by Dick Cheney
Nicholas, Dave, 112–13, 180
Nicholas, Jack and Alice, 113
Nidal, Abu, 367
Nielsen, Mark, 275–76
Niger, 402–6
Nimitz, Chester, 469
9/11, 1–10, 225, 306, 326–37, 361–63, 384, 393, 414, 436, 499–500, 502, 522
Afghanistan and, 332, 334, 337, 343, 347, 367–68, 497
casualties on, 2–4, 335–36, 368–69, 377, 388, 446–47
clearing skies on, 2–3, 6–8, 300
communications problems on, 2, 4, 6–8
enhanced interrogation techniques and, 358, 361–62
Ground Zero of, 341–44, 519
investigations on intelligence failures in, 5, 405
Iraq and, 368–69, 415–16
and leadership succession and survival, 6, 8–10, 130
shootdown order on, 3–5
Terrorist Surveillance Program and, 348–49, 353
U.S. responses to, 319, 330–32, 334, 336, 339–41, 343, 348, 419, 519
Vice President’s Residence and, 326–27
Nixon, Richard, 43–44, 47, 51–55, 69–72, 79, 119–20, 187, 189, 242, 530
Ford’s administration changes and, 89, 91
OEO and, 44, 52
pardon of, 69–70, 74–75, 77, 82, 86, 103
presidential campaigns of, 43, 58–59, 64, 97, 104
and price and wage controls, 59–62
resignation of, 66–67, 74, 138
Rumsfeld’s relationship with, 51–52, 64
Vietnam War and, 35, 53, 59, 82, 84
Watergate scandal and, 66, 69
No New Starts mandate, 80
Noriega, Manuel, 168, 172–75, 177–78
North, Oliver, 145–46
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 27, 180, 238, 247, 331, 379, 502
former Soviet Union and, 428, 513–15
Rumsfeld’s tenure at, 64, 66, 68–69
Northern Alliance, 332, 336, 340–41, 344–46, 353–54
Norton, Gale, 300
Novak, Robert, 74, 152–53, 167
Plame case and, 406–7
nuclear weapons, 7, 129, 201, 418–20, 465–79, 513
arms control and, 233–34, 324–26, 491
and attempted coup against Gorbachev, 230–31
Desert Storm and, 196, 220–21, 227
Iranian development of, 326, 419, 465, 468, 470–71, 477–79, 491–92
Iraqi development of, 182, 184, 227, 364–65, 367, 383, 389, 392–93, 402–7, 412, 470, 472
North Korean development of, 326, 419, 465–70, 472–77, 479, 481–93
proliferation of, 318, 419–20, 465–73, 476, 482, 484–88, 490–93
Syrian development of, 465–73, 476, 482, 484, 487, 491–93
targeting of, 160, 232–33
terrorists and, 330, 344–45, 369, 374
Nunn, Louie, 52
Nunn, Sam, 129, 158, 205, 385
Obama, Barack, 255, 309, 313, 357, 455, 514, 522–24
enhanced interrogation techniques and, 362–63, 512, 520–24
financial crisis and, 508–9, 511
Guantanamo and, 355–56, 520, 522–23
inauguration of, 517–18
North Korean nuclear program and, 486, 489, 493
presidential campaign of, 508–9, 516, 520
on withdrawing from Afghanistan, 501–2
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 323
Odierno, Ray, 455–58, 463
O’Donnell, Terry, 71, 76, 93, 162, 244, 290, 530–31
Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), 48–57
Cheney’s work for, 49–54, 56–57, 72
Rumsfeld and, 44–45, 48–53, 55–56
state-level relationships of, 50, 52–53
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 63, 79–80, 165, 273, 298, 394, 502–3
Ohio, 158, 425
Cheney’s vice presidential campaigns and, 272, 278, 280–81
oil, oil fields, 316, 499, 513
Cheney’s vice presidential candidacy and, 263, 266
and deployment of U.S. troops to Persian Gulf, 187, 194
Desert Storm and, 195, 400
Halliburton and, 248–49, 263
Iraqi Freedom and, 383, 399–400, 432
and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 182–84, 197–98
North Korean nuclear program and, 473, 475
regulating prices of, 60–61, 63
oil-for-food program, 226, 366
Oklahoma City terrorist attack, 318, 385
Olmert, Ehud, 471–72
Oman, 194–95, 376
Omar, Mullah, 344
O’Meara, Sean, 531–32
O’Neill, Paul, 79, 339, 382
departure from administration of, 394–95
Treasury Department appointment of, 298–99
O’Neill, Tip, 128, 136–37, 140, 149
Oresko, Nicholas, 301
Oriabure, Stephannie, 530
Ortega, Daniel, 144
Osirak nuclear reactor, 182, 227, 472
Owens, Bill, 158
Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and, 163, 170, 172, 175
and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 183, 185
Owens, Chachi, 61
Pace, Pete, 441, 449, 451, 459
Pakistan, 362, 418–20, 452
Afghanistan and, 346, 480, 498–500, 502
al Qaeda and, 418–19, 498, 500, 523
capturing terrorists and, 357–59, 419, 500
Panama, 155
attempted coup in, 172–74, 179
Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and, 168–69, 172–79
U.S. invasion of, 173, 175–79
Panama Canal, 116, 168
Panetta, Leon, 517, 522
Pashtuns, 340, 346
Patriot Act, 348
Paulson, Hank, 395, 503–4, 506–7, 510
Peacemakers, The (Healy), 156
Pearl Harbor, 136, 205, 469
Pekkanen, John, 151
Pelosi, Nancy, 351, 444
financial crisis and, 507, 509
on Hussein, 365–66
Pentagon, see Defense Department, U.S. Perkins, Carl, 52
Perry, Elizabeth (granddaughter), 281, 286, 297, 338, 386, 422, 512, 532
Perry, Grace (granddaughter), 422, 512, 532
Perry, Kate (granddaughter), 243, 281, 284, 286, 294, 313–14, 338, 422, 428–29, 512, 532
Perry, Kristienne, 287
Perry, Phil (son-in-law), 240–41, 255, 512
father-in-law’s vice presidential campaign and, 277–79, 284, 288
2000 election results and, 296–97
Pershing, “Black Jack,” 159–60
Persian Gulf, 181, 184, 199, 367
building up and deploying forces in, 136, 186–98, 202–6, 208, 211, 213, 377, 397
Desert Storm and, 194–96, 200, 203, 211, 221, 228–29
and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 189, 234
Petraeus, David, 441, 454–58, 460–63, 480
Philadelphia, Pa., 269–71
Philippines, 173–74
Plame, Valerie, 406–10
Plan 90–1002, Operations, 186–87
Plan 1003, Operation, 370
Poe, Heather, 283, 288, 512, 526
Poland, 180, 204–5
Cheney’s trips to, 84–85, 95, 427–29
missile defense system in, 514–15
Soviet presence in, 105–6
Porter, Bart, 58–59
Portman, Rob, 278–79, 290, 423
Powell, Alma, 227, 294, 338
Powell, Colin, 257, 269, 294, 325, 395–97, 405, 416
and attempted coup against Gorbachev, 230–31
Bush’s relationship with, 381–82, 425–26, 442
Cheney’s Defense Department nomination and, 161–62
Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and, 159, 162, 170–72, 174–75, 197, 233, 237, 298, 426
Cheney’s relationship with, 185–86, 425–26
and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf, 186–88, 191,
194, 202–4
Desert Storm and, 200, 203–4, 206–7, 209, 211–16, 218–20, 223, 227
Iraqi Freedom and, 370, 387, 425–26, 455
and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 184–85, 197–98
Israeli-Palestinian crisis and, 380–81
Panamanian crisis and, 172–75, 177, 179
Plame case and, 407–8
and War on Terror, 331–32
precision-guided munitions (PGMs), 228, 336, 346, 400
Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC), 1–3, 5–10, 300
President’s Daily Briefs (PDBs), 314–15
price and wage controls, 59–63 Proud Tower, The (Tuchman), 148–49
Putin, Vladimir, 7, 202, 513–15
ABM Treaty and, 325–26
Krakow trip of, 427–28
and Russian invasion of Georgia, 513–14
Qaboos, Sultan, 195, 376
Qaddafi, Muammar, 419–20, 471, 490–91
Qala-i-Jangi, 353–54
Qatar, 195–96, 378, 399
Quayle, Dan, 151, 174, 267
Quie, Al, 44
Rangel, Charlie, 307
Ravich, Samantha, 487, 531
Ready, Tom, 30
Reagan, Nancy, 148, 167, 227, 422
Reagan, Ronald, 63, 95–103, 135, 150–51, 161–62, 168, 179–80, 242, 273, 311, 355, 422, 491
Desert Storm and, 227–28
Iran-Contra affair and, 143–48, 161
presidential campaigns of, 88–90, 95, 97–103, 115–16, 138–40
as running mate with Ford, 100–102, 139–40
Reed, Clarke, 97–98
Rehnquist, William, 304, 323
Reid, Harry, 307, 444, 455, 509
Reiner, Jonathan, 292–93, 524, 531 “Reliable, Affordable, and Environmentally Sound Energy for America’s Future,” 316–18
Republican Guard, Iraqi, 183, 432
Desert Storm and, 198, 221–23
Republican National Conventions, 148, 151
Bush-Cheney campaign and, 267, 269–71
and election of 1976, 80–81, 90, 96–102, 115, 139
Reagan’s presidential campaign and, 97–102, 115, 139–40
Republican Policy Committee, 135
Republicans, Republican Party, 20, 37, 45, 52, 58, 64, 123–36, 150, 173, 243–46, 256, 275–77, 298–99, 350, 360, 372, 424, 444, 493, 501, 524
Bush’s presidential campaigns and, 254, 269–70, 275–76, 284, 417–18
Cheney’s congressional campaigns and, 113, 115–18, 121, 123, 138–39, 151, 303
Cheney’s congressional career and, 125–34, 136, 141–45, 151, 154, 156, 409
and Cheney’s internships and fellowship, 33–34, 41, 43–44, 47
Cheney’s PAC and, 243–44
Cheney’s vice presidency and, 307, 309
Cheney’s vice presidential candidacy and, 260, 266–67
control of Congress won by, 244–46, 310
financial crisis and, 507–10
Ford’s presidential campaign and, 85–86, 88, 90, 96–97
House leadership campaigns of, 134–35
Iran-Contra affair and, 143–47, 409–10
Jeffords’s party switching and, 309–10
Reagan’s presidential campaigns and, 138–39
surge and, 455, 460–62
tax cuts and, 309–13
Wyoming politics and, 111–12
Republican Senate Policy Lunch, 421, 461–62
Reykjavik Summit, 491
Rhodes, John, 125–26, 140
Rice, Condoleezza, 129, 252, 352, 370, 382, 389, 397, 444, 448–49, 468, 478
Iraqi uranium acquisition and, 404–5
Israeli-Palestinian crisis and, 381, 479–80
9/11 and, 7–8
North Korean nuclear program and, 474–77, 479, 481–82, 484–88, 490
Syrian nuclear reactor and, 472, 476
and War on Terror, 331–32
Richardson, Elliot, 54–55, 91, 258
Ridge, Tom, 343
Risen, James, 352
Ritchie, Donald A., 530
Riyadh, 419
and deployment of U.S. troops to Persian Gulf, 189–90, 202
Desert Storm and, 198, 202, 208, 212, 223
Robb, Chuck, 447
Robb-Silberman Commission, 413
Roberts, John, 323, 516
Roberts, Pat, 351, 406–7
Rockefeller, Jay, 351, 393
Rockefeller, Nelson, 68, 80–81, 90, 99, 102–3
Rogers, Jim, 139
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 422
Roncalio, Teno, 112, 123
Rongoni, Anthony, 532
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 11, 38, 43, 310, 356–57
Rosner, Carolyn, 532
Ross, Allan, 151
Rove, Karl, 322, 460, 495
Bush-Cheney campaign and, 286
Cheney’s vice presidential candidacy and, 263–64
Rowen, Henry, 200
Rule 16–C, 98–100
Rumsfeld, Don, 62–73, 78–80, 110, 130, 138, 153, 156, 288, 326, 336, 411, 441, 516–17
Abu Ghraib abuses and, 420–21
Bush’s replacement of, 442–44
Cheney as deputy of, 70–73, 75–76, 80, 89–90
Cheney’s fellowship and, 41–42
Cheney’s vice presidential search and, 257–58
chief of staff tenure of, 70–73, 75–76, 80, 89–90, 93, 117
CLC run by, 59–60, 62–63
Defense Department tenures of, 92, 117, 258, 299, 421, 442–44
Ford administration changes and, 89–90, 92
Ford’s presidential transition and, 67–68
Iraqi Freedom and, 369–70, 377, 396–98, 401
Nasser’s funeral and, 54–55
NATO tenure of, 64, 66, 68–69
9/11 and, 5, 7
Nixon’s reelection campaign and, 64
OEO and, 44–45, 48–53, 55–56
and War on Terror, 331–32
Rumsfeld, Joyce, 110, 138, 288, 338
Russert, Tim, 400, 408
9/11 and, 306, 334–36, 343, 415–16
Russia, 7, 247, 384, 427–28, 438
ABM Treaty and, 324–26
economy and, 167, 202, 230, 232, 514–15
Georgia invaded by, 512–14
North Korean nuclear program and, 473–76, 481–84, 492 see also Soviet Union Saakashvili, Mikheil, 513
Sadr, Muqtada al, 436
same-sex marriage, 423–25
Sammarai, Wafiq al, 220–21
Samuelson, Robert, 509
Sanger, David, 456–57, 460
Saturday Night Live, 88, 337
Saudi Arabia, 155, 478
deployments of U.S. forces to, 136, 186–98, 211, 213, 377, 397
Desert Storm and, 194–98, 202, 206–7, 211–12, 215–16, 223–25, 396–97, 400
Iraqi Freedom and, 377, 396–97
and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 184, 186, 191, 205, 377
Iraqi threat to, 184, 187–88, 190–91, 215–16, 400
Israeli-Palestinian crisis and, 375, 377–78
Scarlett, Dick, 247, 284
Schieffer, Tom, 488
Schlesinger, Jim, 91–92
Schoomaker, Pete, 452–53
Schwarzkopf, Norman, 183, 190
and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf, 187–89, 191, 202–5
Desert Storm and, 198–200, 203–4, 206–7, 212–13, 215–17, 219–20, 223–24, 227
and Scud attacks on Israel, 215–17
U.S.-Iraqi cease-fire and, 223–24
Schweiker, Richard, 97–98
Scotland, Cheney’s trips to, 238, 247
Scott, Jimmy, 1
Scowcroft, Brent, 87, 91, 174, 196, 208, 232, 238, 468
and attempted coup against Gorbachev, 230–31
Cheney’s Defense Department nomination and, 153, 155, 157, 388
Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and, 161, 169, 171, 176, 188
and deployme
nt of troops to Persian Gulf, 186, 188, 194, 204–5
Desert Storm and, 199, 203–4, 210, 214–15, 219
Panamanian crisis and, 169, 176–77, 179
and Scud attacks on Israel, 214–15
Scud missiles:
Desert Storm and, 214–17, 221, 400
Iraqi Freedom and, 383, 432
Saudi Arabia attacked by, 215–16, 400
Scully, Matthew, 267, 529–30
Sears, John, 98, 100
Secret Service, 53, 92, 96, 251, 266, 289, 292, 294, 314, 331, 338, 375
Afghanistan and, 497–98
9/11 and, 1–2, 4, 9, 327, 329
Vice President’s Residence and, 326–27
Senate, U.S., 36, 45–48, 78, 81–82, 85, 116, 133, 150, 171, 197, 207, 240, 262, 291, 300, 320, 341, 345, 423–24, 443–44, 455, 530
Cheney’s congressional career and, 125, 129, 143–45
Cheney’s Defense Department nomination and, 129, 157–58
Cheney’s vice presidency and, 305–10, 312–13
college campus protests and, 45–47
Jeffords’s party switching and, 309–10
Simpson’s campaigns for, 112, 123–24
Supreme Court nominations and, 87–88, 323
tax cuts and, 309–13, 494
Tower’s Defense Department nomination and, 152–53
Vietnam War and, 82
Wyoming politics and, 111–12 see also Congress, U.S.
Senate, U.S., committees of, 310
Armed Services, 152, 157–58, 205, 236–37, 420, 459
Finance, 311–12, 339
Foreign Relations, 146–47
Intelligence, 147, 244, 350–51, 361, 368, 393, 406–7, 412–13, 416, 489
Sequoia, 137
Serbia, 281–82, 448–49
Sessions, Jeff, 508
Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 136, 187
Shanahan, Kathleen, 287, 294
2000 election results and, 273, 289–90
Sharon, Ariel, 378–79
Shaw, Bernard, 212, 279–80, 282–84
Shelton, Hugh, 332, 336
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 13–14, 156
Shiites, 433–34, 450
Hussein’s oppression of, 224–25, 366, 433
Iraqi violence and, 434, 436–37, 440, 442
Shultz, George, 63, 270–71, 299
Silberman, Laurence, 413, 494
Simpson, Al, 143–44, 284, 447
Cheney’s congressional career and, 125, 144
senatorial campaigns of, 112, 123–24
2000 election results and, 288–89
Simpson, Ann, 124, 284, 288–89
Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), 160, 232–33
Slim (Haines), 29
smallpox, 384–85
Smith, Iain Duncan, 398
Smith, Jedediah, 21–22
Smith, Nancy, 530
Snowe, Olympia, 298, 311
Society of Statesmen (SOS), 128
Soil Conservation Service (SCS), 15, 20
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 87