by John McCain
Trump, Melania, 345
Tulip Revolution (Kyrgyzstan), 254, 319
Tunisia
Arab Spring in, 151–52, 153, 154–56; change in, 332; McCain trips to, 154; Muslim Brotherhood in, 155
Turkey, 184, 185, 186, 332
Tusk, Donald, 270
Twining, Dan, 106
Twitter, 274, 343
Tymoshenko, Yulia, 277, 278, 282
Udall, Morris “Mo,” 340
Ukraine
American support for, 284–85, 288–89; change in, 332; corruption in, 277; elections in, 277, 285; and European Union, 277–78, 282–83, 285, 290; and gift for McCain, 287; Maidan movement in, 279, 280–82, 283, 284, 290, 332, 334; McCain op-ed about, 286; McCain trips to, 279–84, 286–87; Nemtsov-McCain discussion about, 290; Obama and, 324; oligarchs in, 280, 281, 283; Orange Revolution/protests in, 253, 277, 279, 282–84, 285; and Russia, 243, 253, 265, 277–90, 292, 300, 301, 324; and Russian seizure of Crimea, 268; sanctions on, 283; Senate delegation in, 278–84; U.S. role in, 284–85, 300; See also specific person
United Arab Emirates: McCain trips to, 339
United Kingdom
and Belhaj lawsuit, 76; and Libya, 71, 171, 172, 173; and Syria, 188
United Nations
and Iraq, 109; Khrushchev and, 258; and Libya, 156, 172, 173, 179; and Syria, 181, 183, 184, 188, 191
United Nations Convention Against Torture, 82
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 183
United Russia Party, 273
United States
and anti-Americanism in Europe, 303–4; characteristics of, 8–9; and end of the West, 304–6; failures of, 192; fallibility of, 329; McCain views about, 379–80; mistakes of, 8–9; and Obama approach to world leadership, 192; polarization and gridlock in, 300; role in world order of, 8–9, 301, 302–6, 309, 310–13, 325, 328, 329, 356, 379; Russian sanctions against, 285; See also American exceptionalism; values/ideals, American; specific person or topic
USS Abraham Lincoln: Bush (George W.) announcement on, 108
USS Arizona, 1, 2
USS Chosin, 6
USS Cole: bombing of, 81
USS Missouri, 2
USS Nevada, 7
USS Theodore Roosevelt: congressional delegation visit to, 107
Uzbekistan, 318–21, 332
values/ideals, American
and anti-Americanism in Europe, 303–4; Havel-McCain discussion about, 248; immigration and, 207–9; torture debate and, 81, 83, 87–91, 97, 102, 103–4; and U.S. role in world, 301, 302–6; and World War II, 307–8; See also American exceptionalism
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars), 24, 25
Vieira de Mello, Sergio, 109
Vietnam
and American exceptionalism, 326, 329; and Belhaj-McCain meeting, 75; casualties in, 15; conspiracy theories about, 239, 240; counterinsurgency in, 122; human rights in, 326; McCain trip to, 342–43; and Pledge of Allegiance story, 148–49; prisoners of war in, 239, 313; Savage comments about, 23; torture techniques in, 78, 84; and Trump, 326; See also prisoner(s) of war, McCain as
Vilnius Group, 247
visas
and immigration, 212–13, 226, 231; “Z,” 226
vodka-drinking competition, Clinton (Hillary)-McCain, 117–18
Voice of America, 316
voters: McCain advice to, 362–63
Voting Rights Act (1965), 314
Wall Street Journal
and Feinstein Committee report, 102; Graham-Lieberman-McCain Afghanistan op-ed in, 142–43; Mukasey comments in, 98; and Pearl murder, 82; and Ukraine, 284
Wallace, George, 49
war
McCain views about, 107; object of, 308; withdrawal dates during, 143–44; See also specific war
War Crimes Act (1996), 94, 95, 96
War on Poverty, 40
War on Terror, 88
Warner, John, 85, 91
Warren, Elizabeth, 341
Warsaw Pact, 249, 303
Washington, Booker T., 67
Washington Post
Belhaj comments to, 73; McCain’s Iraq op-eds in, 113, 114; and torture debate, 73, 86, 103–4
waterboarding, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 93–96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103
West Bank: Obama trip to, 45
West Point: Obama speech at, 143
Western nations
China as alternative to, 337–38; concerns about Trump in, 235; end of the, 304–6; Russian relations with, 252–53, 255–56, 257–61, 266; See also specific nation
White Helmets, 185, 193
Whitehouse, Sheldon, 315, 341
WikiLeaks, 45, 175, 274
Wilders, Geert, 206
Williamson, Rich, 195
winning
in Iraq, 124; McCain views about, 352, 353, 360
Wood, Andrew, 235–36, 237–38, 241
Woods, Tyrone, 178
World Islamic Front, 70
World Trade Organization, 275
World War II, 7, 78, 154, 307–8, 310, 371
Wright, Jeremiah, 46
Xi Jinping, 326, 337
Yanukovych, Viktor, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282–83, 284
Yeltsin, Boris, 242, 244, 245, 291
Yemen, 152, 328
Yoo, John, 77
Yukos (oil conglomerate), 250, 251
Zakaria, Fareed, 268
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 109
Zimbabwe, 332
Zubaydah, Abu, 76, 77–78, 79–80, 81
Zuckerberg, Mark, 155
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