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INDEX
Page numbers in italics refer to photos. Page numbers followed by “n” refer to notes.
Abbas, Mahmoud, 64n, 69, 70
Abdullah II (King of Jordan), 64n, 69
Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk, 158
Abortion, 139, 152–53
Abu Rudeina, Nabil, 70
Affordable Care Act (2010). See Health-care reform
Afghanistan, 141
African American voters, 11
AIG bonuses, 92, 93–94
Air Force One, 329
al-Qaeda, 247–48
“Amazing Grace,” 359
American Clean Energy and Security Act, 113–15, 184, 185
American Jobs Act, 243–44
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009). See Economic stimulus/recovery
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), 165
America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, 125
“America’s Pacific Century” (Clinton), 250–51
Asia, 74–75, 250–52. See also specific countries
Assad, Bashar al-, 317–18, 320, 321
Associated Press, 312–13
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 74
Australia, 75, 292
Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001), 210
Auto industry rescue
about, 55–56, 83, 88–91
Chrysler, 54, 57, 90–91, 101–6
Fiat, 90, 91, 103n, 105n
Ford, 54, 91, 105
General Motors, 54, 57, 89, 91, 103–6
Awlaki, Anwar al-, 116–17, 248
Axelrod, David, 48, 50–51, 103, 106, 203–4, 223–24
Bail systems, 299–300
Ban, Ki-moon, 374n
Banks, 83
Baucus, Max, 38, 120, 121
Beer Summit, 123, 124
Benghazi, 208, 210, 211, 274
Bernstein, Jared, 60, 61–62
Beryllium leak, 71
Between Two Ferns, 333–35
Biden, Beau, 358
Biden, Joe
Congress, work with, 228
economic stimulus/recovery, 84–85
marriage equality, 258–60
presidential election (2016), 381
Recovery Act, 84–85
Specter, Arlen, and, 127
swine flu, 260
as vice-presidential nominee, 38, 44, 279
Biden Group, 228
bin Laden, Osama, 216–17, 218–22, 221
Birtherism, 213, 214, 215
Black Lives Matter, 340–41
Blagojevich, Rod, 59–60
Bloom, Ron, 102
Bloomberg, Michael, 156
Blue Dog Coalition, 84, 119
Boehner, John
budget negotiations (2011), 205–7
debt-ceiling crisis, 229, 231, 232–33
Giffords, Gabrielle, and, 198, 199
immigration reform, 315
as Speaker of the House, 197, 368–69
Syria, 317–18
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, 314–15
Boxer, Barbara, 152–53
BP oil spill, 170–73
Brazil, 147–48, 150
Brennan, John, 110, 221, 247, 249, 286, 287–88, 288
Breuer, Lanny, 108, 295–96
Broken-windows theory, 302
Brown, Michael, 338–40
Brown, Scott, 133, 159, 160, 283
Brown-Kaufman amendment to Dodd-Frank, 176–77
Budget Control Act (2011), 236n, 294n
Budget negotiations (2011), 205–7
Bush, George W.
economic crisis, 41, 56
Guantanamo Bay detention camp, 73, 119
judicial nominees, 304, 306, 307
NSA surveillance, 309–10
tax cuts, 162n, 265, 294n
transition out of White House, 63–64
Cabinet selections, initial, 56–59
Call sheets, 66, 135, 136, 348
Cancer research, 82
Cantor, Eric, 228–29
Cap-and-trade, 113–15, 184, 185
Carson, Jon, 244, 245–46
Census, 168
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 71–72, 218
Chaffee, John, 96n
Charleston, South Carolina church shooting, 358
Chemical weapons, 317–22, 323n
Cheney, Dick, 65
China
climate change, 343–48
Copenhagen Accord, 146–49, 150, 151
Group of Two proposal, 75
Paris Agreement, 371, 372
Chrysler, 54, 57, 90–91 101–6
Chu, Steven, 171–72
CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
Climate change
China, generally, 343–48
Copenhagen Accord, 144–52, 348, 370
Paris Agreement, 144, 145, 348–49, 369–75
Clinton, Bill
health-care reform, 99, 140
New Hampshire, 10
personality and work style, 109, 178, 179
presidential election (2012), 258, 269–73
Clinton, Hillary
bin Laden, Osama, and, 221
Copenhagen Accord, 145–46, 147–48
foreign policy shift, 250–51
health-care reform, 99
Iraq War, 17
presidential election (2008), 13–14, 36–37, 375
&nbs
p; presidential election (2016), 355, 375–83, 385, 387
Secretary of State appointment, 57
Cloture, 114n48, 137–38, 153, 163, 305, 306
Coakley, Martha, 127–28, 133, 159–60
Collateral damage, 246, 249–50
Collins, Susan, 80, 81–82, 83
Comey, James, 383
Compact Power, Inc., 177–78
Confederate flag, 360, 361
Conference of the Parties (COP) 15. See Copenhagen Accord
Conference of the Parties (COP) 21. See Paris Agreement
“Confusing God and Government” (Wright), 30n
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 99, 100, 101, 261
Congressional Review Act (1996), 398
Copenhagen Accord, 144–52, 348, 370
Counterterrorism, 247–50
Couric, Katie, 41, 43
Crack-powder bill, 298–99
Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (2009), 108–9
Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights, 108
Creditworthiness, US, 243
Criminal-justice reform, 298–304
Cronkite, Walter, 129, 131
Cruz, Ted, 330n
Cuba, 361–62
DACA. See Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Daimler-Benz AG, 90
Daley, Bill, 188, 202–3, 204, 221
Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center, 116–17
“Death panels,” 121, 125, 126, 130
Debates
presidential election (2008), 18–19, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45
presidential election (2012), 277–80
Debt-ceiling crisis (2011), 227–36
Deese, Brian, 102
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), 261–62
Delaware, 28, 29
Democratic National Committee, 378, 383
Democratic National Convention (2004), 3, 4–5
Democratic National Convention (2008), 38
Democratic National Convention (2012), 269–73
Democratic National Convention (2016), 382
Department of Agriculture, 86
Department of Energy, 85–86
Department of Justice, 248n, 339–40
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, 189, 195, 198, 261–62
Disabilities, people with, 165–66