by John McCain
Hughes, Mark, 11, 12
human rights
and American exceptionalism, 308, 310, 313–14, 326–27, 332–33; and Burma, 315, 316; Bush (George W.) freedom agenda and, 255; and character, 309; in China, 336; during Cold War, 313–14; in Egypt, 162–65; fight for, 317; idealism and, 311; McCain views about, 254, 379; and Obama, 322; and prisoners of war, 313, 314–17; and race issues, 313–14; realism of, 309, 311; in Russia, 272–73; and Russian-U.S. relations, 312; torture debate and, 73, 88, 96, 97; and Trump, 326, 327; as universal, 309; in Vietnam, 326; See also Magnitsky Act; specific person or organization
Human Rights First, 96, 331
Human Rights Watch, 73, 88, 96, 174, 175, 316, 331
“Humane Treatment of Taliban and al Qaeda Detainees” (DOJ torture memo), 76–77
Hungary, 247
Hurricane Katrina, 37
Hussein, Saddam, 16, 19, 107–8, 110, 120, 133, 134
idealism: and realism, 310–11
Idris, Salim, 186
Illinois: elections of 2008 in, 36
immigration/immigrants
and American exceptionalism, 206, 207–9, 210; “amnesty” for, 227, 231; assimilation of, 206, 207–8, 209, 212; benefits/contributions of, 207–8, 214; and bipartisanship, 219, 223, 230–32; and border security, 217, 218, 219, 225, 231; comprehensive reform of, 14, 205, 211, 213, 218–28, 230–32; and compromise, 219–20, 223, 224; and Coons bill, 232; curtailing of, 213–14; deportation of, 212, 217, 220, 226; and economy, 213–14, 217, 231; elections of 2006 and, 224; elections of 2008 and, 14, 35, 216, 225, 228, 230; Gang of Eight bill about, 230–32; and Hispanics, 19–20, 211, 215–18; illegal, 206, 208, 210–15, 216–18, 219–20, 225–26; importance to Republican Party of, 206, 215, 217; in Iraq, 19–20; of Jews to Israel, 275, 312; and jobs, 206, 207, 208, 210–15, 216–18, 219–20, 225–26, 230, 231; Kennedy-McCain bill about, 14; and language, 207, 209, 210, 220; and legalizing status of immigrants, 217–18, 219–20; levels of, 210; Limbaugh ad about, 230; McCain meeting with advocates of, 229–30; and media, 223; misinformation and lies about, 211, 214; and national security, 211, 213, 230; and nationalism, 210; open, 207; opponents of, 206–7, 208, 210–11, 213, 214–15, 218, 219, 222, 227; and path to citizenship, 220, 226, 227, 231; and racism, 211, 214; reasons for, 206, 207–8, 212, 214, 216; and rights of immigrants, 207–8; and “roundup” of immigrants, 215; as scapegoats, 214–15; sources of, 211–12; straight talk about, 211–15; and visas, 212–13, 226, 231; See also border wall; Dreamers; family reunification policy; fences; guest worker program
Independence Day. See Fourth of July
Inez, Kentucky: McCain 2008 campaign in, 40–41
Inouye, Daniel, 2–3, 5
Intelligence Committee, Senate, 102, 343. See also Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Agreement (1988), 258
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 80
International Republican Institute (IRI), 162, 168, 293, 313, 331
International Rescue Committee, 331
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 142, 145
Iowa: elections of 2008 in, 20–21, 26, 27, 28, 34
Iran
and American exceptionalism, 322–24, 327–28; change in, 332; elections in, 322, 323; and Iraq, 132, 137, 139, 140, 141; protests/Green Movement in, 322–24, 327–28; and Russia, 270; sanctions against, 270; and Syria, 181, 182, 183, 185; and Trump, 328
Iraq
Afghanistan compared with, 110, 130; al-Qaeda in, 107, 109, 120, 121, 126, 128, 135, 182; Barzani-McCain campaigning in, 133; British briefing of American delegation in, 110–12, 113; British in, 110–12, 134; Bush announcement about ending of operations in, 108; Canal Hotel bombing in, 109; casualties in, 15, 17, 18; and Congress, 127, 128–29; counterinsurgency in, 15, 16–17, 113, 114–15, 122, 124, 125–26, 129–30; de-Baathification in, 109; and divisiveness in West, 303; elections in, 120, 132, 133, 139–40; elections of 2006 and, 224; elections of 2008 and, 14–25, 28, 29–30, 35, 37, 38, 42, 45, 47, 127, 129, 171, 268; failure of U.S. strategy in, 111–12, 113, 115–16, 117; Fourth of July/reenlistment ceremonies in, 19–20, 340, 376; future of, 141; Georgian troops in, 263; Hispanic immigrants in, 19–20; impact on Afghanistan of strategy in, 117; and Iran, 132, 137, 139, 140, 141; Iraqi government in, 116, 120, 121, 132, 134; ISIS in, 139, 140, 141, 190, 191; McCain (Jimmy) in, 29–30; McCain public statement about, 137–38; McCain support for invasion of, 84, 303; McCain trips to, 18–20, 38, 108–12, 115–16, 119–20, 122–26, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132–34; McCain views about, 107–8, 113, 114, 140–41; and media, 120, 128; and NATO, 303; Obama trip to, 45; Petraeus briefing about, 119–20; planning for invasion of, 112; politics in, 131–38, 139; prosecution of U.S. troops in, 132, 134, 136, 137; religious civil war in, 120–21; and Savage request, 23–24; and SOFA, 130–31, 132, 134–35; spread of unrest in, 138–39; Stanley death in, 24; surge in, 14, 15, 21, 24, 47, 171; and Syria, 139; Thanksgiving in, 131; and torture debate, 83–87, 88, 89; Ukrainians in, 289; U.S. mission in, 123, 124; as U.S. mistake, 107, 108; U.S. public opinion about, 121, 127, 218; U.S. residual force in, 130–31, 135–38; U.S. strategy and tactics in, 110–16, 117, 119–20, 122, 124; U.S. troops/air strikes in, 113, 114, 115, 117, 122, 123, 130–31, 135–38, 139, 140, 143; U.S. withdrawal from, 17, 127, 130, 134–35, 136–38; and weapons of mass destruction, 107, 108, 303; winning in, 124; See also Abu Ghraib; Anbar Province; Ramadi; specific person
Iraq Study Group, U.S. Congress, 127
ISIS
conspiracy theories about, 239, 240; in Iraq, 139, 140, 141, 190, 191; and Libya, 179; and Syria, 139, 181, 183, 187, 190–91
Islamic Revolution (1979), 323
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iranian, 139
Islamic State of Iraq, 135
Israel
Jewish immigration to, 275, 312; McCain trips to, 154, 312; Morsi comments about, 166; and Muslim Brotherhood, 166; Obama trip to, 45; Sharansky-McCain discussion about, 254
Issawi, Rafi al-, 138
Ivanov, Sergei, 256–57
Jackson, Helen, 312
Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” 201, 289, 312, 321
Jackson-Vanik law, 275
Jamadi, Manadel al-, 83
Jebali, Hamadi, 156
Jeffrey, Jim, 132–33, 134, 135
Jibril, Mahmoud, 173–74, 175, 177
jobs
and immigration, 206, 207, 208, 210–15, 216–18, 219–20, 225–26, 230, 231; See also economy
Johnson, Lyndon B., 40, 44
Jones, Dan, 100, 101–2
Jordan, 45, 154, 156, 186
Judiciary Committee, Senate, 218
Justice Department, U.S.: and torture debate, 76, 77–80, 82, 100
Kagan, Fred, 122
Kagan, Kim, 122
Kara-Murza, Vladimir, 290, 291, 292, 293, 301
Karimov, Islam, 318, 321
Karzai, Hamid, 106
Kasich, John, 361
Kasparov, Garry, 254, 255, 272, 291
Kazakhstan, 278, 332
Keane, Jack, 122
Keating, Charles IV, 140
“Keating Five” scandal, 195
Kennedy, Caroline, 228
Kennedy, Edward “Ted”
brain cancer of, 5, 229, 344; and campaign finance reform, 199, 203–4; combativeness of, 199; death of, 202, 229; and Elders nomination, 196, 197–99; elections of 1980 and, 199; Graham “hideaway office” comment to, 229; and health care, 202, 229; and immigration reform, 14, 205, 218–20, 222–23, 224, 225, 227–28, 232; influence of, 222–23; last days in Senate of, 229; and McCain as Republican 2008 candidate, 228–29; and McCain as switching parties, 199–200, 201; McCain heated exchange with, 197–99, 232; and McCain (Jimmy) birthday, 232; McCain legislative activities with, 14, 201–2, 203–4, 218–20, 222–23, 224, 225, 227–28; McCain relationship with, 5, 196, 199, 202, 232–33; McCain tribute to, 223; memorial service for, 232; and Obama, 222–23, 227–28; and partisa
nship-respect, 361; and patient’s bill of rights, 201–2; personality of, 196–97, 202, 222–23; reputation of, 196
Kennedy, John F. “Jack,” 43
Kentucky: elections of 2008 and, 40–41
Kerry, John, 160–61, 172, 189, 270, 274–75, 289
Khalilzad, Zal, 121
Khamenei, Ayatollah, 323
Khodorkovsky, Mikhail, 250–51
Khrushchev, Nikita, 258
King, Martin Luther, 280
King, Steve, 206, 207, 208, 210
Kissinger, Henry, 312
Klitschko, Vitali, 280, 281, 285
Klobuchar, Amy, 287
Ko Ko Gyi, 316
Kolbe, Jim, 108
Korean War, 371
Kosovo, 246–47, 303, 332
Kramer, David, 236, 238
Krepinevich, Andy, 122
Kurds, 110, 133–34, 138–39, 140, 191
Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed al-, 98–99
Kyl, Jon, 94, 224–25, 227, 230, 258
Kyrgyzstan, 254, 270, 319, 340–41
Kywe, Htay, 316
LaHood, Ray, 162
LaHood, Sam, 162
language: and immigration, 207, 209, 210, 220
Larson, Chuck, 1–2, 5, 6, 380
Latvia, 247
Lavrov, Sergei, 188, 189, 190, 270
Lawrence, Bill, 5
“leading from behind” (Obama phrase), 173, 324
Lebanon, 156, 183, 186, 321
Lee, Mike, 298
Lehman Brothers, 61
Lewis, John, 39, 49
Libya
and al-Qaeda, 178; Arab Spring in, 152, 156–58, 169–80; authorization of use of U.S. force in, 172; Belhaj role in, 70, 71–76; change in, 332; and Congress, 157, 172, 176; elections in, 176, 177, 179; and France, 172, 173; in future, 179–80; and ISIS, 179; McCain trips to, 72–73, 169–71, 175–78; McCain views about, 322; and media, 174–75; and NATO, 71–72, 152, 156, 171–73, 175, 176, 180, 322, 324; no-fly zone in, 158, 172, 173; prisons in, 175; and United Kingdom, 71, 171, 172, 173; and United Nations, 156, 172, 173, 179; U.S. embassy in, 175; U.S. intervention in, 169, 172, 174; U.S. role in, 173, 177; weapons of mass destruction in, 171; See also Benghazi, Libya; specific person
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), 70, 71
Lieberman, Joe
and Afghanistan, 105, 142–43; and Belarus, 333; and Burma, 314–15; and Egypt, 154, 159; elections of 2000 and, 51; elections of 2008 and, 25, 50–52, 58, 66; health care debate and, 364–65; and Iraq, 38, 122, 124, 129; and Israel, 154; and Jordan, 154, 156; and Lebanon, 154; and Libya, 156, 157–58, 169, 170, 171, 172; Middle East trip of, 154; and Russian dissent, 292; and Russian-U.S. relations, 252, 253, 258, 259; and Syria, 184; and Tunisia, 154, 156; and Uzbekistan, 319; as vice presidential candidate (2008), 50–52
Limbaugh, Rush, 230
Lindsay, John, 50
Lithuania, 247
The Little Prince (Saint-Exupéry), 307
Litvinenko, Alexander, 246, 253, 255
Liu Xia, 332, 335–36
Liu Xiaobo, 334–36, 337
Loeblein, Jim, 169, 176
Lott, Trent, 196, 197
Lukashenko, Alexander, 333, 334
Macedonia, 247
MacFarland, Sean, 121, 125–26
Magnitsky Act, 272–73, 274–75, 285, 292, 327
Magnitsky, Sergei, 271–72, 275
Maliki, Nouri al-, 120, 132, 133, 134, 135–36, 137, 138, 139–40, 141
Malinowski, Tom, 73–74, 88, 96
Mao Tse Tung, 25
Martinez, Mel, 218
Marynich, Mikhail, 333
Marzouki, Moncef, 155
Massimino, Elisa, 96
Mattis, Jim, 146, 163
Mayo Clinic, McCain at, 343–45
McCain, Carol (first wife), 372
McCain, Cindy (second wife)
Arizona as home of, 372; elections of 2008 campaign and, 11, 12, 29, 40, 55, 56, 67; and Jimmy’s birthday celebration, 232; and McCain family home in Arizona, 373, 374–75; McCain’s thoughts about, 380; and Russia trip, 242–43; Secret Service protection for, 12; and selection of Palin as vice president, 55, 56
McCain, Jimmy (son), 22, 29–30, 131, 141, 232
McCain, Joe (great uncle), 371, 372
McCain, John
accomplishments of, 342; AK-47 rifle as gift for, 287; ambitions of, 199, 222; as appreciating life, 5–6, 380; brain cancer of, 339–40, 342–46, 363, 364, 378–79; cause of, 9–10; childhood and youth of, 4, 371, 372; children of, 380; core beliefs/values of, 200–201, 308–9; “Country First” theme of, 59–60; family background of, 1, 2, 41, 371–72; father’s relationship with, 2; luck of, 10; military background of, 1, 2, 41, 43, 47, 372; personality of, 321; Putin criticisms of, 274; as Reagan Republican, 200; as realist, 310–11; reputation and influence of, 14, 257, 342; restlessness of, 6, 10, 372, 377; Russian sanctions on, 285
McCain, John S. “Jack” (father), 2, 4, 8, 371, 372
McCain, Roberta (mother), 339, 371, 372
McCain, William Alexander (great-great grandfather), 371
McCain family home
in Arizona, 372–80; in Mississippi Delta, 371–72
McCain-Feingold bill, 203–4, 232
McCain Institute for International Leadership (Arizona State University), 236, 331, 377
McCarthy, Joe, 240
McChrystal, Stanley, 142, 143, 144–45
McConnell, Mitch, 203, 347–48, 364, 367
McDonough, Denis, 136
McFaul, Michael, 273
McGovern, Jim, 271–72
McGurk, Brett, 132–33, 134
McMaster, H.R., 115
media
and Afghanistan, 117; American exceptionalism and, 330; and assassination of reporters, 251–52; and congressional gridlock, 360; and Egypt, 168; elections of 2008 and, 18, 21–27, 33, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44–45, 46, 47, 48, 56, 57, 64, 65; and financial crisis, 63; and formula for success in Congress, 205; and health care debate, 366; and immigration, 223; influence on Congress of, 353; and Iraq, 120, 128; and Libya, 174–75; McCain views about, 44–45, 200; and Palin selection as vice president, 56, 57; and Russia, 246, 251–52, 253, 255, 256; and Syria, 189; and torture debate, 86, 87, 92, 98, 100; and Trump, 325; See also specific person or organization
Medicare, 229
Medvedev, Dmitry, 261, 265, 266, 271
Meehan, Marty, 204
Meet the Press (NBC-TV): McCain interview on, 158
Menendez, Bob, 230
Meri, Lennart, 247–48
Merkel, Angela, 258–59, 285
Merrill Lynch, 61
Michigan
economy in, 32–33, 34; elections of 2000 in, 14, 31; elections of 2008 in, 21, 29, 31, 32–33, 34
Middle East
Arab Spring in, 138, 153, 273–74; McCain congressional trips to, 154; Russian military presence in, 190; Sharansky-McCain discussion about, 254; See also specific nation
Military Academy, U.S. (West Point), 88, 143
Military Commissions Act (2006), 94–95, 96
Milosevic, Slobodan, 246
Min Ko Naing, 315–16
Minnesota: elections of 2008 in, 64–65
Missouri: elections of 2008 in, 36
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 79, 82–83, 98
Moldova, 288, 332
Montenegro, 269, 288, 295–99, 332
Morsi, Mohamed, 165, 166–67
Moseley Braun, Carol, 195, 197, 198, 232
Mousavi, Mir Hossein, 322
Moussa, Amr, 158
MoveOn.Org, 129
Mubarak, Hosni, 152, 158–59, 162, 163
Mueller, Robert, 79, 241
Mukasey, Michael, 98
Mullen, Mike, 142
Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I), 121, 127, 128, 130, 134
Munich Security Conferences
Fischer at, 303; McCain speeches at, 159, 304–6; Putin at, 256, 257–61; and Russian-U.S. relations, 269–70
Murkowski, Frank, 53
Murk
owski, Lisa, 347, 364, 365, 367
Murphy, Chris, 279, 281, 282
Murray, Patty, 347, 348, 354, 364, 368
Muslim Brotherhood
and Arab Spring, 153; and Egypt, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166–67, 168; and Israel, 166; and Libya, 72–73; in Tunisia, 155
Myanmar. See Burma
Naing, Min Ko, 315, 316
Nashiri, Abd al-Rahim al-, 81
National Assembly, Iraqi, 120
National Democratic Institute (NDI), 162, 164–65, 168, 331
National Endowment for Democracy, 313, 331
National Governors Association, 53
national security
elections of 2008 and, 34, 47, 52, 55; and immigration, 211, 213, 230; See also specific topic
National Security Council, Iraqi, 133, 134
National Security Council (NSC), 86, 93, 324
National Security Strategy (Trump administration), 327
National Transitional Council (NTC), Libya, 71, 72, 169, 171–72, 173, 174, 175
nationalism, 9, 201, 210, 301
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
and Baltic republics, 244, 247, 248, 257; and Czech Republic, 295; and Georgia, 263, 264; and Iraq, 303; and Libya, 71–72, 152, 156, 171–73, 175, 176, 180, 322, 324; membership in, 247; and Montenegro, 295–96, 297–99; Putin comments about, 257; and Russia, 266, 269, 270; and Serbia, 246–47
Naval Academy, U.S., 1, 2, 5, 38, 145
Nemtsov, Boris, 272, 290–94
New Hampshire
elections of 2000 in, 14, 17, 29; elections of 2006 in, 17; elections of 2008 in, 17, 21–23, 24–26, 27–28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 60, 228; and Savage request, 23–24
New Jersey: elections of 2008 in, 36
New Orleans, Louisiana: McCain 2008 campaign in, 41
New York State
elections of 2008 in, 36; and immigration, 215
New York Times
McCain’s Ukraine op-ed in, 286; and Montenegro, 298; MoveOn.Org Iraq ad in, 129; and Obama as an Arab, 65; Putin’s op-ed in, 246, 276; and torture debate, 70, 80, 97
New Yorker magazine, 41, 83
Newsweek magazine, 48
Nicaragua, 332
Nicholson, John, 340
Nickles, Don, 196, 197, 198
Nixon, Richard M., 1, 35, 312, 313, 321
Nobel Peace Prize: for Liu Xiaobo, 336
North Ossetia: Russian storming of school in, 253
North Pole: Russian expedition to, 255
Novgorod, Nizhny, 291
Nuland, Toria, 278, 279
Obama, Barack