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Lindsey, Bruce, 198
Little Rock, AR
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, 263
Bill Clinton Presidential Park Bridge, 226
Clinton Presidential Center Park, 233
Clinton Presidential Library, 30–31, 33, 39, 233
Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library and Learning Center, 263
See also Clinton Foundation
Liveris, Andrew, 83
Livingston, Bob, 65
Lott, Trent, 74–75
Lowey, Nita, 6
Lurie, Bari, 235
Lyons, Jim, 96
M
MacGillis, Alec, 232
Mandela, Nelson, 70, 211–12
Manning, Bradley, 164
Margolies, Marjorie, 225
Marshall, George, 156
Martin, Trayvon, 275
Matalin, Mary, 51–52, 236
Matthews, Chris, 36, 126, 133–34, 149–50, 186
McAuliffe, Terry, xxiii, 18, 120, 146, 147–49
McCain, Cindy, 137
McCain, John
2008 presidential campaign, 205, 245, 271
defense of Abedin, 44
HRC as president, 197, 200
HRC as Secretary of State, 155, 160, 188–90
HRC relationship, 67–68
marital relationship, 137
observations on Bush 41-WJC relationship, 91, 109
personal attack on Chelsea, 121
reflections on Ford and Bush 41, 91
relationship with WJC, 153–54
McCall, Carl, 265
McCartney, Paul, 217
McCaskill, Claire, 149, 262–63, 266
McChrystal, Stanley, 161
McCurry, Mike, xviii, 11, 64, 216
McDonough, Denis, 162
McDougal, James & Susan, 5
McFaul, Michael, 166
McKinsey & Company, 220
McLarty, Mike, 155
Media Matters for America, 48–49, 51, 63, 130, 133–34, 248
Medved, Michael, 3, 7, 13, 63, 69, 78–79, 82
Meet the Press, 21, 203
Merrill, Nick, 247–48
Messina, Jim, 208
Mezvinsky, Edward M., 225
Mezvinsky, Marc, 225–26, 229, 234
Michael Kors Award for Outstanding Community Service, 263
Middle East Peace process, 252–53
Mikulski, Barbara, 266
Miller, Lani, 92
Miller, Tim, 245
Miller Center (University of Virginia), 233
Mills, Cheryl, xvii, 167–71, 180–81
Modern American Queer History (Black), 263
Mondale, Eleanor, 54
“The Monica Files.” See Lewinsky, Monica
Morell, Michael, 231
Morgan, Piers, 198–99
Morning Joe (TV program), 124–25, 130
Morrison, Toni, 274
Moseley, Virginia, 278
Moseley Braun, Carol, 202
MoveOn.org, 68
Moynihan, Patrick, 5–7, 24, 42
MSNBC. See NBC/MSNBC
Murphy, Mike, 24, 68, 118, 179
Muscatine, Lissa, 165
Muslim. See Islam/Islamic issues
Mutombo, Dikembe, 173
My Life (Clinton), xxiii, 61, 81
N
Nasr, Vali, 158–60, 163, 165, 170
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 233
National Review, 43
National Security Council (NSC), x–xi, 158–60, 171
NBC/MSNBC
2000 HRC-Lazio debate, 20–23
covering HRC health issues, xiii–xiv
CVC contract, 224–25, 278
Hillary (TV miniseries), 246–49
“pimping out” CVC, 123–31
Nelson, Ben, 144
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 252–53
New Republic, xxi, 57, 230, 231, 232
New York Post, xii, xiv, 16, 25, 173, 225, 261, 264–65
Newsom, Gavin, 263
Nicholson, Jim, 66–67, 78–79, 93–98
Nides, Tom, 170–71, 278
Nixon, Richard, x, xiv, 7, 73, 100, 150, 201, 254
No One Left to Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family (Hitchens), xv, 10
Nordin, Kees, 235
Norman, Greg, 249
Novak, Michael, 69–70, 94
Nuland, Victoria, 164
O
Obama, Barack
2004 Senate election, 119, 138–39
2012 reelection campaign, 176–80, 199–200
birther conspiracy, 165
national security policy, x–xi, 157–63, 171
public vs. private persona, 119–20
secret deal for HRC endorsement, 195–201
60 Minutes interview with HRC, 192–96, 209
See also 2008 presidential campaign
Obama, Michelle, 141, 151, 195, 201, 210–12
Olbermann, Keith, 149
O’Malley, Martin, 242–43
Oppenheimer, Jerry, 15
O’Reilly, Bill, 192
P
Palestinian peace process, 20, 252–53
Paltrow, Gwyneth, 224
Panetta, Leon, ix–xi, 160, 186–89, 241
Parnes, Amie, 279
Paul, Rand, 249
Penn, Mark, 115, 136–37, 142–43
People United Means Action, 150
Perot, H. Ross, 99, 167
Petraeus, David, 143–44
Pitt, Harvey, 228
Plouffe, David, 206–7
Podesta, John, 48, 142, 197
Politico (magazine), 41, 130, 132–33, 195, 247, 260–61, 278–80
Pollard, Jonathan, 33, 252–53
Pounder, Joe, 245
Powell, Colin, 100, 171
Power, Samantha, 158
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 209–11
Press, Bill, 123–24
Priebus, Reince, 244–45
Priorities USA (PAC), 208
Pryor, David, 254–55
Purdum, Todd, 142, 149
R
Rabin, Yitzhak, 11
Ramos, Jorge, 256, 275–76
Rangel, Charles, 6
Rashid, Nasser al-, 31
Ratzinger, Joseph (Cardinal), 97–98
Ray, Robert W., 9
Ready for Hillary (PAC), 208, 263
Reagan, Nancy, 109–10
Reagan, Ronald
age comparison with HRC, 266
age issue, 238
Holder appointment to judge, 33
post-presidential life, 58, 61
WJC comparison with, 74
Regan, Trish, 213–14
Reich, Robert, 141
Reid, Harry, 144, 261
Reines, Philippe
campaign donation scandal, 50–51
press relations, 165–66, 247–48
spokesman for CVC, 231
spokesman for HRC, xiv, 45–46, 124
Renaissance Weekend, 69–70
Reno, Janet, 34, 121
Rhoades, Matt, 245
Rice, Condoleezza, 171
Rice, Susan, 162, 188, 212
Rich, Denise, 33, 35
Rich, Marc, 31, 33, 35–36, 38–39
Richardson, Bill
2008 presidential run, 114, 137–38
endorsement of Obama in 2008, xv, xx–xxi, 145–46
inclusion on Clinton “enemies list,” 149
role in Obama administration, xxii
WJC relationship, 81
right-wing conspiracy theory, 47–49, 63–64, 245. See also conspiracy theories
Roberts, John, 63
Roberts, Robin, 203–4
Rodham, Hugh, 36
Rodham, Tony, 35
Rogan, Jim, 70, 76, 101–2
Rollins, Ed, 228
Romney, Ann, 180
Romney, Willard (“Mitt”), 179–80, 198–99, 239, 244–45, 271
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 9
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 9
Rose Law Firm, 4
Rove, Karl
advisor to Bush, 94, 103, 207
HRC health issues, 241
observations on HRC, 197
observations on WJC, 103, 107, 180
Rubenstein Public Relations, 223
Rubin, Robert, 48
Ruff, Chuck, 64
Rumsfeld, Donald, 107
Russert, Luke, 52
Russert, Tim, 21, 129–30
Ryan, Jack, 138
Ryan, Paul, 171, 180
S
Sabato, Larry, 196
Safire, William, 9–10
Salter, Mark, 154
Sandoval, Arturo, 211
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 232
Saudi Arabia, 28–31, 43–44, 172
Scaife, Richard Mellon, 72–73
“Scandal at Clinton Inc.” (MacGillis), 232
Scarborough, Joe, 129
Schiff, Adam, 102
Schoen, Doug, 278
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, xiv, 166
Schumer, Chuck, 7–8, 24–26, 144, 259–62
Schweitzer, Brian, 243–44
Shapiro, Andrew J., 231
Shariff, Karim, 228
Sharpton, Al, 201, 202
Sheehy, Gail, 15
Shrum, Bob, 17, 25, 118, 143, 226, 239, 241
Shuster, David, 121–31, 217, 221
Sidey, Hugh, 92
Siewert, Jake, xxii
60 Minutes (TV program), 192–93, 209
60/20 (radio program), 52
Smith, Sally Bedell, xxiii, 2
social media, 175, 273–74
Soros, George, 263
Sperling, Gene, 48
Squier, Bob, 17
Starr, Kenneth W., 5, 47, 64, 77, 128–29
Starr Report, 218, 250, 252
Stephanopoulos, George, xx, 85–86, 120, 278
Stevens, Chris, 181–83, 187, 189
Streisand, Barbra, 55, 217
Stronach, Belinda, 86–87
Stronach, Frank, 84
Sullivan, Lencola, 52–54
Syria, 175–76, 240
T
Talbott, Strobe, 14, 164
Tanden, Deera, 45, 48
Teneo (advisory firm), 227–31, 280
Tenet, George, 253–54
Thurmond, Strom, 75
Todd, Chuck, 124, 130
Trie, Charlie, 32
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP, 2008), 66, 177
tsunami relief efforts, 90–92
Tucker (TV program), 123
Twitter, 175, 263, 273–74, 283
2002 Obama Senate campaign, 138–39
2004 presidential campaign, 62, 88–89, 104, 107, 119–20, 271. See also Clinton, Hillary Rodham (presidential candidate)
2008 presidential campaign
about HRC inevitability, 108, 113–15, 245
announcing HRC candidacy, 27, 115–17
conspiracy theories, 141–42
HRC campaign, 115–21, 140–44, 278
HRC endorsements, 139
Iowa caucuses, 117, 260
McCain campaign, 153–54, 205, 245, 271
New Hampshire primary, 117–20
Obama candidacy, 114
Obama endorsements, xv, xx–xxi, 143–47, 152, 165, 261–62, 274
Obama nomination, 147–48
“pimping out” CVC, 121–31
race card and negative campaigning, 114, 139, 141, 148–50
South Carolina primary, 136–40
vice president selection, 150–52
WJC womanizing rumors, 137
See also Clinton, Hillary Rodham (presidential candidate)
2016 presidential campaign
about HRC inevitability, 238–39
Biden preparations for, 239–41
building press relationships, 278–79
courting African American vote, 274–-75
courting Democratic Party, 282–85
courting Hispanic vote, 275–76
courting younger voters, 273–74
HRC endorsements, 260–61, 262–64
HRC health issues, xi–xiv, xxiv–xxv, 241
HRC preparations for, 163–65, 261–62, 278
HRC support from WJC, xiv–xv, 276–77
impact of Benghazi, 188–90, 244
impact of Lewinsky affair, 217–20, 246–54
Iowa caucuses, 259–61
Obama-HRC secret deal, 193–201
observations of Gingrich on, 112
relationship of WJC to HRC as president, 266–67
role of CVC, 277–78
vice president selection, 243, 265–66
voter sympathy for HRC, 245–46
See also Clinton, Hillary Rodham (presidential candidate)
2016 presidential challengers
Amy Klobuchar, 242, 266
Andrew Cuomo, 242, 264–65
Biden aspirations, 191–92, 204
Brian Schweitzer, 243–44
Elizabeth Warren, 244
Jerry Brown, 244
Martin O’Malley, 242–43
Rahm Emanuel, 207–8
Rand Paul, 249
Republican opposition, 244–46
U
University of Virginia, 233
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 66–67, 93
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 65
U.S. Supreme Court, 63, 102, 274
U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, 111–12
V
Vancouver Sun, 86
Vanity Fair, 55–56, 86, 115, 137, 232
Van Natta, Don, 46
Verveer, Melanne, 112
Vignali, Carlos, 36
Violence Against Women Act, 72
Vitter, David, 155
Vogue, 43
Voting Rights Act, 274
W
Wade, Richard, 9
Walker, Martin, 256
Walters, Barbara, 250, 272
War on Women, xi
Warner, Mark, 265
Warren, Elizabeth, 244, 262
Washington Free Beacon, 249
Washington Monthly, 132
Wattenberg, Ben, 69–70
Weekly Standard, xviii, xxiv
Wehner, Pete, 108
Weiner, Anthony, 45, 76, 128, 279–82
Whitewater scandal, 4, 5, 9–10, 60, 129
Whouley, Michael, 261
WikiLeaks, 164
Willey, Kathleen, 168
William J. Clinton Foundation. See Clinton Foundation
Williams, Maggie, xvii, 57
Wolfson, Howard, 20, 36, 122, 124, 127–28, 137, 142, 150, 284
Women in Islam (Abedin), 44
women-in-combat, x–xi
women’s rights, x, 169, 172–74, 249
Wonder, Stevie, 53
Woodward, Bob, 161
Write It When I’m Gone (DeFrank), 55
Wye River Memorandum (1998), 252–53
Y
Yankelovich, Daniel, xvii
“The Year Everyone Gave Hillary Clinton an Award,” 263
Yeltsin, Boris, 252
Young, Andrew, 139
Young, Charlie, 56
YouTube, xii, 139, 182, 185, 273
Z
Zogby, John, 3
Zucker, Jeff, 129
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