131-34, 154,229,246-47,
262, 263, 266-67, 370-71,
375, 376, 442 on occupation of Iraq, 263 on oil export issues, 442 Palestinian state supported by,
76-77, 358 Philadelphia speech of, 431 policy passions of, 6-7 post-Iraqi election speech of,
435-36
post-9/11 Congressional speech
of, 342 Powell and, 2, 8, 13, 25, 45-47,
86, 106, 144-45, 244-45,
281, 325,328-329, 468-69 preemption doctrine speech of,
342, 371 reelection concerns of, 331-32,
335-37, 338-52, 353-54,
419, 447 reliance on instincts of, 11 religious faith of, 13, 202,
334-35 rendition and, 80-81 response to increased casualty
rate by, 229-30 Rice and, 6, 109-110, 144-45,
280-81, 330, 358-59, 396 Rove and, 15-16, 20, 81, 100,
253, 286, 335, 339-340,
341-344, 345-349, 351-352,
356, 362, 402, 430, 448, 450 Rumsfeld and, xi-xiv, 110, 142,
154, 186-87,212,230,241,
260, 266-67, 275, 276,
288-89, 305-6, 367-68,
484-86 Saudi relations with, 287-88,
334-35, 386-87, 400-402,
411 scorecards loved by, 319-20,
482-83 second-term agenda of, 357 second-term appointments of,
354-66, 367-68 selection of JCS chairman by, 69 and Silberman-Robb Commission,
284-87 Sistani letter of, 447 soldiers' families' criticism of,
437-38 speeches of, 8, 10, 97, 114, 165,
181, 186-87,218,231-34,
247-48, 265-66, 277, 336,
342, 353, 375, 377-79,
407-09, 422-23, 429-31,
434-36, 490 standard line on Iraq of, 399 on Taiwan, 33
Tenet and, 79, 89, 135, 204, 317 Texas National Guard service of,
5,346 Tobyhanna Depot speech of,
422-23 transfer of Iraqi sovereignty
signed by, 312
2002 State of the Union address
of, 114,342
2003 State of the Union address
of, 218, 231-34
2004 State of the Union address
of, 277
2005 inaugural speech of, 371-73,
377-79, 407-9
2005 State of the Union address
of, 373 on UN attack, 246-47 visits to wounded soldiers by,
437-38 WMD and, 138-39, 209-10, 212, 218,231-34,353,416,423, 435, 488-90 Bush, Jeb, 2-3, 133,343 Bush, Laura, 231, 245, 249, 340,
349, 352, 354, 355, 375, 425, 430, 453 Bush Doctrine, 378
C-130 aircraft, 314, 333, 370 Cahill, Mary Beth, 343-44, 345,
351 Cambone, Stephen, 20, 23, 26, 32,
34,35, 138, 139,210,217,
235, 276 Cameroon, 270 Camp David, 354, 357, 425, 453,
454 Camp Fallujah, 320 Camp Victory, 316 Canada, 288
Capital Hilton Hotel, 113 car bombs, 359
Card, Andrew H., Jr., 98, 109, 191, 237, 260, 269, 278, 280, 285-86,287,318,328,369, 377, 391, 393, 407, 430, 440, 482, 487 background, xii
George W. Bush, meetings with, xii-xiii, 354-58, 361-62, 368, 428, 447-50, 453-56 George W. Bush's reelection, 340-41, 343, 344, 347-48, 350-52 Goss, meetings with, 332-33,
363 hit-by-the-bus book of, 355,
361, 369 Laura Bush and, 425 offers of resignation by, 354-58,
447-50, 453-56 Rice, discussions with, 262 Rumsfeld, attitude toward, 72, 360-62, 363, 367-68, 427-28, 441, 443, 445, 447, 448 Rumsfeld, discussions with, 181-82, 263, 422, 427-28, 442 Tenet, discussions with, 233, 303 Card, Kathi, 354, 357, 450, 454 Carpenter, Scott, 141, 196, 313, 330 Carrington, Lord, 166 Carter, Jimmy, 28, 143 Carville, James, 344-45 Casey, General George W., Jr., 123, 149,220,308,312,316, 322-23, 359, 370, 373, 412, 431,433,444-45,454,455, 484 Campaign Plan of, 410, 425,
475, 483 infrastructure security and, 400, 414, 442-43 Castro, Fidel, 286
CBS, 346
Central Command, U.S.
(CENTCOM), 77, 107, 112,
118, 196,210,211,243,433,
451 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
xiii, 49-50, 52, 90, 97, 101,
107, 120, 124, 130, 154, 199,
266, 277, 284, 286, 300,
303-4,311,313,328,330,
332-33, 335, 363, 371, 373,
384, 386-87, 397, 400-402,
455, 469, 478 animus between NSC and, 234 Baghdad AARDWOLF assessment
by, 383 covert paramilitary teams of, 78,
89 on de-Baathification, 193-94 on developing an Iraqi national
intelligence service, 254-55 FBI conflicts with, 324 Goss appointment to, 329 on insurgency, 484 intelligence failures in, 279-82 Iraq-based, 254-55 Iraqi civil war forecast by, 375-76 on Iraqi elections, 381-82 Iraq Operations Group, 89 Jawbreaker team of, 78 leaflets dropped by, 209 Libby and leak case of, 419, 448 McLaughlin as acting director of,
319 National Resources Division of,
324 Near East and South Asia Division
of, 89, 266, 386 post-9/11 Afghanistan operations
of, 77-78 Saudis given intelligence access
by, 204 Tenet's resignation and, 317 WMD investigations of, 212, 213,
215-19,227-28,231-35,
242-44, 248, 257-58,
259-60, 271-73, 277-82,
317,354,415-16 Chairman's Program Assessment,
405 Chalabi, Ahmed, 128-29, 145,
148-49, 156-57, 168, 169,
172, 176, 295, 421n Charge to Keep, A (Bush), 7 Charlie (CIA station chief), on
de-Baathification order,
193-94 chemical warheads, 102 chemical weapons, 227, 228, 235,
243, 304 chemical weapons defense jumpsuit,
101 Cheney, Dick, xiii, 18, 20, 34, 43,
44, 45, 59, 66, 69, 82, 83, 86,
90, 109, 132, 143, 167, 168,
191, 194,221,226,230,236,
241, 265, 279-80, 295, 296,
297, 306, 318, 325, 328, 344,
356, 361, 377, 392, 402, 419,
430, 455, 458, 475, 491 August 26 speech on WMD of, 92 Chalabi supported by, 128, 176 claims about insurgency by, 397 claims of Saddam-al Qaeda link
by, 120, 135 Clark's meeting with, 59-62 criticism equated with
undermining troops by, 423 and defense secretary choice,
xi-xiv Delta of Terrorism memo and, 85 Gingrich's relationship with, 245,
251, 252-53 hunting accident of, 448, 450 on Iraqi elections, 431 on Kissinger, 406, 407, 408 on Meet the Press, 151 military strategy seen as lacking
by, 265 Powell as perceived by, 328-39
and reelection, 346, 352, 353-54 Rumsfeld on George W. Bush's relationship with, 485-86 shift of center of gravity away
from, 391, 420, 456-57 and Silberman appointment,
283-86 on Sistani, 264 as transition team head, xi WMD as preoccupation of, 215, 234, 235, 237-38, 259-60, 278, 416 Cheney, Liz, 140-41, 196, 457 Cheney, Lynne, 83, 284, 346, 457 Chevron, 6 Chiarelli, General Peter, 382, 389,
444 Chile, 365
China, People's Republic of, 28-29, 30,33 intelligence in, 280 Church committee, 286 Churchill, Winston, 44 CIA, see Central Intelligence Agency CINCs (commanders in chief),
55-56 Citadel, The, 8
Civilian Conservation Corps, 124 civil liberties, 462
intelligence gathering and, 325 civil servants, Iraqi, payment of,
198,201,209,220 Clark, Connie, 69 Clark, Admiral Vern, 38-40, 54, 59-65, 69-70, 71, 404-5 belief in divine intervention of, 64 bridge-burning meeting with
Rumsfeld of, 66-69 on Cheney-Powell relationship
during Gulf War, 61-62 George W. Bush meetings with,
58, 59, 62-64 on Kosovo operation, 60-61 on Navy transformation, 59-64, 65
new definition of service proposed
by, 59, 63, 65 on requirements for JCS
chairman, 63-64 on role of JCS chairman, 67-68,
69 on role of Joint Staff, 67 on Rumsfeld's studies, 66-67 stupid school for new admirals
starte
d by, 60-61 Clarke, Richard A., 50 Clarke, Victoria A. Torie, 208, 220 clear, hold and build strategy, 418,
422, 428 Clinton, Bill, 4, 7, 13, 15, 17, 34, 50,
61,63,76, 114, 121, 143,
283, 285, 344, 347, 372, 427,
488 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 16 Clinton administration, 60-61, 128,
195,205,218,427 CNN, 22, 279
Coalition Administrator, 173 Coalition Forces, 248, 262, 275,
327, 388, 410, 414, 422, 477,
482 Coalition Provisional Authority
(CPA), 197, 202, 206, 208,
211,231,249,250,260,263,
269, 271, 288, 294-95,
312-14, 330 isolation of, 290-93, 295 Coast Guard, 324 Coats, Dan, xi, xii, 361, 369 Cody, General Richard A., 445 Cohen, Stu, 215 Cohen, William S., 24, 54, 60,
468-69 Cold War, 371, 372, 387, 410 Cole, USS, 84 Collins, Jim, 55 Collins, Susan, 42 Colombia, 443 Colorado, 339 Combat Support Hospital, 395-96
Commanders, The (Woodward), 82 Commander's Emergency Response
Program (CERP), 290-91,
294-95, 316 Commando Solo transport aircraft,
154 Commerce Department, U.S., 356 Communism, 265, 273
collapse of, 255 Congress, U.S., 17, 26, 42, 239, 249,
251,257,264,277,286,306,
329, 342, 355, 356, 362, 375,
380, 407, 409, 417, 423, 426,
486 Defense Department mistrusted
by, 26 Iraq War authorized by, 100 Rumsfeld's disdain for, 42 Connor, Bull, 462 constitution, Iraqi, 176, 222, 223,
229, 249, 261-64, 268, 392,
453 Constitution, U.S., 81, 351 Constitutional Committee, 396 contras, 273, 288 corruption, in Iraq, 441, 443, 469 Council of Economic Advisors,
402 Council on Foreign Relations, 430,
460, 481 counterinsurgency, 271-72, 422,
433-34, 441, 444, 482 counterinsurgency intelligence, 397 counterterrorism, 49, 190, 243, 254,
323, 324, 363 Court of Appeals, U.S., D.C. Circuit,
283 Cox, Chris, 356 Crawford, Tex., 244-45, 326,
338-39, 479 Crocker, Ryan, 196 Cuba, 224, 286, 486-87 Cuban Missile Crisis, 388 Curveball (code name), 216-17 Customs Office, 324
Danger, danger! memo, 125 Daschle, Tom, 285 Dawood, Qasim, 322 Dayton, General Keith, 185, 210,
214-15,218,227,271 Dead Souls Program, 272-73 deaths: American, 360, 375, 382, 396, 398,410,431,434,437, 490 Iraqi, 375, 382, 388, 410, 431, 445, 446, 477, 490 Deaver, Michael, 2 de-Baathification order, 139-40, 191, 193-94, 196-98, 205, 207, 209, 219-20, 224-25, 276-77,292,295,316 Defense Authorization Act (1962),
26 defense contractors, 106 Defense Department, U.S., 108, 130, 145, 162, 191, 192, 194, 196, 198, 199, 203, 205, 208, 209, 210,216,217,219,234-36, 237, 240, 242, 248, 250, 254, 256, 261, 265, 266, 289, 290, 291, 295, 302, 306, 307, 309, 310,312,313,318,321,322, 330, 333, 334, 359, 360, 361-62, 365, 367-68, 379, 380, 390, 403, 409, 414, 432-34, 445, 449, 455, 459, 470, 476-77, 487 bloated bureaucracy of, 20, 91 budget for, 428 Congress mistrusted by, 26 on de-Baathification order,
196 intelligence agencies at, 391 Iraq Postwar Planning Office of,
112-13 Medal for Distinguished Public
Service of, 220 as responsible for postwar Iraq, 90-92, 112, 130
Rumsfeld's disdain for, 17 State Department rivalry with, 104, 129, 143-44
Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, 109
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 78, 93-96, 101, 124, 139, 147, 185,210,227,311,373
Defense Ministry, Iraqi, 188-89 disbanding of, 194, 211
Defense Policy Board, 251, 431-34
Delta of Terrorism memo, 84-85
democracy, 222, 229, 247, 248,
268-69,287,308,313,315, 370, 372-73, 381, 382, 395, 398, 407, 409, 41 On, 413, 417,444,464,466,469
Democratic National Committee, 345
Democratic party, 232, 281, 284-87, 332, 335, 338, 344, 345, 348, 350, 353, 361, 362, 377, 415, 417, 423, 424, 428, 430, 481, 491
DeMuth, Christopher, 83-85
Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam (McMaster), 61
Dermer, Colonel P. J., 128
Desert Shield, Operation, 82
Desert Storm, Operation, 18
Devenish, Nicole, 347
Dhiya, Mirjan, 188, 206
Director of National Intelligence (DNI), 329, 369, 390-91, 392, 477-78
DiRita, Larry, 149, 161-62, 174-75, 176, 182,202-3,219,220
Diyala Province, 336
Dobbins, James E, 130-31, 166, 190, 445-46
Doha, 117, 215, 217, 228, 426
Dole, Elizabeth, 450-51
Doolittle, Jimmy, 459
Dora Farm, 152 Dowd, Matthew, 338-39 Downing, Wayne, 426 Duke University, 427 Duri, Izzat al-, 42In Dutton, Fred, 3
Eastern Europe, 255
East Germany, 281
Eastwood, Clint, 115
Eaton, Paul D., 454
Economic Opportunity, Office of,
446 economic stability, Iraqi, 398, 411,
412,417,440 Edwards, John, 351 Egypt, 46, 84, 197, 372, 409 Eikenberry, General Karl W., 309-10 elections, Iraqi, 228-29, 249,
261-64, 268, 444, 453, 481 of 1920, 370 of December 15, 2005, 424, 428,
431,434-36 of January 30, 2005, 362, 370-71, 374-76, 381-83, 388, 391, 392,395,412 provincial, 223 elections, U.S.:
of 2000, 13-14, 15, 131, 340, 455 of 2004, 244, 253, 262, 269, 286-87,316,318,331-32, 335-37, 338-52, 353-54, 359,419,447 of2006, 491 electrical plants, 411
security of, 400, 414 electricity, 223, 294, 315, 316, 334, 410, 412, 441, 443, 462, 466 in Baghdad, 199, 400 employment, 212, 334 End of Iraq, The (Galbraith), 481 Engler, John, 356 Ensenat, Donald B., 47-48 EP-3E spy plane incident, 28-29, 36 Equatorial Guinea, 270
Euphrates River, 205, 297
Evangel College, 39
Evans, Don, 356
Executive Signals Intercepts, 235,
238 Executive Steering Group, 209, 302
reconstitution of, 212 exit strategy, 408, 481 Exploitation Task Force (XTF), 93,
102-3, 147, 159, 210, 214 explosively formed penetrators
(EFPs), 474
F-15E fighters, 318
F-16 fighters, 27
F-117 fighters, 318
Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia, 3, 4,
87-88 Fahrenheit 9/11, 424n Fallujah, 296-301, 320, 429
U.S. attack on, 359-60 FARC insurgents, 443 fatwa, 229, 263 Feaver, Peter, 427 Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), 79-80, 333, 419, 455,
482 CIA conflicts with, 324 counterterrorism operations of,
324 Federal Reserve, 402 FedEx, 361 Feith, Douglas J., 90-92, 107-8,
111, 112, 129, 130, 144, 145,
148, 149, 156, 177, 191, 195,
196, 220, 241, 295, 302,
367 criticisms of, 104, 117, 143, 208-9 presentation on U.S. and
Coalition objectives, 136 Fiasco (Ricks), 444 Filkins, Dexter, 429 1st Armored Division, 290 1st Cavalry Division, 382, 389,
444
FISA (Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act) warrants,
324 Flack, Roberta, 1 Fleischer, Ari, 87, 139 Florida, 133, 134, 343 in 2000 elections, 13, 340, 343,
346, 348-49, 361 Foley, Tom, 284-85 Ford, Gerald R., xi, xiii, 14, 283,
407, 419 Ford administration, 406, 420, 446 foreign policy, 7-8, 190, 371, 398,
406-10, 417-18, 428, 474 Fortas, Abe, 195 Fort Bragg, N.C., 426 Fort McNair, 124 Fort Myer Army Base, 11 Fortress Baghdad, 98, 121 Founding Fathers, 326 4th Infantry Division, 290 Fox News Channel, 345, 346 France, 479
Francis, Jim, 345, 348-49, 356 Franks, General Tommy, 55, 77, 78,
81,82, 107, 108, 111, 116,
132, 139, 142, 145, 154-55,
156, 169-70, 173, 184, 191,
192, 196,217-18,220,257,
316, 387, 390, 460 criticism of Feith by, 117 Fortress Baghdad concerns of,
98 humanitarian issues and, 11
7 Iraq war plan and, 97-98, 100,
137 on progress of Iraq War, 160 Frechette, Louise, 135-36 Free Iraqi Freedom Fighters, 156-57 Frontiers of Freedom Institute, 423 Fry, Admiral Scott A., 22-23, 24, 29,
30,32-33,34-36,40,41, 115
Gabon, 218
Galbraith, Peter W., 481
Garner, Connie, 106 Garner,Jay, 104-6, 111, 116,
117-19, 151, 157-58, 162,
166, 171, 173, 174-76, 178,
185, 186, 196, 199-200, 208,
219-26, 227, 228, 252, 295,
307, 330 administration's change in
attitude towards, 191 and Bremer's arrival, 192-93 Bremer's conflicts with, 200-202,
204-5 and Bremer's selection as
presidential envoy, 180-81,
182-83 budget problems of, 125, 133,
145-46 conflicts with Defense
Department of, 127-29, 162 on de-Baathification order,
193-94, 196-98, 207 difficulties in assembling team of,
129 discussion of leaving Iraq by, 197,
200-202 final memorandum of, 207-8 going-away party for, 206-7 good government agenda of,
179-80 imperial takeover feared by, 197 informal style of, 190, 202 on internationalizing Iraq war,
135-36 Iraqi leadership group formed by,
197, 207, 219-20, 224-25,
234 Iraq ministries staffing and,
150-51, 152, 153 Keane briefing of, 142-43 Khalilzad meeting with, 116-17 meeting with George W. Bush of,
131-34,221-24 meeting with Powell of,
143-44 move to Baghdad of, 169-70
on new Iraqi military, 194-95,
196-98, 207 Pentagon press briefing of, 148-49 on postwar governance, 139-41 postwar planning of, 107-8, 118-19, 123-26, 129, 131-34, 136-38 press embargo of, 172 and provisional government idea,
174-75 reaction to NSPD-24 of, 112-13 rock drill of, 124-26, 129, 133 Rumsfeld and, 104, 105-6, 107, 116, 127, 132, 139-40, 149-51, 152, 153, 156, 158, 162, 172, 180-81, 186,205, 219-26 on three tragic decisions, 219-20,
224-26 Tutwiler's impression of, 171-72 UN meeting of, 135-36 Gates, Bob, 333 Gelb, Les, 481 Geneva Conventions, 86-87 Georgetown University, 403 Gerecht, Reuel Marc, 84 German army, 124 Germany, 111, 216-17, 248, 479 Germany, East, 281 Germany Unified and Europe
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