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Gore, Al, 196, 202, 405
Govashiri, Ferial, 3, 354, 411, 441
Gowdy, Trey, 337
Graceland (Paul Simon album), 115
Graham, Lindsey, 310 SR and Benghazi, 11, 315, 316
SR as secretary of state opposed, 319–21, 323–25
SR unmasking charge, 468
Gramm, Phil, 141
Gration, J. Scott, 272, 273
Great Depression, 36
Great Lakes Justice Initiative, 152
Great Recession (economic crisis, 2008), 237, 242
Greece, 456
Gregory, David, 314
Gross, Alan, 408–9, 410
Guantánamo Bay detention facility, 237, 243, 450 detainees-Bergdahl swap, 393
Guinea, 401, 403, 405
Haddad, Essam el-, 348
Hadley, Robyn, 113–14
Hadley, Steve, 6
Hagel, Chuck, 350, 389
Haggar, Anis, 210
Hailemariam, Desalegn, 380, 381
Haines, Avril, 352, 355, 357, 369–73, 400, 411, 415, 422, 438, 459
Haiti, 136, 142, 160
Ham, Carter, 275, 276
Handley, Bill, 104
Hannity, Sean, 309–10
Hardy, Molly Huckaby, 492n189
Hargadon, Fred, 91
Harvard Business School, 227
Harvard University, 28, 29, 41–42, 91, 92
Hawkins, Augustus “Gus,” 85
Heusgen, Christoph, 359
Hezbollah, 366
HIV/AIDS crisis, 199, 202 PEPFAR and, 202
Hobson, Kenneth Ray, 492n189
Holbrooke, Richard, 76, 184, 195–99, 336 animosity of, 182, 196, 199–200, 326
Congo Security Council Summit, 197–99
Congo War and, 195–99
Dayton Peace Accords and, 183, 196
To End a War, 183
Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict and, 182–83, 199
HIV/AIDS campaign, 199 SR confrontation with, 197–98
as U.N. ambassador, 182, 195, 197
Holder, Eric, 223, 238
Hollande, François, 359, 399, 454
Holmes Norton, Eleanor, 117–18, 120
Hoyer, Steny, 320
Huddleston, Vicki, 169
Hu Jintao, 267
Humphrey, Hubert H., 53
Hurricane Katrina, 40
“I Feel Good” (song), 125
Ijaz, Mansoor, 209
India, 24, 46, 265–66, 286, 345, 381, 434, 451
Innocence of Muslims (video), 309, 313–14
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 253, 264, 417
International Criminal Court, 271, 279, 280
International Monetary Fund for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative, 201
Iran, 411 American hikers captured, 262
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 269
Levinson missing in, 262
nuclear deal (JCPOA), 269, 386, 411–18, 451, 472
nuclear program, 262, 263–64
P5+1 nuclear deal and, 412
sanctions on, 260, 264, 266–69
Sudan and, 157
Syria and, 366, 367, 368
terrorism supported by, 264
U.N., SR, and, 261–64
U.N. Mission, N.Y., 261–62
U.S. back channel to, 261–63
U.S. Embassy hostages, 82
U.S.-Iran conflict threat, 417
U.S. relations with, 415
Iran-Contra affair, 19
Iraq, 40, 243, 367 Erbil and, 419
ISIS and, 418–19, 422–23, 451
Mosul and, 418–19, 422
Mosul Dam, 421–22, 458
Obama and Iraq War, 222, 230
Obama policy, 242, 418, 451
SR and, 212, 219–20, 326
urban counterinsurgency, 140
Irish, James Theodore “Ted,” 44
Isaias Afwerki, 160, 177, 178–79, 182, 184
Isakson, Johnny, 326–27
ISIS, 301, 421, 449 beheadings by, 404, 420
Libya and, 293
in Mosul, 418
Obama’s counter-ISIS campaign, 4, 418–23, 451, 458
Syria and, 297, 366
U.S.-led coalition and, 420
Israel Goldstone Report and, 253
Iran and, 307
Iran nuclear deal and, 412–17
memorandum of understanding (MOU), 430–32
nuclear program, 253
Obama trip (2008), 95
Palestinian negotiations, 450
Peres and SR, 254–55
Peres funeral, 432
Sderot, 95
SR at U.N. and, 252–54
SR’s family trip to (1979), 88–89
Syria and, 365, 366
Trump and, 432–33
Turkey conflict, 253
two-state solution, 253–54, 432
U.S. abstains on U.N. anti-settlement vote, 432–33
U.S. aid to, 349, 430
Yad Vashem, 95
“J’Accuse!” (Shalit), 209–10
Jackson, Jesse, 168, 222
Jackson, Ronny, 374
Jamaica SR’s childhood visit to, 51–52
SR’s grandparents and, 24–25
Japan, 37, 227, 252, 345, 376, 434, 451 Ebola epidemic and, 403
North Korean sanctions and, 258, 259
North Korean threat to, 256
Snowden’s leaks and, 359
Jarrett, Valerie, 229, 250, 290, 376
Jennings, Elizabeth, 57–58, 67
Jimenez, Adela, 206, 241
Johnson, Bob, 222
Johnson, Jeh, 387, 405, 438, 444
Johnson, Lyndon B., 53
Johnson, Ron, 310
Joint Base Andrews, 7, 8–9, 306, 374
Jones, Deborah, 475–76, 477
Jones, James, 130, 238
Jordan, 95, 366
Jordan, Vernon, 43–44
Kabila, Laurent, 193, 195
Kagame, Paul, 149, 151, 160, 172, 178, 326
Kahl, Colin, 352
Karl, Jon, 319
Karzai, Hamid, 390–92
Kassig, Abdul-Rahman, 420
Katzman, Julie, 232
Kavalar, Prabhi Guptara, 492n189
Kavanaugh, Brett, 90
Kennedy, Donald, 105
Kennedy, Patrick, 314–15
Kennedy, Robert F., 52
Kenya bombing of U.S. Nairobi embassy, 186–91, 492n189
Bushnell as ambassador, 186
Lokichoggio, 270
Nairobi, 270
Obama trip, 2015, 379
U.S. Sudan embassy in, 157, 158, 209
Kerry, John, 231, 239–40, 335, 368 Afghanistan BSA and, 391, 392
China’s climate change policy and, 436
diversifying State Department workforce, 429–30
Iran nuclear deal and, 386, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416
on Morsi’s deposing, 350
as Obama’s secretary of state, 318–19, 327, 331, 363, 364, 411
presidential campaign, 2004, 17–18, 40, 107, 220–21
Principals Committee and, 389
South Sudan and, 395, 397
SR and, 1, 315, 321, 331, 352, 385–87
U.N. resolution on Syria’s chemical weapons, 386
Khalilzad, Zalmay, 241
Khazaie, Mohammed, 261–63
Kiir, Salva, 276, 277, 395–98
Kim Jong Un, 450, 477
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 52, 101 quotation on Oval Office carpet, 4, 14, 460
King, Peter, 310
Kingibe, Baba, 168
Kirk, Arlene, 492n189
Kirk, Ron, 250
Kirk-Greene, Anthony, 120
Kirk-Greene, Helen, 120
Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 459
Kislyak, Sergey, 443, 446
Kissinger, Henry, 6, 433
Klain, Ron, 405
Kruzel, Joe, 184
Kucinich, Dennis, 78, 472
Kupchan, Charles, 400
/> Ladysmith Black Mambazo, 115
Lake, Julie, 19
Lake, Anthony “Tony,” 6, 17, 19, 216 as Clinton’s NSA, 17, 136, 147, 148, 154, 156, 161
Holbrooke and, 182
Obama’s policy and, 242
Obama’s presidential campaign and, 59, 76–77, 94, 232
Rwanda and, 143, 147, 148
as special envoy for Ethiopia and Eritrea, 181–84, 193
SR interviewed by, 131, 132
as SR mentor, 186, 347
SR’s promotion and, 154–55
U.S.-Africa partnership and, 161
Lavrov, Sergei, 267, 268, 364–65, 386
Lea, Tim, 341–42, 384
Leahy, Patrick, 410
Lebanon, 187, 269, 281, 284, 366
Lee, Charles F., 32
Leland, Mickey, 179
Lempert, Yael, 430
Levertov, Denise, 101
Levi, Peter, 101
Levin, Carl, 321
Levinson, Robert, 262
Lew, Jack, 318
Lewinsky, Monica, 189, 335
LGBT rights, 244, 429
Li Baodong, 266
Liberia, 156, 269 Ebola epidemic, 401, 403–5
Monrovia, drawdown of U.S. embassy staff, 200
Libya, 4, 450. See also Benghazi, Libya; Benghazi terrorist attack Arab Spring and, 279–82
girls named Susan, 291
ISIS in, 293
McCain and, 475–76
NATO air strikes in, 289, 291, 298, 367
no-fly zone and, 280–81
post-Qaddafi problems, 292–94
regime change in, 291, 297
sanctions and, 260
SR and, 153, 279–83, 369
SR and U.S. position, 283–84
SR visit, 2011, 291–92
Sudan and, 272
UNSC sanctions and, 278, 280
U.S. embassy, Tripoli, 280
Liddy, G. Gordon, 54
Lieberman, Joe, 323
Lincoln University, 32, 34
Lippert, Mark, 77
Livni, Tzipi, 252
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 246
Lovell, Whitfield, 249
Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio, 268
Lyall Grant, Sir Mark, 265
Lynch, Loretta, 438
Macdonald, Anne, 81
Machar, Riek, 277, 395, 396, 397
Magruder, Jeb, 54
Maliki, Nouri al-, 418–19
Malley, Rob, 411, 422
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), 227, 428
Mandela, Nelson, 105, 175–76, 214, 377, 379
Maret School, 216, 473
Martin, Mary Louise, 492n189
Marton, Kati, 197
Mathews, Sylvia (Burwell), 119
Mauritius, 159
Mazimhaka, Patrick, 178–79, 180
Mbeki, Thabo, 202
McCain, John, 141, 230, 231, 310, 350 Jones’s anecdote about, 475–76
SR and, 231, 323–24
SR as secretary of state opposed, 319, 320, 322, 325–26
SR’s reflections on, 474–77
McCaskill, Claire, 416
McClellan, Whalen, 124
McConnell, Mitch, 445, 451
McCormick, Shawn, 327
McCoy, Van, 54–55
McDonough, Denis, 77, 250 Cuba negotiations and, 408
as deputy national security advisor, 296, 323
Ebola epidemic and, 405
Russian interference in 2016 election and, 441, 443
Syria and, 362, 368
as WH chief of staff, 9, 343, 352, 353, 389, 426
McFarland, K. T., 459
McFaul, Michael, 104
McGurk, Brett, 420
McKinsey & Company, 121–22, 131, 132, 133
Medvedev, Dimitri, 267, 285, 286
Meles, Zenawi, 160, 172, 177, 178–80, 182–83, 216
Menendez, Robert, 158–59
Meng, Jianzhu, 438
Merkel, Angela, 95, 359, 394, 399, 456
Mexico, 304–5, 345, 359
Mikva, Abner, 17
Millet, David, 249
Mitchell, Andrea, 323, 410
Mobutu Sese Seko, 160, 193
Mogae, Festus Gontebanye, 172
Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ), 454
Monaco, Lisa, 353, 355, 369–73, 379–80, 387, 405, 438
Moniz, Ernie, 411, 414, 416
Moore, Missy, 462
Morell, Michael, 323–24, 325
Morsi, Mohamed, 348–51
Moscone, George, 84
Moscone, Rebecca, 84
Mozambique, 136, 161, 172
MSNBC, 12, 323 Morning Joe, 352
Tucker Carlson Show, SR on, 229–30
Mubarak, Hosni, 157, 279, 348
Mueller, Kayla, 420
Mueller, Robert, 370
Mugabe, Robert, 119, 160, 171, 174, 199
Murphy, Eddie, 453
Museveni, Yoweri, 172
Muskie, Edmund, 118
NAACP, 27, 28
Nagel, Jacob, 430
Najdi, Karim, 342
Namibia, 193, 194–95
Napolitano, Janet, 238
National Cathedral School (NCS), 50, 81, 88, 92–93 SR attends, 79–82, 86–93, 99
National Child Research Center (NCRC), 50
National Democratic Institute, 212
National Economic Council (NEC), 131–32, 133, 347
National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students (NSSFNS), 32, 43
National Security Advisor (NSA) Donilon as, 279, 315, 332, 334, 343, 344–45
Jones as, 130, 238
Lake as, 17, 136, 147, 148, 154, 156, 161
SR as, 13, 344–452
SR’s appointment, 342–44
National Security Agency (NSA), 358–59 PPD 28, “Signals Intelligence Activities” and, 360
Snowden’s leaks and, 358–61
National Security Council (NSC), 2, 13 Berger and SR, 131, 132
budget, 135
Clarke and SR, 134, 135
collegiality at, 135–36
daily presidential briefings, 354–55
Deputies Committee, 387
Egypt and Morsi coup, 348–49
Holiday Party, 373
Lake and SR, 131, 132
National Security Staff, 347
Obama-era records, 7
Obama’s approach to governing and, 424–25
office of, 348
operations of, 136
Prendergast and, 178
Rwanda genocide and, 143–53
“Scowcroft model,” 424
size of staff, 135
Soderberg as staff director, 119
Somalia and, 136–41
SR hired for director for international organizations and peacekeeping, 132–34
SR mentored by Beers at, 134–35
SR on Somalia and lessons of, 139–41
SR’s mantra, 135
SR’s U.N. portfolio, 136
staff of, 346, 347
Trump team and, 455–60
U.S. policy on U.N. peacekeeping and, 142
National Security Council (NSC), Principals Committee, 130, 246, 247, 272–73, 343, 345, 356, 387–90, 424 Ebola epidemic and, 401, 402
Iran nuclear deal and, 413–15
ISIS and, 419–20, 422
Libya and, 281, 283
Mosul Dam threat and, 422
Russian election interference in 2016 and, 442, 447–48
Somalia decisions and, 140
South Sudan and, 396
Sudan and, 158
Syria decisions, 368
NATO, 381 in Afghanistan, 390, 391, 393, 394, 395
European Reassurance Initiative and, 400
Libyan air strikes, 291, 298
Somalia conflict and, 146
Summit in Wales, 401
U.K. and, 103
Ukraine and, 399, 400
war against ISIS and, 420
NBC ISIS fears and, 421
Meet the
Press, 308, 314
Obama’s Cuba policy and, 410
Williams’s SR interview, 330
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 95, 252, 265, 307, 381, 412, 413 Israel-U.S. MOU and, 430–31
Obama’s Iran negotiations and, 414–15
settlements and, 432, 433
New Yorker, Roz Chast cartoon Furies 2.0, 370–71, 373
New York Times, 44, 291, 326 on cause of Benghazi attack, 313, 314, 318, 321
Rwanda genocide and, 148
Trump on SR in, 470
Nicholson, Marvin, 374
Niger, 120
Nigeria, 47, 156, 172, 285, 286 Abiola death and SR, 166–69
debt relief and, 201
transition to democratic rule, 200, 202–3
9/11 Commission, 207, 210
9/11 Commission Report, 18
9/11 terrorist attacks, 135 SR and, 206–11, 326
Sudan and, 207, 208, 326
Nixon, Richard, 53, 54
North, Oliver, 144
North Korea, 4, 450, 458 ballistic missile launch, 255
China’s role with, 435
“New York channel” to, 263
nuclear weapons and, 256, 263
Six Party Talks, 256
U.N. sanctions, 255–60, 266
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 320
NPR, Morning Edition, 352
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 244
Nuland, Victoria, 400
Nunes, Devin, 468
Obama, Barack The Audacity of Hope, 19
background and family, 41
character and personality, 353, 355, 358, 360, 377, 387–88
criticism of, 222
DNC speech, 2004, 18
Hope Fund, 19
Iraq War opposition, 222, 230
as junior senator, 19, 95, 271
overseas trip, summer, 2008, 95–96, 231
presidential campaign and election, 2008, 40–41, 59, 76–79, 94–97, 107–8, 129, 221–24, 226, 228–33
as role model, 18
Russia and, 267
senate race, 2004, 17–18
SR’s relationship with, 2, 8, 17–19, 41, 60, 130–31, 221, 229, 245, 246, 289, 290, 303, 315–17, 319–20, 330, 344, 350, 353, 377