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In My Time

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by Dick Cheney


  Howard, Edward Lee, 142

  Howe, Patty, 126–27, 163

  Howell, Treva Turner, 52

  Hoyer, Steny, 129, 501, 507

  Hughes, Karen, 9, 265, 293

  Hu Jintao, 382–83, 476

  human rights, 86, 202, 390, 396, 483, 514, 520

  Humphrey, Hubert, 38, 43

  Humvees, 431, 453, 496

  Hurricane Katrina, 429–32

  Hussein, King of Jordan, 374

  Hussein, Saddam, 181–84, 364–74, 376, 386–93

  acquisition and use of WMD by, 206, 225–27, 364–69, 373–74, 377, 383, 388–89, 391–93, 395–96, 403, 411–13, 417–18, 470, 472

  authorizing use of force against, 392–93, 395

  Baker’s Iraqi negotiations and, 205, 208

  capture and imprisonment of, 411, 419–20, 432

  and deployment of U.S. troops to Persian Gulf, 187–88, 190–91, 194, 205–6, 213

  Desert Storm and, 196, 199, 203, 206–8, 214–18, 220–24, 226–27, 364, 370, 374, 379, 397, 401

  Iraqi Freedom and, 369–71, 373–74, 377, 379, 383, 386–88, 391, 397–400, 432–33, 437, 440

  Iraqi inspections and, 365–66, 388–91

  and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 179, 183–84, 186, 188–89, 191, 197–99, 205, 208, 234, 377, 379

  Iraqi sanctions and, 191, 194, 197–98, 225–26, 365, 369, 383, 412

  and Iraqi threat to Israel, 182, 211, 214–16

  overthrow of, 225, 365–66, 371, 373, 386–89, 397, 401, 419–20, 432, 470–71

  search for WMD of, 411–12

  Shiites oppressed by, 224–25, 366, 433

  terrorism and, 225–26, 367–69, 372, 377, 388, 392–93, 396, 414–15, 418

  U.S.-Iraqi cease-fire and, 217–18, 221–24

  Hyde, Henry, 142–43

  Ignatius, David, 456

  inflation, 59, 76–77

  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 364, 403, 471–72

  Iran, 136, 187, 220, 225, 373, 379, 434, 480, 502

  Iraqi violence and, 436–37, 447

  nuclear program of, 326, 419, 465, 468, 470–71, 477–79, 491–92

  Iran-Contra affair, 161, 409–10, 416

  Congress and, 143–48, 409

  Iranian hostage crisis, 136–37, 452

  Iran-Iraq War, 182, 225, 364, 392, 418

  Iraq, 364–77, 382–407, 411–22, 432–65, 502, 511–12

  absence of WMD in, 412–14, 417

  authorizing use of force against, 204–5, 207–9, 391–93, 395

  Baker’s negotiations on, 205, 208, 218

  casualties and injuries in, 212, 214–15, 220, 226, 401, 434, 436–37, 440, 445–46, 470, 479

  comparisons between Afghanistan and, 334, 499, 501

  and deployment of U.S. troops to Persian Gulf, 187–88, 190–91, 194, 205–6, 213

  Hussein’s overthrow and, 365–66, 371, 373, 386–87

  inspections in, 365–66, 371, 383, 388–94, 403, 412

  insurgency in, 432–33, 436–37, 439–41, 450–51, 458, 463

  Israel threatened by, 182–83, 211, 214–17, 227, 383, 400, 418, 472

  Kuwait invaded by, 137, 179, 182–86, 188–89, 191–92, 197–99, 205–8, 217, 234, 239, 377, 379

  liberation of, 180, 225, 372, 401, 411, 434, 481

  national elections in, 432

  9/11 and, 368–69, 415–16

  no-fly zones in, 224, 366

  nuclear program of, 182, 184, 227, 364–65, 367, 383, 389, 392–93, 402–7, 412, 470, 472

  provisional authority in, 387, 411, 433

  sanctions on, 190–91, 194, 197–98, 203, 205, 225–26, 365, 369, 371, 383, 412

  search for WMD in, 411–13

  status of forces agreement (SOFA) with, 480

  Syrian nuclear program and, 469–70

  terrorists and, 225–26, 344, 367–69, 372, 377, 380, 388, 392–93, 396, 414–15, 418, 433–37, 450, 455, 458, 463–64, 501

  UN resolutions on, 137, 205, 208, 217, 225–26, 364–65, 367, 373, 376, 389–91, 393–95, 397–98, 415

  uranium acquisition of, 402–7

  U.S. withdrawal from, 436–39, 444–47, 456–58, 460–62

  violence in, 433–34, 436–40, 442, 447–50, 453, 455, 465

  WMD acquired and used by, 182, 184, 206, 214, 220–21, 225–27, 364–70, 373–74, 377, 380, 383, 388–96, 402–3, 411–14, 417–18, 469–70, 472, 479 see also Desert Storm, Operation

  Iraqi Freedom, Operation, 369–77, 390–93, 413–64, 481

  anti-Hussein exiles and, 386–87

  combat operations in, 398–401, 408, 420, 433–34, 437

  combat planning in, 369–70, 377, 383, 386, 396–97, 432

  comparisons between Desert Storm and, 369–71, 379, 383, 393, 396–97, 400–401

  considering victory in, 438, 441, 444–45, 447–48, 450–54

  consulting allies on, 372–77, 379–80, 396–98

  counterinsurgency strategy in, 440–42, 445, 450–51, 463, 480

  logistics in, 375, 383

  opposition to, 388, 425

  postwar planning and, 386–88

  strategy reviews in, 435–36, 438–42, 445–54, 460–61, 500

  surge in, 441, 445, 447, 450–63, 480, 502

  U.S. covert operations in, 370–71

  Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS), 367, 412, 415

  Iraq Liberation Act, 365

  Iraq Operations Group (IOG), 370–71

  Iraq Study Group (ISG), 441, 444, 446–47, 463

  Iraq Survey Group, 411–12

  Islam, 193, 332, 352, 354, 379

  radical, 415, 418, 437 see also Shiites; Sunnis

  Israel, 7, 188

  Desert Storm and, 207, 210–11, 214–17, 400

  Iraqi Freedom and, 383, 398, 432

  Iraqi threat to, 182–83, 211, 214–17, 227, 383, 400, 418, 472

  Scud attacks on, 214–17, 383, 400

  Syrian nuclear program and, 466, 468–69, 471–73, 476, 484

  Israeli-Palestinian crisis, 218, 367–68, 382, 384, 447

  Arafat and, 373, 377–81, 383

  Cheney’s vice presidency and, 372–75, 377–81

  Syria and, 479–80

  Ivry, David, 227

  Jackson, Barry, 495

  Jackson, Wyo., 118, 241, 243–44, 248, 265, 280, 284, 425, 429

  Jackson Hole, Wyo., 246, 286, 408

  Jackson Hole Playhouse, 278–79

  Jajonie, Alexandra, 529

  Japan, 17, 56, 469

  North Korean abduction of children from, 487, 493

  North Korean nuclear program and, 473–75, 481–84, 487–88, 490, 492–93

  Jaysh al Mahdi militia, 436–37

  Jeddah, 190, 192, 195, 377

  Jeffords, Jim, 298, 309–10

  Jeremiah, Dave, 203

  John Paul II, Pope, 180

  Johnson, Lyndon, 40, 47, 189, 307

  Cheney’s fellowship and, 43–44

  heart attack of, 120–21

  Vietnam War and, 35–37, 59, 175

  Johnston, Robert, 198–99

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, 175, 181, 184, 205–6, 233, 300, 425, 459, 468, 485

  Afghanistan and, 332, 336

  Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and, 159, 161–63, 169–70

  Desert Storm and, 198, 203, 212, 228

  Goldwater-Nichols on, 170–71, 452

  Iraqi Freedom and, 377, 396, 398, 441, 449, 451–54

  Jonas Brothers, 512

  Jones, Cara, 530

  Jones, Dick, 115

  Jones, Jim, 500

  Jordan, 195, 365, 368, 374–75, 501

  Jordan, Hamilton, 72, 137

  JPMorgan, 503–4

  Judge, Mychal, 335

  Just Cause, Operation, 175, 177–79

  Justice Department, U.S., 354

  enhanced interrogation techniques and, 358, 363, 521

  gun law and, 494–95

  military commissions and, 357

  Plame case and, 406–7

  Terr
orist Surveillance Program and, 350–52

  Kagan, Fred, 441, 450–51

  Kansas City, Mo., 98–103, 139

  Kaplan, Joel, 273

  Kappes, Steve, 498

  Karem, Robert, 441, 529 Karine-A, 373

  Karzai, Hamid, 346, 419, 480

  Cheney’s meetings with, 426–27, 498–99

  Kay, David, 411–12

  Keane, Jack, 442, 450–51, 454–55, 457–58

  Kelly, Tom, 184, 206

  Desert Storm and, 212–13, 228

  Panamanian crisis and, 175, 177

  Kennedy, Bobby, 38, 47

  Kennedy, John F., 37, 104, 416

  assassination of, 32, 189

  Kennedy, Ted, 48

  Kennedy, Walt, 134–35

  Kennerly, David, 114–15, 286, 297–98, 531

  Kent State protests, 53

  Kentucky:

  Ford’s presidential campaign and, 85, 95

  OEO funding in, 52–53

  Kenya, 329–30, 419

  Kerry, John, 366, 392, 438

  presidential campaign of, 262, 406, 413, 422, 424

  Khalilzad, Zalmay, 235, 435, 444

  Khan, Abdul Qadeer, 418–20, 470

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 61–62

  King, Larry, 151

  King, Leslie, 118–19

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 40, 47, 517–18

  King, Mr. and Mrs. C. H., 118–19

  Kings of the Hill (Cheney and Cheney), 149

  Kissinger, Henry, 68, 75, 83–87, 139, 258

  Cheney’s clash with, 84–85

  Ford’s presidential campaign and, 89–91, 99–100

  on Iraq, 438, 461

  Mayaguez crisis and, 83–84

  Moynihan’s conflicts with, 85–86

  Knowles, Warren, 34–36, 42, 45

  Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (DPRK) (North), 438

  Japanese children abducted by, 487, 493

  nuclear program of, 326, 419, 465–70, 472–77, 479, 481–93

  sanctions on, 475, 492

  Syrian collaboration with, 465–70, 473, 476, 482, 484, 491–93

  Korea, Republic of (South), 398, 473–75, 481–84, 489–90, 492

  Korean War, 27, 301, 379

  Korologos, Tom, 99–100

  Krakow, Cheney’s trip to, 427–29

  Kuntz, Carol, 319, 385

  Kurds, 379, 383, 436

  oppression of, 224, 364, 366, 392, 418

  Kuwait, 377–79

  Desert Storm and, 155, 199–200, 202–3, 212, 217–18, 220–23, 225, 234–35, 379, 397, 400

  Iraqi invasion of, 137, 179, 182–86, 188–89, 191–92, 197–99, 205–8, 217, 234, 239, 377, 379

  liberation of, 155, 165, 199, 205, 217, 222, 225, 234–35, 397

  U.S.-Iraqi cease-fire and, 217, 221–22

  Kwasniewski, Aleksander, 427–28

  Laffer Curve, 78

  Laird, Mel, 35–36

  Laramie, Wyo., 31–33, 40, 113–14, 126–27, 241

  Latvia, 231–32

  Lazear, Eddie, 505

  leadership succession and survival:

  and Cheney’s congressional career, 129–30, 319–20

  and Cheney’s vice presidency, 319–22

  and 9/11, 6, 8–10, 130

  Leahy, Pat, 262

  Leary, Bill, 530

  Lebanon, 143, 470, 480

  and attack on Beirut Marine barracks, 149–50, 419

  Lebed, Alexander, 201–2

  Lefkowitz, Jay, 482–83

  Lehman Brothers, 504–5

  Leningrad, siege of, 172

  Leonard, Mildred, 73, 76

  Lesar, Dave, 260

  Levin, Carl, 366, 459

  Libby, Scooter, 7, 235, 252, 290, 306, 314, 319, 322, 338, 378, 385, 530–31

  Cheney’s vice presidential campaigns and, 278, 282

  Iraqi Freedom and, 370, 387

  Iraqi WMD and, 395–96

  Plame case and, 408–10

  White House botulinum attack and, 341–42

  Libya, 419, 467, 470–71, 490–91

  Lieberance, Bob, 31

  Lieberman, Joe, 444

  2000 election results and, 292, 295–96

  vice presidential campaign of, 275–78, 281–84

  Lincoln, Abraham, 156, 271, 336

  Lincoln, Neb., 11–12, 15, 17–20, 23, 54

  Lithuania, 231–32

  Little Bighorn River, battle near, 21

  Li Zhaoxing, 382

  Long, Peter, 530

  Lopez, Joe, 163, 175, 191, 197

  Lott, Trent, 135, 144

  Cheney’s vice presidency and, 308–9

  surge and, 461–62

  Louisiana, 162, 211, 401, 429–32

  McCaffrey, Barry, 449

  McCain, John, 257, 275

  enhanced interrogation techniques and, 359–60, 512

  financial crisis and, 508–9

  presidential campaign of, 508–9, 511–12, 520

  surge and, 461

  McChrystal, Stan, 435, 463

  McCloy, John, 54–55

  McConnell, Mike, 471, 479, 481

  and attempted coup against Gorbachev, 230–31

  Desert Storm and, 212, 219

  McConnell, Mitch, 462

  McLaughlin, John, 395, 403, 529–30

  McLean, Va., 295–97, 405

  Bush-Cheney transition and, 295–96

  Cheney’s home in, 174, 178, 183, 188, 211, 292, 295, 297, 301–2

  McMaster, H. R., 440–41

  McMillan, Bruce, 113

  McPeak, Tony, 197

  Madison, Wis., 38–40, 47

  Cheney’s internship in, 34–35, 45

  Magruder, Jeb, 58–59

  Mahon, George, 91

  Maine, 284–86, 311

  Majid, Hussein Kamel al-, 365, 389

  Majid, Saddam al-, 365

  Makiya, Kanan, 401

  Malbin, Michael, 145

  Maliki, Nouri al, 387, 442

  Marine Corps, U.S., 83, 91, 96, 134, 145, 174, 273, 362, 401

  attack on Beirut barracks of, 149–50, 419

  Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and, 165–66

  and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf, 192, 204

  Desert Storm and, 222, 227

  Goldwater-Nichols and, 170–71

  surge and, 451, 453

  Marsh, Jack, 71–72, 75, 81, 92, 107, 138–39, 169

  Matalin, Mary, 9, 306, 338, 530

  Matthews, Chris, 424

  Mayaguez crisis, 83–84

  Mazar-e-Sharif, 344, 346, 353

  Medicare, 276, 282

  Medvedev, Dmitri, 514

  Meese, Ed, 144

  Meet the Press, 145, 204–5, 292, 334–36, 400, 409, 415–16

  Meyer, Joe, 24, 31, 119

  Michel, Bob, 134–35, 140, 143–45, 154–55

  Michigan, 132–34, 425, 459

  Bush-Cheney campaign and, 272, 287

  Diggs case and, 132–33

  Ford’s congressional career and, 72, 76, 86

  Middle East, 55, 84, 136, 142, 182, 199, 282, 327, 345, 369, 371–81, 415, 470, 477–81, 514

  Cheney’s trips to, 189–96, 371–80 see also Israeli-Palestinian crisis

  Miers, Harriet, 322, 324

  military commissions, 356–57, 361

  million equation model, 339

  Mineta, Norm, 2–3, 300

  missiles, 28, 195, 491

  ABM Treaty and, 324–26

  Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and, 163–64

  cruise, 206, 211, 332

  Iraq and, 182–84, 214–17, 221, 365–66, 383, 389, 392, 394, 399–400, 432

  MX, 163–64

  North Korea and, 467, 489

  Patriot, 183, 211, 214, 216–17

  Peacekeeper, 232–34

  Poland and, 514–15 see also Scud missiles

  Mississippi, 97, 429, 431

  Mitchell, Andrea, 259–60, 406

  Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh (KSM), 419, 500

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sp; interrogation of, 358–60, 521

  Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah, 427

  Morality in Foreign Policy plank, 99–100

  mortgage-backed securities, 503–7

  mountain man tradition, 21–22

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 85–86

  Mubarak, Hosni, 183, 192–93, 375

  Mullen, Mike, 459, 485

  Murphy, Robert, 54–55

  Murtha, John, 134, 165, 438

  Musharraf, Pervez, 418–19, 480, 498, 500

  mutually assured destruction (MAD), 325

  Myers, Dick, 336, 396–98

  Myers, Ozzie, 133

  Nashville, Tenn., 289, 389, 454–55

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 54–55

  National Center for Education in Politics (NCEP), 33–34, 41

  National Guard, U.S., 45, 53, 453

  and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf, 204–6

  Hurricane Katrina and, 429–30

  National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs):

  on Iran, 478–79

  on Iraq, 365–68, 391–92, 414

  National Security Agency (NSA), 315, 348–53, 360–61, 403

  National Security Council (NSC), 145, 170–71, 174, 179, 199, 329–34, 338, 358, 385, 390–91, 396, 481, 513, 530

  Afghanistan and, 332, 334, 340, 344

  Cheney’s Defense Department nomination and, 153, 161–62

  and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf, 187–88

  Ford administration changes and, 89–91

  Iraqi Freedom and, 369–70, 386, 439, 441, 449, 454

  and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 183–84, 186

  Israeli-Palestinian crisis and, 380–81, 384

  9/11 and, 8–9, 329–30

  Soviet collapse and, 231

  Syrian nuclear program and, 471, 473

  and War on Terror, 330–32

  Natrona County High School (NCHS), 23–24, 267–68

  Navy, U.S., 83, 150–51, 163, 185, 195, 327, 354, 530

  A-12 construction and, 236–37

  and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf, 191–93

  Desert Storm and, 211, 214, 221, 227

  Goldwater-Nichols and, 170–71

  Panamanian crisis and, 174, 178

  NBC, 145, 265, 297, 334, 406, 408

  Nebraska, 12–20, 243, 253

  New Hampshire, 95, 153, 305, 508

  New Haven, Conn., 26–27

  New Orleans, La.:

  Hurricane Katrina and, 429–31

  Republican convention in, 148, 151

  New York, 68, 80, 128, 135, 176, 212, 227, 302, 319, 356, 410–11, 475

  Ford’s presidential campaign and, 90, 96

  9/11 and, 1–2, 329–30, 335–36, 341–44

  New York Times, The, 81, 85, 104–5, 251

  Bush-Cheney campaign and, 274–75

  Iraqi uranium acquisition and, 403–4

  Terrorist Surveillance Program and, 352–53

  and U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, 456–58, 460–61

  Nicaragua, 144–46, 416

 

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