refugee camps, in Zaire
role in New World Order
role in postwar Iraq
sanctions UNITA
United Nations Security Council
inspection program, in Iraq. see also United Nations Security Council, resolution 1441
resolution 1441
article 10
effectiveness of
resolution 598
resolution 687
resolutions, violation of
in Iraq
search for WMD
United States
and Angolan war
civil rights movement
interest in Gabon oil
military
character, of soldiers
organization, post-WWII
training, joint, with African troops
relations with Africa, during Clinton administration
relations with Angola
relations with France
relations with Kuwait
relations with Turkey
reputation, world
role, in New World Order
United States Army, Seventh Corps, deployed to the Gulf
United States Information Service (USIS)
University of Washington in Seattle
University of California
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
University of Washington, School of Public Affairs
uranium
consortium of consumer nations
mining industry
sought by Iraqi official
yellowcake
uranium deal allegations
announced as false
documents a forgery
Bush, George W., administration lies about
investigated
reappear
uranium industry
uranium-producing countries
USAID (U. S. Agency for International Development)
in Republic of the Congo
in Senegal
vanden Heuvel, Katrina
Vanity Fair
Vatican’s Africa Radio
“Velvet Divorce”
Verveer, Melanne
Vienna Convention
Viertel, Peter
Vietnam war
Wilson and draft
Voice of America
in Sâo Tomé
Vonnegut, Kurt
Waas, Murray
Walker, Edward (Ned)
Walker, Harold “Hooky”
Walker, Lannon
Wall Street Journal
Walters, Vernon
Wanké, Daouda Malam
war
process of declaring, in U. S.
president’s role
war, consequences of
war protests, 1960s
Warbah island, Kuwait
Ward, Vicky (Vanity Fair)
Warner, John
wars of liberation, and political will
Warsaw Pact
Washington, D. C.
communications with
sharing with Iraqis
Iraqi embassy
plans evacuation of diplomats
Washington Post
Washington State
Washington Times
Wayne, John
weapons of mass destruction (WMD). see WMD (weapons of mass destruction)
websites, news
Webster, William
Weekly Standard
Weinberger, Caspar
Welch, David
West Africa
communication system, outdated
culture of
“What I Didn’t Find in Africa” (Wilson)
Whidbey Island, Pudget Sound
Whitewater investigation
wildlife, in Africa
Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C.
Williams, Mike
Wilson, Brian
Wilson, Joseph
birth of children
campaign contributions
campaigns for John Kerry
CIA mission to Niger
committment to duty
confronts Novak
contracts hepatitis A
diplomatic career
in Burundi
as CINC advisor
in Gabon
in Iraq. see Kuwait, Iraqi invasion of; Wilson, Joseph, in Iraq
joins Foreign Service
nominated for ambassadorships
as NSC Director of African Affairs
qualifications for CINC advisorship
in Republic of the Congo
endorses John Kerry for president
family history
frog-marching comment
in the media
addresses Novak story
praised for role in Iraq
meets Barbara Bush
meets Bill Clinton
meets Valerie Plame
meets with CIA operatives
agrees to mission
reports on Niger
meets with George H. W. Bush
meets with Owens-Kirkpatrick
as NSC Director of African Affairs
plans book
political beliefs
rank, as former Ambassador
receives Distinguished Service Award
receives Ron Ridenhour Award
and Saddam Hussein
in South Africa
suffers Bell’s palsy
takes Congressional Fellowship
takes Foreign Service exam
TV appearances
on CNN’s American Morning
Daily Show with Jon Stewart
FOX
Hannity & Colmes
Late Edition (CNN)
writings
“Republic or Empire”
San Jose Mercury News
“Seeking Honesty in U. S. Policy”
“What I Didn’t Find in Africa”
Wilson, Joseph, in Iraq
confronts Aziz
leisure activities
living arrangements
receives appointment
returns from
declines media invitations
emotional sequalae
meets with Bush and advisors
and Saddam Hussein
Wilson, Joseph (Joseph Wilson’s son)
Wilson, Pete
Wilson, Sabrina (Wilson’s daughter)
Wilson, Samantha (Wilson’s daughter)
Wilson, Trevor (Wilson’s son)
Win Without War coalition
Wisner, Frank
WMD (weapons of mass destruction). see also inspection program, in Iraq
Hussein announces posession
Iraqi
failure to find
Hussein’s need to control
as justification for invasion
search for
U. S. bombs sites
in rogue states
Wohlstetter, Albert
Wohlstetter, Roberta
Wolf, Audrey
Wolf, Chris
Wolfowitz, Paul
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington
Woodruff, Judy (CNN)
Woodward, Bob, Bush at War
Woolsey, James
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Trade Center attacks. see September 11, 2001
World Transformed, A (Bush and Scowcroft)
World War I
World War II
European Command
post-
service in
Wright, Jim
Wurmser, David
Wye River memorandum
Yassin Ramadan, Taha
yellowcake
Yemen
Yes, Minister (British TV show)
Yom Kippur War
Young, Andrew
Yugoslavia
al-Zahawi, Wissam
Zahn, Paula (CNN)
Zaire
civil war
Zakho, Ira
q
Zambia
Zao, “Ancien Combatant” (song)
Zenawi, Meles
Zimbabwe
Zinni, Anthony
Zionism, compared to Nazism
About the Author
AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV, served as a diplomat in the American Foreign Service from 1976 until 1998. Wilson served as special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998. In that capacity he was responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the forty-seven countries of sub-Saharan Africa. He was one of the principal architects of President Clinton’s historic trip to Africa in March 1998.
Wilson was the political adviser to the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces, Europe, from 1995-1997, during NATO’s peacekeeping deployment to Bosnia. He served as U.S. ambassador to the Gabonese Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1992 to 1995. From 1988 to 1991, Ambassador Wilson served in Baghad, Iraq, as deputy chief of mission at the U. S. Embassy. During “Desert Shield” he was the acting ambassador and was responsible for the negotiations that resulted in the release of several hundred American hostages. He was the last American official to meet with Saddam Hussein before the launching of “Desert Storm.”
Wilson was raised in California and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1972. He is a graduate of the Senior Seminar (1992), the most advanced international affairs training offered by the U.S. government. He holds the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Award; the Department of State Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards; the University of California, Santa Barbara, Distinguished Alumnus Award; and the American Foreign Service Association William R. Rivkin Award. Additionally, he has been decorated as a commander in the Order of the Equatorial Star by the government of Gabon and as an admiral in the El Paso Navy by the El Paso, Texas, county commissioners.
Ambassador Wilson is CEO of JCWilson International Ventures, Corp., a firm specializing in strategic management and international business development. He is married to the former Valerie Plame and is the father of two sets of twins.
1 Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, Angolan political party founded in 1956.
THE POLITICS OF TRUTH
Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife’s CIA Identity
A Diplomat’s Memoir
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