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71President Barack Obama on the swing set on the South Lawn with daughter Malia, May 4, 2010. (Pete Souza/The White House)
72President Barack Obama talks with Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, following a cabinet meeting, Sept. 12, 2013. (Pete Souza/The White House)
73Nobel Peace Prize laureate President Barack Obama arrives for the award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, Dec. 10, 2009. (John McConnico/AFP via Getty Images)
74President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on their way to sign the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, July 21, 2010. (Pete Souza/The White House)
75President Barack Obama prepares to deliver an address to the nation from the Oval Office on the end of the combat mission in Iraq, Aug. 31, 2010. (Pete Souza/The White House)
76President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated, from left: Brigadier General Marshall B. Webb, assistant commanding general, JSOC; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Standing, from left: Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony Blinken, national security advisor to the vice president; Audrey Tomason, director for counterterrorism; John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism; and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (out of frame). (Pete Souza/The White House)
77President Barack Obama, seated between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left) and President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at a state dinner at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, Nov. 8, 2010. (Pete Souza/The White House)
78President Barack Obama and (from left) President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, in the Blue Room of the White House, check their watches to see if it is officially sunset, Sept. 1, 2010. (Pete Souza/The White House)
79President Barack Obama looks out a window in the Blue Room of the White House, Nov. 3, 2010. (Pete Souza/The White House)
80President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia tour the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mar. 20, 2011. (Pete Souza/The White House)
81President Barack Obama walks along the West Colonnade of the White House, Jan. 8, 2011. (Pete Souza/The White House)
INDEX
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A
Abbas, Mahmoud, 159, 630, 631, 632, 633–36
Abdullah (king of Jordan), 159, 635, 646
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (king of Saudi Arabia), 359, 361–62, 645–46
Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk (Underwear Bomber), 520, 583–84
Abedin, Huma, 103
abortion, 242, 388, 422, 424
Abu Ghraib abuses, 311, 354
ACA. See Affordable Care Act; Affordable Care Act campaign
Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), 492
Affordable Care Act (ACA) (2010)
final vote, 424–26
implementation of, 425, 669
Obama’s smoking habit and, 539–40
repeal attempts, 603
See also Affordable Care Act campaign
Affordable Care Act campaign
budget reconciliation strategy, 419–21, 422
committee work, 399–401, 411–15
compromises, 391–92
conservative rhetoric and, 403–6, 408, 409, 411, 519
Democrats and, 384, 391, 392–94, 408, 414–15, 416–17, 420–21, 422, 423–24
endorsements, 422–23
final vote, 424–26
House approval of Senate bill, 420–21, 422, 423–24
House passage, 412
idealism and, 409, 423–24
Massachusetts model for, 382–83, 400, 412, 413–14
merged bill negotiations, 416–17
midterm elections of 2010 and, 408, 421, 423, 594
Obama’s joint congressional address, 409–11, 413
Obama’s personal motivations, 378–79
Obama’s western town hall tour, 401, 402, 403
political risks of, 377–78, 408–9, 419
press and, 393, 394, 408, 411, 413, 421–22
process for, 380–81
Recovery Act and, 265
Republican obstruction strategy and, 378, 382, 399–400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 415–16
Senate passage, 416, 555
team, 381–82
Tea Party focus on, 403–4
See also Affordable Care Act
Afghanistan war
bin Laden operation and, 686
casket homecomings, 440–41
casualties, 429–30, 431, 440, 577
impacts of, 314
Iran and, 452, 453
Iraq War and, 155, 316, 321
midterm elections of 2010 and, 576
military hospital patient visits and, 323, 576–77
Obama’s U.S. Senate campaign and, 47
Obama’s visit (2008), 154–56
Russia and, 464
See also Afghanistan war, Obama administration policies
Afghanistan war, Obama administration policies, 313, 315–23
additional deployment request, 316–20, 431
Af-Pak strategy, 321, 345
counterinsurgency (COIN) proposal, 432–34, 443
counterterrorism and, 309, 315, 316, 353, 433
deployment decision (2009), 442–45
first-term appointments and, 215–16
generals’ press leaks, 433–35, 437
Karzai consultations, 566
Libya military intervention and, 657
McChrystal appointment, 321–23
McChrystal report, 431–34
national security establishment and, 319–20, 444
Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize award and, 440
Pentagon relations and, 318–20, 434–35, 436–39, 443, 577–80
Petraeus command, 579–80
Riedel report, 317–18, 320–21, 432
transition team discussions, 239
Af-Pak strategy, 321, 345
African Americans
Democratic Party and, 117–18
double consciousness and, 131
Jewish experience and, 628
Martha’s Vineyard, 588–89
military racism and, 611
Obama’s presidential candidacy decision and, 121–22
presidential campaign and, 116–19, 122–24, 126–27, 167
Recovery Act and, 248
voter discrimination and, 575
Washington mayoral campaign and, 16–17
See also race; specific people
African National Congress, 337
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 453, 455, 470
AIG, 181, 182, 278, 291, 294–95, 548–49
Air Force One, 327–28, 461
Akihito (emperor of Japan), 477–78
Algeria, 651
Alinsky, Saul, 194
Alito, Samuel, 234
Al Jazeera, 633
Allen, Thad, 561, 563, 566, 571, 572, 573
American democracy
American commonalities and, 115
> civil rights movement and, 11
current crisis in, xv
digital networks and, 130–31
Holder’s belief in, 585
McCain’s respect for, 152
Oval Office as sanctum of, 206
Pentagon-Obama administration relations and, 436–37
resentment narrative and, 276
Tea Party and, 404–5
See also human rights, Obama administration and; idealism
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), 628–29, 630
American Medical Association, 375
American political culture
cynicism, 276
race and, 275
resentment narrative and, 276–77
social contract origins, 274–76
See also American democracy; political polarization
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009)
congressional meetings on, 245, 247–49
Democratic responses, 254, 255, 256, 264, 265–66, 523
design of, 244–45
energy policy and, 265, 492–94
House passage of, 258
implementation of, 302, 521, 533, 669
midterm elections of 2010 and, 523, 594
political polarization and, 242–43, 256–57
post-crisis criticisms of, 523
press coverage, 254–55, 260, 265
Republican obstruction strategy and, 260, 261, 262, 382
Republican outreach and, 255–58
Senate passage of, 263–64
significance of, 264–65
tax policy and, 244, 248, 264, 605–6
Tea Party and, 403
transition team planning, 237–38, 239, 240–41, 244–45
Americans for Prosperity, 404
Amos, James, 613–14
Annan, Kofi, 508
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 464
Arab-Israeli conflict
background of, 623–27
Egyptian politics and, 364
Iran and, 452
Jerusalem and, 625–26, 634
Obama’s Buchenwald visit and, 368
Obama’s visit with Mubarak (2009) and, 364–65
Six-Day War, 624
Yom Kippur War, 630
See also Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Arab League, 656, 658
Arab Spring, 641–42, 651–52, 653–54
See also Egyptian revolution of 2011, Obama administration responses; Libya military intervention
Arafat, Yasser, 624, 625, 628, 631
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 560
Armenian genocide, 639–40
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), 476, 478–79
al-Assad, Bashar, 652
al-Assad, Hafez, 364
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 476, 478–79
Atwater, Lee, 126
Audacity of Hope, The (Obama), 54, 73
austerity policies, 330, 529
authoritarianism
Egypt, 363, 640, 642, 643–44
Havel on, 350
Middle East, 364, 636–38
Obama administration foreign policy and, 467
Russia, 337, 340, 343, 457–58, 459, 460–61
auto industry
Dodd-Frank Act and, 554
financial crisis and, 297–98
fuel-efficiency standards, 494–95, 497–98
Obama administration initiatives, 298–301, 302, 497–98
el-Awlaki, Anwar, 441
Axelrod, David
Affordable Care Act campaign and, 377, 378, 394, 425
auto industry initiatives and, 299–300
climate change policies and, 490, 510
congressional address (Feb. 2009) and, 285
Deepwater Horizon oil spill and, 573, 575, 673
Dodd-Frank Act and, 553
Egypt visit (2009), 367
first-term appointments and, 209, 210, 218
Geithner confirmation and, 278
Holder and, 586
inauguration (2009) and, 228
lame-duck session (2010) and, 619
on Massachusetts Senate race (2010), 417, 418
midterm elections of 2010 and, 591–92, 595
Obama’s Democratic National Convention keynote address and, 51
Obama’s presidential candidacy decision and, 73–74, 75–76
Obama’s Russia visit (2009) and, 466
Obama’s U.S. Senate campaign and, 43, 46, 49, 50, 52
Obama’s U.S. Senate candidacy decision and, 43–44
post-crisis economy and, 520–21, 523
Recovery Act and, 240–41, 257, 264, 524
Republican obstruction strategy and, 524
temporary resignation of (2010), 596
Wall Street initiatives and, 292, 294, 295
work-life stress and, 532
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND:
Democratic National Convention, 166, 167, 168
Election Day, 200, 201–2
federal gas tax issue, 148
Indiana and North Carolina primaries, 149
Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, 101
McCain debates, 183
New Hampshire primary, 110
Obama’s gaffes and, 82
on Obama’s public speaking style, 83, 88–89
Palin’s nomination, 168–69
platform, 138–39
primary debates, 100
public expectations, 82, 108
racial issues, 115, 116, 118, 141, 142
running mate choice, 150, 164
South Carolina primary, 127
Toot’s death and, 199
Wright and, 120–21
Ayers, Bill, 194
B
Bachmann, Michele, 498
Bachus, Spencer, 188–89
Bahrain, 651, 652, 656
Bair, Sheila, 279
Baker, James, 217
Balfour Declaration (1917), 623
bank bailout. See TARP
Ban Ki-moon, 508–9, 511
Bank of America, 177, 181, 278, 291, 293, 303, 548
banks. See Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; financial crisis (2008); TARP; Wall Street initiatives, Obama administration
Barak, Ehud, 625, 626
Barnes, Melody, 213, 535
Barofsky, Neil, 523
Baucus, Max, 384, 385, 391, 393, 399, 400–401, 408, 412, 421
Bauer, Bob, 684
Bayh, Evan, 66–67
Beach, Dave, 221
Bear Stearns, 548–49
Beck, Glenn, 403
Beer Summit, 397, 398
Begin, Menachem, 625
Bellow, Saul, 627
Ben Ali, Zine el-Abidine, 641
Berman, Jeff, 129–30
Bernanke, Ben, 181, 214, 236
Bernstein, Jared, 213
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 323–25
Beyoncé, 231
Bhutto, Benazir, 696
Biden, Beau, 164
Biden, Jill, 164, 168, 225, 228, 543
Biden, Joe
Affordable Care Act campaign and, 411, 425
Afghanistan war policies and, 318–19, 432–33, 434, 436, 437, 438, 442, 443
bin Laden operation and, 676, 686, 695
Bush tax cut deal and, 605–6
character of, 163
congressional leadership and, 247
Egyptian revolution of 2011 and, 644, 646
election of 2008 and, 66–67, 99–100, 108, 162–65, 168, 169, 202
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sp; financial crisis planning and, 236, 237
first-term appointments and, 213
Gates arrest and, 397
inauguration (2009) and, 225, 228
Iraq War and, 318
Israel visit (2010), 634
life tragedies of, 163–64
McChrystal Rolling Stone profile and, 577
Obama’s first-term appointments and, 219
Recovery Act and, 245, 248–49, 256, 258, 264, 302, 521
Biden, Maisy, 540
bin Laden, Osama, 159, 361
See also bin Laden operation; al-Qaeda
bin Laden operation, 676–83
execution of, 693–96
final decision, 685–88
go order, 688
location lead, 675, 677–79
motivations for, 676–77
9/11 and, 697, 698–700
Obama’s campaign promises on, 99
Pakistani government secrecy and, 679–80, 682
public announcement of, 696–97
public response, 697–99
raid planning, 680–83
team introductions, 700
timing, 691, 692
birtherism, 405, 672–75, 683–85, 691, 692–93
Black Lives Matter, xv
Blacks. See African Americans; race
Blair, Dennis, 218, 311, 313
Blair, Tony, 62, 326, 334
Blanchard, Anita, 59, 72, 445
Blankfein, Lloyd, 291
Blinken, Tony, 644, 657
Bloom, Ron, 239, 299, 301
Bloomberg, Michael, 586, 587, 588
Bo (Obama family dog), 373–74, 375, 426
Boccieri, John, 424, 592
Boehner, John
Affordable Care Act campaign and, 378, 399, 421, 422
Affordable Care Act repeal attempts and, 603
congressional politics and, 246
federal spending cut proposals and, 670, 671–72
financial crisis and, 186, 188
Recovery Act and, 245, 247, 248, 257, 265
Republican obstruction strategy and, 259, 275, 671–72
resentment narrative and, 276–77
White House Correspondents’ Dinner and, 692
Bolten, Josh, 185
Bond, Brian, 613, 614
Bond, Julian, 18
Bork, Robert, 388
Bosnia, 654
Bouazizi, Mohamed, 641
Bowles, Erskine, 670
Boxer, Barbara, 499, 501, 505
BP. See Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Braun, Carol Moseley, 42, 46
Brazil, 337, 506–7, 660–61, 662–65
Bremer, Paul, 156
