, Edmund “Beezer,” 64–65

  corruption, Olympic Games and, 277–80, 289

  counterfeit bills story, 376–77

  criminal cases, 104–7, 138

  Curtis, Ken, 114, 115, 118

  election of 1982 and, 121–23, 128–29

  Danforth, John, 203n, 222

  Darman
, Dick, 201, 209–12, 218–19

  debt, 206, 207, 270

  housing and, 221, 222

  democracy, 79n, 80, 136, 137, 141, 216, 251

  Democratic National Committee, 96, 99

  Democratic National Convention (1968), 06, 99

  Democratic Party, Democrats, 138, 139, 145–49, 151, 206, 229–30, 304, 357

  clean air efforts and, 171, 174, 175, 178, 185–86, 189, 191

  election of Senate majority leader and, 148, 151–64

  health care reform and, 231–35

  taxes and, 202, 204, 205, 208–10, 216–18

  Democratic Party, Maine, 46, 91, 95–96, 97, 114, 115, 147

  election of 1982 and, 122, 123, 128

  Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 145, 158

  DiMaggio, Joe, 284, 285–86

  Dingell, John, Jr., 182–84, 190–92

  Dingell, John, Sr., 172

  Disney (Walt Disney Company), 266–76

  board of directors of, 267–75, 286

  Mitchell offered presidency of, 267–68

  Disney, Roy, 268, 270–75

  District Court, U.S., judges in, 102–7, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118

  DLA Piper, 150–51, 264, 287

  document dispute, 330–33, 335–36

  Dole, Bob, 149, 232

  clean air efforts and, 175–76, 186–87

  Mitchell’s relationship with, 163–65

  “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, 230

  drugs, 104–5

  performance-enhancing, 281–302

  drug testing, 282–84, 287, 290–91, 295, 298–301

  Dukes, Walter, 34–35

  Durenberger, David, 174, 177, 182

  economy, U.S., 202, 208–9, 218–21

  education, 341–47

  Egypt, 307, 311–14, 334, 336

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 77, 79–80

  Eisner, Michael, 267–75

  elections, 46

  for Senate majority leader (1988), 148, 151–64, 171

  elections, Maine, 91

  of 1966, 114

  of 1974, 99–101, 113

  of 1978, 113

  of 1982, 117–18, 121–33, 149, 156, 159

  of 1988, 157, 166, 201

  of 1998, 147–48

  of 2004, 180

  elections, U.S.:

  of 1956, 79–80

  of 1960, 89

  of 1964, 90, 97–98

  of 1968, 94, 96–99

  of 1972, 94, 99, 113, 125, 126

  of 1976, 102, 113, 163

  of 1980, 113

  of 1986, 145, 158

 

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