The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
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AmeriCorps, 464, 502
Amos ’n’ Andy (radio show), 203
Anderson, Clinton, 30–32, 36
Anderson, Jim, 347, 350
Anderson, John, 355
Anderson, Martin, 325
Anderson, Robert, 107, 125, 166, 167, 172
Anderson, Stan, 324, 325
Andreas, Dwayne, 288
Angola, 142
Apawamis Club, 206
Apple, Johnny, 430
Arab League, 406
Arafat, Yassir, 425, 436, 486
Arbenz Guzmán, Jacobo, 131
Archer Daniels Midland, 288
Arden, Elizabeth, 97–98
Argentina, 36–37
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 443
Aristotle, 524
Arkansas Governor’s Mansion, 434
Arlington Cemetery, 156
Army Corps of Engineers, 497
Asia, 397
food crisis in, 29
Attlee, Clement, 29
Atwater, Lee, 367
Audacity of Hope, The (Obama), 508
Austria, 39, 41
auto bailouts, 519
AWACS, 344
Axelrod, David, 513
Ayers, Eben, 26, 46
Bailey, Doug, 329
Baker, Howard, 322, 323, 328, 330, 362, 363, 364
Baker, James, 321, 323, 369, 384, 400, 402, 487
Gulf War and, 405, 408
on Iraq War, 482
in visit to Kuwait, 421
Ball, George, 127, 129, 149, 160
bank bailouts, 519
banks, closing of, 20–21
Barrett, Robert, 333, 345, 347–48
Baruch, Bernard, 22, 24
Baudouin, King of Belgium, 155
Bay of Pigs invasion, 101–2, 126–44, 150, 277
Guatemalan training for, 122–23, 127–28, 131, 160
lack of air strikes in, 126, 131, 133, 139
Becker, Benton, 306–7
Becker, Jean, 493
Begala, Paul, 415
Begin, Menachim, 344, 346, 398
Belgium, 17, 19, 21
Bell, Steve, 347, 348, 350
Bender, George, 43
Bendix, 200
Benjamin, Bud, 279
Benson, Ezra Taft, 139, 140
Bentsen, Lloyd, 376–77
Berlin, 137, 144, 148
Berlin Wall, 144
Bernstein, Carl, 282, 283, 284
Beschloss, Michael, 150
Beyond Peace (Nixon), 429
bin Laden, Osama, 468, 470
Bissell, Richard, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 140
Blair House, 266
Blind Ambition (Dean), 255
Bohemian Grove, 211
Bolshoi Academy, 424
Bosnia, 412, 421
Boulder Dam, 21
Bourne, Peter, 400
Bowles, Chester, 133
Boyce, Alice, 166
Bradley, Omar, 61, 67, 80, 188, 523–24
Brady, Nicholas, 382–83
Branch, Taylor, 430, 444
Brinkley, Douglas, 406–7, 408, 438, 439
Brock, Bill, 332
Broder, David, 269–70, 317
Brookings Institution, 264, 273, 277
Brooks, David, 515
Brown, Michael, 497
Brown, Pat, 188, 194, 199, 201, 202, 204, 206, 210
Brown, Sam, 342
Brownell, Herbert, 80, 95, 255
Browner, Carol, 513
Buchanan, James, 9
Buchanan, Pat, 204, 217, 218, 226, 355, 385
isolationism of, 392
in 1992 election, 387, 392–93
Buchen, Phil, 302–3, 305–6, 307–8
budget, balancing of, 508
Bui Diem, 230–31, 238, 243, 244
Bundy, McGeorge, 116, 131, 141, 167, 171, 179
on Bay of Pigs invasion, 126–27, 132, 141
on Cuban Missile Crisis, 146
JFK’s management style disparaged by, 146
on stakes of Vietnam, 183
on Vietnamese mistrust of U.S., 174
at war council meeting, 176
Bunker, Ellsworth, 236, 237, 240, 241–42, 243, 244
Burdick v. United States, 309
Burke, Arleigh, 132–33
Burning Tree Club, 105
Burns, Nicholas, 428
Burrus, Rufus, 99
Busby, Horace, 165
Bush, Barbara, 266, 341, 367, 378, 382, 387, 421, 460, 496
Bush, George H. W., 3, 7, 8, 13, 204, 318, 338, 402, 409, 411, 473, 490–91, 505, 506
“America’s Role in the Emerging World” conference and, 391–92
approval rating of, 383–84
background of, 373, 457
Chinese policy of, 382–83
in Chowder and Marching Society, 261
Clinton’s compliment toward, 460
Clinton’s foreign affairs meeting with, 412
Clinton’s friendship with, 1, 490–500
as considered as Nixon’s running mate, 375–76
doubts about Nixon of, 377–79
doubts over Vietnam by, 185
education initiatives of, 493
at Ford’s funeral, 456
Gorbachev’s meeting with, 382, 384
Gulf War waged by, 285, 380, 384, 404–8, 480, 485
G. W. Bush advised by, 379
G. W. Bush compared to, 478
G. W. Bush defended by, 485–88
and G. W. Bush’s Republican Party official biography, 480
as head of CIA, 381
“How to Lose the Cold War” memo sent to, 388–90, 391
Hurricane Katrina work of, 14, 497–99
Iraqi assassination attempt on, 421–24
Iraq War and, 482–85
at NAFTA event, 426
1964 Texas Senate run of, 375
in 1970 Senate run, 376–77
1980 election and, 328
in 1988 election, 365–71
in 1992 election, 285, 412, 491, 492
Obama’s admiration for, 514–16
Panama elections and, 11, 400–402
Panama invasion of, 480, 484
Points of Light initiative of, 464, 502, 515
Russian aid package announced by, 393, 394
Sadat’s funeral and, 340
September 11 and, 481
at September 11 memorial, 468
Soviet policy of, 383–86
in stay at Lafayette townhouse, 266, 516
successes of, 479–80
tax promise of, 12
tsunami relief work of, 14, 492–94, 498
vice presidential candidate chosen by, 366
in visit to Kuwait, 421
Bush, George W., 7, 473, 495, 505, 506
arrest of, 476
background of, 476–78
Clinton’s mockery of, 463
compassionate conservatism of, 479
confidence of, 526–27
Democrats’ criticism of, 495–96
in desire to avenge G. H. W. Bush, 460–61, 475
G. H. W. Bush compared to, 478
G. H. W. Bush’s advice to, 379
G. H. W. Bush’s defense of, 485–88
Haiti relief work of, 499–500
honeymoon period of, 465–66
Hurricane Katrina and, 497
Iraq War launched by, 13, 424, 470, 475, 482–85, 487, 500
Lincoln admired by, 525
lunch for club held by, 512
memoirs of, 461
predecessors appreciated by, 10–11
relaxation in retirement of, 513–14
Republican Party official biographical video of, 480
September 11th attacks and, 468–71, 481, 487
tax cuts by, 12–13
tsunami aid organized by, 491
in 2000 election, 460–63
in 2004 election, 486
Bush, Jeb, 460
Bush, Laura, 470, 471, 477, 483, 486, 502–3
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Bush, Marvin, 477, 479
Bush, Prescott, 375
Bush, Robin, 477, 515
Bush family compound, 2
Bush School of Government and Public Service, 515
“Business, Ballots and Bureaus” (speech), 195–96
Butcher, Harry, 59
Buzhardt, Fred, 304
Byrnes, James, 188
Cabinet Committee on Price Stability, 196
Cagney, James, 198
Califano, Joseph, 289
California, in 1988 election, 368–71
Cambodia, 236, 268, 271
Camp David, 102, 114, 135, 138–39, 169, 299, 363, 398, 414, 483
Camp David Accords, 344
Canada, wheat production in, 29
Canal Zone, 400
Cannon, Lou, 206, 216, 319, 326, 330, 335
Canoga Electronics, 200
Canzeri, Joe, 339
Card, Andy, 492–93
Cargo, David, 210
Carlucci, Frank, 362, 363
Carson, Jay, 498
Carter, Amy, 434
Carter, Jimmy, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 326, 337–38, 354, 380, 409, 411, 494, 502, 511, 517
abstemiousness of, 397
charity work of, 398–99
on Clinton’s sexual scandal, 450
Clinton vs., 8, 432–49
Ford’s eulogy delivered by, 351, 456
Gulf War opposed by, 404–8
Haiti trip of, 442–49
Iranian hostage crisis and, 398, 419, 426
Middle East peace brokered by, 398
on mission for Obama, 3
New York Times op-ed by, 453–54
Nicaraguan elections overseen by, 400, 402–4
in 1976 election, 323, 324, 327
North Korean trip of, 12, 435–37, 517
on Obama’s presidential education, 512
Panama elections monitored by, 11, 400–402
popularity of, 404
post-presidential Syria trip of, 400
as problem for Club, 12, 395–96
Reagan’s criticism of, 399
religion of, 337, 397, 409
at Sadat’s funeral, 337, 339–51
at September 11 memorial, 468
South Korean trip of, 438–42
technocratic approach of, 397–98
Carter, Rosalynn, 327, 340, 341, 342–43, 348, 350, 403, 434, 448, 449
Carter Center, 398, 402
Carter Doctrine, 405
Casey, Bill, 329, 332, 333
Castro, Fidel, 122–23, 126, 127, 128, 129
Cédras, Raoul, 427, 443–47, 448
Century Plaza Hotel, 310
Chamber of Commerce, U.S., 31
Chamorro, Violeta, 403–4
Champion, George, 375
Cheney, Dick, 462, 467, 468, 481, 482
Gulf War and, 407
Chennault, Anna, 230–31, 238–39, 242, 244–45, 248, 263, 268, 281, 289
Chennault, Claire, 230
Chicago Daily News, 97
Chicago Tribune, 64
China, 34, 67, 69–70, 122, 224, 245, 356, 379, 381, 488
economy of, 417
fall to communists of, 66, 82
Nixon’s opening of, 12, 271, 282, 288, 327, 339, 377
Nixon’s post-presidential trips to, 316–17
U.S. Vietnam policy and, 177
Chowder and Marching Society, 261, 294, 295
Christian, George, 285, 288–89
Christopher, George, 201
Christopher, Warren, 422, 434, 436, 439, 442
Churchill, Winston, 1, 21, 32, 57–58, 95, 183, 251, 523–24
CIA, 79, 80, 81, 114, 145, 242, 277, 318, 381, 422
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 126, 127, 128, 129, 137, 138, 277
creation of, 6
Egypt given weapons by, 344
Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Viet Nam, 188
civil rights, 165, 167, 279
Civil Rights Bill, 167
Civil War, U.S., 467, 522
Clark, Ramsey, 248
Clarke, Richard, 468
Cleveland, Grover, 6
Clifford, Clark, 46, 115, 117, 120, 121, 123, 177, 239
on Dump Truman movement, 65
JFK’s management style disparaged by, 8, 116
LBJ warned on Vietnam by, 179, 228, 234, 245
Vietnam opposed by, 278
Clifton, Ted, 121
Clinton, Bill, 1–3, 12, 338, 411–12, 490–91, 502, 505, 506
achievements of presidency of, 508–9
AmeriCorps program of, 464
background of, 457
books on presidents owned by, 525
campaigning for candidates by, 519
Carter’s Korean trips for, 12, 435–42
Carter vs., 8, 432–49
Cuban refugee problem of, 433
deficit deal of, 522
on difficulties of presidency, 518–19
drive of, 513
in election of 1992, 412, 491, 492
and election of 2008, 507, 509–10
end of administration of, 464–65
and execution of mentally disabled man, 508
Ford’s attempt to engineer censure of, 291, 454–55
G. H. W. Bush’s foreign affairs meeting with, 412
G. H. W. Bush’s friendship with, 1, 490–500
G. W. Bush mocked by, 463
Haiti policy of, 427, 442–49
Haiti relief and, 14, 499–500
Hurricane Katrina work of, 14, 497–99
impeachment of, 418, 450, 500
Iraq attacked by, 422–24
1988 Democratic convention speech of, 464
Nixon’s advice on China to, 420, 421
Nixon’s advice on Russia to, 417–19, 421
Nixon’s friendship with, 1, 7, 10
Nixon’s funeral and, 429–31
North Korean trip of, 11, 12, 517–18
Obama compared to, 513
Obama’s criticism of, 507–10, 516
Obama’s relationship with, 2, 5
Obama’s tax bill defended by, 521–22
Reagan’s teaching of saluting to, 414–15
religion of, 409
Russian aid package announced by, 393–94
at September 11 memorial, 468
September 11th attacks and, 468–71
sexual scandal of, 450, 451, 459, 463, 468–69
Somalia policy of, 427
Tea Party criticized by, 520
transition team of, 433–34
tsunami relief work of, 14, 492–94, 498
and 2000 election, 460–62
welfare reform of, 462
Yeltsin admired by, 416–17
Clinton, Chelsea, 418, 424, 434, 466, 495, 517
Clinton, Hillary, 418, 421, 424, 428, 432, 434, 463, 493, 495, 517
as Goldwater Girl, 424
made secretary of state, 511–12
in 2008 campaign, 510–11
Clinton Foundation, 492, 511
Clinton Global Initiative, 511
Clinton library, 511
Clymer, Adam, 329
CNN, 12, 431, 438, 440, 441, 448, 518
Coelho, Tony, 415
Cold War, 33, 115, 140, 144, 358–59, 409, 508
College Station, 515
Collier’s, 73
Colorado, 215
Colson, Charles, 264, 275, 276, 278, 284–85, 287
Columbia University, 62, 66
Commission on Organization of the Executive Government (Hoover Commission), 6, 44–45
communism, 82, 91
“compassionate conservatism,” 479
Conant, James, 188
Congo, 142
Connally, John, 280, 283, 322, 323, 377
as considered by Nixon as vice president, 298
“Democrats for Nixon” launched by, 280, 285
1980 election and, 328
Connelly, Matt, 85
containment, 320
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Coolidge, Calvin, 5, 6, 398
Council of Economic Advisors, 6, 333
Cranston, Alan, 204
crime, 367
Crimea, 386
crime bill, 508–9
Croce, Jim, 302
Cromwell, Oliver, 524
Cronkite, Walter, 189, 334
Crowley, Monica, 262, 387, 389, 393, 413, 418, 420–21
Crusade in Europe (Eisenhower), 65, 99
Cuba, 101–2, 122–23, 399
U.S. quarantine of, 10
Cuban Missile Crisis, 10, 145–51, 173, 238
Cuomo, Mario, 366
Cushing, Richard Cardinal, 115, 124
Czechoslovakia, 35
Daily Show, The, 519, 522
Daley, Bill, 465
Daley, Richard, 231
Dallas Morning News, 179, 478
Dalleck, Robert, 110, 147–48, 180, 231
Danang, South Vietnam, 178
Danforth, John, 481
Daniel, Clifton, 158
Davis, Loyal, 197
Dayan, Moshe, 254
D-Day, 124, 136, 158
Dean, John, 255, 282, 287
Deardourff, John, 329
Death of a President, The (Manchester), 155
Deaver, Mike, 332, 333, 345
Deep Throat, 284
Defense Department, U.S.:
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 127
budget of, 51
unification of, 6, 62, 66, 119–20
defense spending, 106–7
DeFrank, Tom, 455–56
de Gaulle, Charles, 155, 165, 254
DeLay, Tom, 452
DeLoach, Cartha “Deke,” 242, 248, 283, 287, 289
Democratic National Committee, 282, 285
Democratic Party, U.S., fund-raiser for, 268
“Democrats for Nixon,” 280
Deng Xiaoping, 327
Dennison, Robert L., 156, 157
détente, 313, 320, 362
Detroit News, 300
Dewey, Thomas, 46, 83, 255
in 1948 election, 63, 64, 376
Dirksen, Everett, 245, 246
disarmament, 119
Disney, Walt, 198
Dobrynin, Anatoly, 360
Dole, Bob, 323, 325, 366–67, 377, 438
Donald, David Herbert, 9, 525
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 195
Douglas, Paul, 187–88
draft, 316
Duberstein, Ken, 365–66, 367–68, 369
Dukakis, Michael, 366, 367, 369
Duke, Angier Biddle, 130
Dulles, Allen, 119, 124–25, 128, 129, 130, 131
Dulles, John Foster, 97–98, 251
Dunsmore, Barrie, 343, 346, 347
Dutton, Fred, 117, 131–32, 134
East Germany, 144
education, 181
Egypt, 405, 407–8
U.S. aid to, 344
Ehrlichman, John, 265, 272, 287
Einstein, Albert, 66
Eisenhower, Arthur, 60
Eisenhower, David, 88, 136, 139, 147, 251, 252, 459
marriage of, 252–56
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 8, 10, 14, 101, 103, 211, 365, 470, 526
background of, 60
Bay of Pigs and, 122–23, 127, 130, 131, 136–40, 160, 172