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by John McCain


  Bennet, Michael, 230

  Berezovsky, Boris, 250

  Berlin Wall, 245, 311

  Biden, Beau, 346

  Biden, Joe, 57–58, 64, 269–70, 278, 279, 345–46, 361, 365

  bin Laden, Osama, 70, 97, 98–99

  Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, 203

  bipartisanship

  and Armed Services Committee, 349, 357, 358; defense authorization bills and, 349; ethics reform and, 221–22; and formula for success in Congress, 205; and health care debate, 359, 364; immigration and, 219, 223, 230–32; and McCain reputation, 342; McCain views about, 201, 355, 357, 362–63; and Obama, 325; See also compromise; specific person or legislation

  Birmingham News, 40

  black sites, 76, 86–87

  Blair, Tony, 105, 106

  Bloomberg, Mike, 49, 50

  Boehner, John, 63, 231, 285, 347

  Border Patrol, 213, 225

  border security, 217, 218, 219, 225, 231. See also border wall; fences

  border wall, 213, 217

  Bosnia, 173

  Bouazizi, Mohamed, 151, 152

  Boumediene v. Bush (2008), 96

  Boxer, Barbara, 195

  Bradbury, Steven, 93, 95–96

  brain cancer

  of Biden (Beau), 346; of Kennedy (Ted), 5, 229, 344; of McCain, 339–40, 342–46, 363, 364, 378–79

  breaches: and torture debate, 94–97

  Breitbart, 45

  Bremer, Paul, 109, 113, 116

  Brennan, John, 100–101, 102

  Brose, Chris, 173, 176, 177, 178–79, 186, 236, 282

  Browder, Bill, 270–72, 275

  Brownback, Sam, 218

  Bulgaria, 247

  Burma, 314–18

  Burns, Bill, 167

  Bush, Barbara, 6, 7

  Bush, George H.W., 1, 2, 6, 7–8

  Bush, George W.

  and campaign finance reform, 203, 204; elections of 2000 and, 31, 199; elections of 2008 and, 37–38, 48; endorsement of McCain by, 37–38; and financial crisis, 48, 62, 63; freedom agenda of, 255; and Georgia, 263, 266; and Hurricane Katrina, 37; immigration reform and, 218–19, 225, 228; and Iraq, 15, 16, 37, 108, 122, 123, 127, 218; and McCain brain cancer, 345; McCain relationship with, 200; McCain views about, 200, 321–22; and 9/11, 69; Putin and, 252, 258; and Rumsfeld resignation, 121; and Russian-U.S. relations, 252, 255–56, 258, 266, 269; taxes and, 200, 348; and torture debate, 74, 76, 80, 84, 92, 96–97, 98, 99, 322

  Bybee, Jay, 77, 87

  California

  elections of 2008 in, 36; and immigration, 215

  Callahan, Billy, 12

  Cameron, David, 188

  Camp David Accords, 166

  campaign finance reform, 199, 200, 203–4, 232, 347, 362

  Campaign Reform Act (2002), 203

  Canal Hotel (Iraq): bombing at, 109

  Cardin, Ben, 271–72, 327

  Carter, Jimmy, 199, 321

  Casey, George, 115, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124

  Central Intelligence Agency. See CIA

  change

  and American exceptionalism, 330–34; in Arizona, 378; elections of 2008 and, 28, 37–38, 43, 49, 56, 61; and incremental reform, 369; McCain views about, 369; of rules and practices of politics, 361

  character

  and human rights, 309; of immigrants, 217; McCain views about, 379; of nations, 309; and politics, 360–61; of Russia, 310; of Trump, 329; Trump views about, 325

  Charter 08 (political manifesto), 335

  Charter 77 (political manifesto), 335

  Chechnya, 246, 251, 253

  Chemical Weapons Convention, 189

  Cheney, Richard “Dick,” 7, 83, 91–92, 98, 102, 114–15

  Chernomyrdin, Viktor, 245

  Chiarelli, Peter, 122, 123, 124

  China, 181, 301, 332, 334–38

  Christian, Mike, 148–49

  Churchill, Winston, 19, 334

  CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

  and Belhaj-McCain meeting, 76; and Benghazi attack, 178; computer hacking by, 101; Feinstein Committee report about, 99–104; Inspector General report about, 82–83; interrogations and EITs by, 73, 74, 76, 79–80, 81–83, 87, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96–98, 99–104, 176; McCain views about, 97; as misleading government officials, 98–104; and 9/11, 69; and taping of interrogations, 73, 74, 80, 82, 97, 99

  Citizens United decision, 200, 361

  Clark, Wesley, 247

  Clinton, Bill, 195, 228, 229, 345

  Clinton, Hillary

  Afghanistan trip of, 118–19; and Benghazi attack, 178–79; Burma visit by, 315; elections of 2008 and, 13, 28, 29, 37, 38, 42, 53, 225, 228, 229; elections of 2016 and, 236, 274, 300; and immigration, 225; and Iraq, 129, 134, 136; and Kennedy (Ted) endorsement of Obama, 228, 229; and Libya, 172, 174, 178–79; McCain views about, 117–18; and McCain’s brain cancer, 345;

  and Russian interference in elections, 236, 274, 300; and Russian-U.S. relations, 270, 273, 274; and selection of Palin for vice president, 53; and vodka-drinking competition, 117–18

  Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), Iraq, 109, 111, 112, 114, 116

  Cold War, 260, 302, 305, 311, 313–14

  Collins, Susan, 99, 105, 117–18, 122, 170, 347, 365, 367

  color revolutions, 254, 255

  Comey, James “Jim,” 238–39, 343

  Commerce Committee, Senate, 224

  Commission on Presidential Debates, 43

  Common Article 3 (Geneva Conventions), 77, 93, 94–95, 96–97. See also breaches

  compromise

  and formula for success in Congress, 204–5; and health care debate, 348, 354, 358–59; and immigration reform, 219–20, 223, 224; importance of, 201; McCain as champion of, 359–60; McCain views about, 200–201, 204–5, 351–52, 354; See also specific legislation

  Congress, U.S.

  and Belarus, 333; and Benghazi attack, 179; and Burma, 315; conspiracy theories and, 240; and Egypt, 161, 163; formula for success in, 204–5; friendships in, 205, 342, 348, 349, 351, 361; gridlock in, 224, 348, 359–60, 362; and Iraq, 127, 128–29; and Libya uprisings, 157, 172, 176; McCain first elected to, 4; media influence on, 353; and Steele dossier, 241; and Syria, 181–82, 185–86, 188, 189; torture debate and, 84–86, 87, 91–97, 100, 101, 102, 103; and Uzbekistan, 319; See also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.; specific person, committee or legislation

  conspiracy theories

  involving McCain, 239, 240; McCain views about, 239–41; and Russian interference in elections, 300; and Steele dossier, 237, 238–39, 240, 241

  Coons, Chris, 232, 342–43

  Cornyn, John, 225, 367

  Counterinsurgency (Army Field Manual), 115

  Craner, Bob, 5

  Cretz, Gene, 175, 176

  crime: and immigration, 212, 217

  Crimea, 243, 265, 268, 284, 290, 295

  criminal background checks, 220, 226

  Crist, Charlie, 36

  Croatia, 247, 269

  Crocker, Ryan, 18, 127, 128–29, 131

  Cuba, 332

  Culvahouse, A.B., 49, 54–55

  Czech Republic, 247, 269, 295, 335

  Darby, Joseph, 84

  Daschle, Tom, 199–200, 203

  Davis, Fred, 46–47

  Davis, Rick, 21, 28, 46–47, 51, 52, 54–55

  Day, Bud, 5, 25

  debates: elections of 2008 and, 43, 44, 57–58, 60, 62, 63–64

  Declaration of Independence, 309

  defense authorization bills, 349, 357, 358, 368–69

  Defense Department, U.S., 87, 91

  Democratic National Committee: hijacking of emails of, 236

  Democratic Party

  and McCain as switching parties, 199–200, 201; trial lawyers lobby and, 201–2; See also bipartisanship; specific person or topic

  Dempsey, Martin, 163, 189

  Detainee Treatment Act (2005), 91–93, 94, 314

  Devlin, Peter, 121

  discharge petition, 232

  Diss
enters’ March (Russia, 2007), 291

  Dixon, “Al the Pal,” 195

  Djukanovic, Milo, 297

  Doherty, Glen, 178

  Dole, Bob, 2–3, 54

  Donilon, Tom, 136

  Dorgan, Byron, 227

  Dream Act, 226

  Dreamers, 217–18, 226, 231

  drugs: and immigration, 216–17

  Ducey, Doug, 364, 365, 366, 367

  Dunford, Joe, 145

  Durbin, Dick, 230

  Duterte, Rodrigo, 326

  economy

  elections of 2008 and, 32–33, 34, 35, 61–64; and financial crisis, 61–64; and immigration, 213–14, 217, 231; of Russia, 288, 295; and U.S. role in world, 302

  Edwards, John, 201, 203

  Egypt

  and American exceptionalism, 329; anti-Semitism in, 165, 166; Arab Spring in, 138, 152, 153, 158–69; assault on American humanitarians in, 162–65; change in, 332; and Congress, 161; constitution for, 165, 166; elections in, 159, 160, 161, 165; Feingold resolution about, 159; government in, 158; McCain trips to, 154, 158, 160–61, 165–66; and media, 168; and Muslim Brotherhood, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166–67, 168; and Palestinians, 159–60; role of religion in, 164; and Russia, 190; and Sisi-Graham-McCain Four Seasons Hotel meeting, 168–69

  82nd Airborne Division, U.S., 87–88, 90

  88 Generation, 315–16, 318

  800th Military Police Brigade, 84

  EITs. See enhanced interrogation techniques

  Elders, Joycelyn, 195–96, 197

  elections of 1964, 43

  elections of 1980, 199

  elections of 1996, 54

  elections of 2000

  and campaign finance reform, 203; Lieberman and, 51; McCain candidacy in, 14, 17, 18, 26, 27, 29, 31–32, 33, 35, 45, 199, 203, 247; Straight Talk Express motto for, 31–32

  elections of 2006, 15, 17, 121, 224

  elections of 2008

  ads for, 46–48; biography tour during, 38; “Black Belt” tour during, 38–40; change message and, 28, 37–38, 43, 49, 56, 61; debates for, 43, 44, 57–58, 60, 62, 63–64; endorsements of McCain in, 36, 37–38; funding for, 13–14, 18, 20, 22, 24, 31, 35, 43, 44, 57, 61, 65; general campaign during, 37–42, 60–66, 230; Kennedy (Ted) endorsement of Obama in, 228; McCain acceptance speech for, 58–60; McCain announcement of candidacy for, 13, 256; McCain as primary candidate in, 228–29; McCain as Republican nominee in, 267; McCain campaign strategy for, 43–44; McCain concerns about, 17–18, 20, 21–22; McCain concession speech and, 11, 66–67; McCain favorite memories of, 29, 40; McCain imperatives for, 42–43; McCain reactions to losing, 11–13, 66–67, 200; McCain reasons for candidacy in, 52, 59–60; and McCain trip to Iraq, 18–20; McCain views about, 58, 66–67; media and, 18, 21, 22–23, 24, 25–26, 27, 33, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44–45, 46, 47, 48, 56, 57, 64, 65; “No Surrender Tour” in, 25–26; Obama acceptance of nomination for, 56; Obama-McCain comparison during, 28, 42–43, 47; Obama-McCain relationship and, 222; Republican convention for, 52, 58–59; Republican divisiveness during, 51–52; Republican primaries for, 13–30, 31–37, 228–29; and Russia-U.S. relations, 256, 268; and Russian criticisms of McCain, 256; staff for, 18, 20, 21; vice presidential selection for, 49–58; White House meeting during, 62–63

  elections of 2012, 37, 215, 230

  elections of 2016

  conspiracy theories and, 240; immigration and, 215, 216; Republican primaries in, 358; Russian interference in, 236, 237–38, 240, 265, 274, 275, 287, 295, 296, 299, 300; and Russian-U.S. relations, 267; Western nations concerns about, 235

  enhanced interrogation techniques (EIT)

  and accuracy/reliability of information, 80, 81, 82, 91, 92, 98–100, 103; CIA and, 73, 76, 79–80, 81–83, 87, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96–98, 99–104; congressional briefings about, 101; and human rights organizations, 73; and McCain apology to Belhaj, 75–76; as prosecutable war crimes, 95–96; public support for, 104; secret authorization for, 83; and torture debate, 70, 73, 76, 79–80, 81–83, 87, 91, 92, 93–104

  Ennahda Party (Tunisia), 154, 155–56

  Enron scandal, 203

  Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Virginia)

  McCain as student at, 371; McCain biographical speech (2008) at, 38

  Estonia, 243–44, 247–48

  ethics reform: Obama-McCain letters about, 221–22

  Europe: anti-Americanism in, 303–4

  European Union, 157, 270, 277–78, 282–83, 285, 290, 295, 296

  Facebook, 151, 154, 155

  Fallujah (Iraq): battle of, 116

  family reunification policy, 226, 227

  Fannie Mae, 48, 61

  Faulkner, William, 305

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 79, 238, 241

  Federal Security Service (FSB), Russian, 245, 246

  Feingold, Russ, 117, 159, 203, 204, 232, 361

  Feinstein, Dianne, 99, 101, 102, 103

  fences: and immigration, 213, 217, 219, 225, 230

  Finance Committee, Senate, 275

  financial crisis, 48, 61–64

  Fischer, Joschka, 303–4

  Fishback, Ian, 87–91

  504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 90

  Flake, Jeff, 230

  Flecker, James Elroy, 319

  Fletcher family: McCain visit with, 40

  Florida: elections of 2008 in, 21, 33, 34, 35–36, 60

  Flynn, Mike, 287

  Fontaine, Richard, 86, 88, 92, 93, 94, 95, 118–19, 123, 259

  For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 308, 380

  Ford, Gerald, 321

  Foreign Affairs magazine, 122

  foreign policy, U.S.

  as transactional, 338; Western nations concerns about, 235; See also Foreign Relations Committee, Senate; specific person or nation

  Foreign Relations Committee, Senate, 160–61, 189, 274–75, 279

  Four Seasons Hotel (Washington, D.C.), Sisi-Graham-McCain meeting at, 168–69

  Fourth of July, 19–20, 43, 340, 341, 376

  France, 172, 173, 295, 303, 308

  Freddie Mac, 61

  Free Syrian Army (FSA), 180–81, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 239

  Freedom Award: for Nemtsov, 293

  Freedom Caucus, 231–32

  Freedom House, 162, 331

  friendships

  and death of friends, 4-5; importance of, 205; and partisanship, 361; in Senate, 205, 342, 348, 349, 351, 361

  G-8 summits: suspension of Russian participation in, 252, 267–68, 285

  Game of Thrones (film), 244

  Gang of Eight immigration bill, 230–32

  Gant, Jim, 147

  Gates, Robert “Bob,” 121, 142, 258, 270

  Gee’s Bend, Alabama, 40

  Geneva Conventions, 77, 84, 86, 87, 88, 93, 94, 96, 97

  Georgia

  and change, 332; McCain advice to Saakashvili about, 268–69; McCain trips to, 248–50, 262; and NATO, 263, 264; Rose Revolution in, 249, 253, 261, 262; and Russia, 249–50, 251, 261–69, 288; Western reactions to events in, 266; See also Abkhazia; South Ossetia

  Gephardt, Dick, 204

  Germany, 303, 310

  gerrymandering, 206, 361–62

  Ghana: Nixon visit to, 313

  Ghannouchi, Mohamed, 154

  Giuliani, Rudy, 34, 36

  Global Magnitsky Act (2016), 275, 285, 327

  globalization: and U.S. role in world, 302

  “The Golden Road to Samarkand” (Flecker), 319

  Goldsmith, Jack, 87

  Goldwater, Barry, 43, 377

  Golin, Mihail, 208

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 258, 311

  Gore, Al, 198

  Gorka, Sebastian, 327

  Gorsuch, Neil, 348, 353

  Goss, Porter, 91, 100, 102

  government

  McCain beliefs about, 200–201; McCain pet peeves about, 200; need for reform of, 200

  Graham, Lindsey

  and Afghanistan, 117, 142–43, 147; Clinton (Hillary)-McCain vodka-drinking competition and
, 118; Comey testimony and, 343; and Egypt, 166, 168–69; elections of 2008 and, 25, 51, 52, 66, 228; health care debate and, 365, 366, 367; and “hideaway office” comment to Kennedy (Ted), 229; immigration reform and, 218, 225, 227, 230; and Iraq, 18, 19–20, 21, 38, 108, 117, 122, 124, 129, 132–33, 134, 135, 136, 137; Kyrgyzstan trip of, 340, 341; and Libya, 170, 176; and McCain concerns about 2008 elections, 18, 20; and Obama-Rice-McCain meeting about Syria, 188–89; personality of, 340, 341; and Russian-U.S. relations, 258, 259; Sisi-McCain Four Seasons meeting with, 168–69; and Syria, 184, 188–89; torture debate and, 91, 94; as travel buddy of McCain, 340; and Ukraine, 287; and Uzbekistan, 319

  Gramm, Phil, 196, 365, 366, 367

  Great Britain. See United Kingdom

  Green Movement (Iran), 322–24

  Guantanamo Bay, 80, 86–87, 93

  The Guardian: Belarus story in, 334

  guest worker program, 219, 226

  Gusinsky, Vladimir, 250

  Hadley, Steve, 92, 93, 95, 96

  Hagel, Chuck, 105, 218

  Haley, Nikki, 191

  Hamas, 182

  Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 93

  Hamilton, Lee, 127

  Harman, Jane, 258

  Harper family, 375, 376

  Hart, Phil, 2–3

  Hashemi, Tariq al-, 138

  Hastert, Denny, 204, 224

  Hatch, Orrin, 367

  Havel, Václav, 248, 335

  Hayden, Michael, 83, 93, 94, 100, 101, 102

  health care debate

  and bipartisanship, 359, 364; and compromise, 348, 354, 358–59; elections of 2008 and, 228; and Kennedy (Ted), 202, 228, 229; and McCain brain cancer, 345; McCain views about, 353–55; McCain votes in, 350, 354, 364, 365, 366–68, 369; and media, 366; and regular order, 348, 354; and Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, 346–50, 353–54, 357–58, 364–69; and “skinny repeal,” 347, 349, 365, 366, 367; See also Medicare; Obamacare

  Health Committee, Senate, 347, 348, 354, 364

  Helgerson, John, 82, 83

  Hemingway, Ernest, 308, 380

  Hermitage Capital (hedge fund), 270, 271

  Hezbollah, 181, 182, 184, 185, 187, 328

  Hickey, Jim, 287

  Hill, Chris, 131–32

  Hilton, Paris, 47

  Hispanics

  and immigration, 211, 215–18; in Iraq War, 19–20

  Hofstadter, Richard, 240

  Holder, Eric, 98

  House of Representatives, U.S.

  and Kyrgyzstan trip, 340–41; Senate relations with, 340–41; See also Congress, U.S.; specific person or legislation

  Htay Kywe, 316

  Huckabee, Mike, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37

 

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