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The Negotiator

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by George Mitchell


  of 1988, 201–2, 205, 207

  of 1990, 207, 218

  of 1992, 229

  of 2008, 303

  of 2012, 206

  Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 82, 243–44

  Emery, David, 121–23, 129–31, 149

  English language, 9, 19, 24, 28–30, 43

  environmental laws, 93, 94, 205

  oil spills and, 223–25

  see also Clean Air Act

  Environmental Protection Agency, U.S., 193

  Erekat, Saeb, 327, 330, 332–33, 334, 336

  Erwin, Jim, 100–101, 114

  European Union, 313, 337

  Exxon Valdez oil spill, 225

  Falwell, Jerry, 147

  Fanning, Michael, 250

  Farley, Jim, 46

  farms, 26, 103–4, 127, 169, 250

  Fayyad, Salam, 322

  Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972), 223n

  Fehr, Donald, 279, 289

  Fessenden, William Pitt, 60

  filibuster, 119–20, 175, 180, 217

  Fitzwater, Marlin, 210

  Florida, 63–64, 140–41, 166

  Fogg, Hervey, 57, 347

  Foley, Tom, 191, 229

  taxes and, 201, 207, 211–13, 217–18

  football, 21, 23, 64

  Ford, Gerald, 323–24

  Fort Holabird, 71–73

  Fort Point Lighthouse, 55–56

  Fowler, Wyche, 188, 210–11

  Fox Family Worldwide, 270

  France, 76, 373

  Middle East and, 307, 309, 319, 320

  Fraser, Janet, see Mitchell, Janet Fraser

  fraternities, 59, 62–63, 68

  French Canadians, 3, 4, 46–47

  fundraising, 125–27, 133–34, 145, 228–29, 266, 304, 344–45

  Gallagher, Claire, 242–43, 251–52

  Game of Shadows (Fainaru-Wada and Williams), 296

  Garcia, Andy, Jr., 140–41, 142, 144

  gas taxes, 194, 216, 217, 219

  gays, in military, 230

  Gaza, 304–5, 311, 317, 318, 321, 324–25, 328

  Hamas control of, 312–13

  rockets from, 325, 339

  Georgetown University Law School, 80–81, 84–89, 342

  Gephardt, Dick, 229.231

  taxes and, 201, 208, 211–13, 217–18

  Germany, 72–82, 307

  Germany, East, 74, 76–79

  Germany, Nazi, 29, 37–39, 75, 77, 309

  Gerry, Elbridge, 54

  Giambi, Jason, 295n

  Gingrich, Newt, 216

  Glenn, John, 159–60

  Gold, Stanley, 267, 270–73, 275

  Goldwater, Barry, 97

  Good Friday Agreement (1998), 239–41, 244, 248, 250, 317363

  Gore, Al, 229

  Grady, Robert, 176, 177

  Gramm, Phil, 206n

  Gray, Boyden, 176

  Great Britain, 48, 76, 243–44, 373

  economic policies of, 44–45

  Middle East and, 307–10, 319–20

  Northern Ireland and, 236, 239, 241, 366–67

  Gulf War, first, 207

  Hamas, 305, 318, 320–21, 324–25, 339

  in elections, 336, 337

  Gaza taken over by, 312–13

  unity government formed by, 336

  Hamilton, Alexander, 54

  Hamilton, Lee, 139

  Haskell, Eric, 342, 344

  Hathaway, Bill, 114, 149

  Head of Falls, 3–5, 8, 15, 17, 18

  health care reform, 229, 231–35, 303

  health insurance companies, 233

  Heath, Sally, see Mitchell, Sally Heath

  Heckman, James, 291–92

  Heinz, John, 179, 181–82

  Henderson, Paul, 277

  Henry, Mert, 91

  Hernandez, David, 281

  Hezbollah, 318

  Hibey, Richard, 279

  high schools, 227–28, 344

  highways, 194, 197, 199

  hitchhiking, 36, 57–58, 68–71

  Holbrooke, Richard, 305

  Hollings, Ernest, 206n

  Hollingsworth and Whitney paper mill, 4, 5, 50

  Holocaust, 310

  Honkawa, Yoshi, 266–67

  hostages, 113, 139, 368

  House of Commons, British, 320

  House of Representatives, U.S., 46, 54, 116, 121, 122, 138, 145, 149, 200

  clean air efforts and, 172–74, 178, 189–92

  Energy and Commerce Committee of, 172–74

  Environment and Public Works Committee of, 195

  Health and Environment Subcommittee of, 173

  health care reform and, 231

  oil spills and, 224

  tax reform and, 201, 202, 205, 208, 211, 214, 216–19

  Udall in, 154

  Ways and Means Committee of, 211

  House-Senate conference committees, 190, 192, 195, 198, 218, 219, 222

  housing, Low Income Credit for, 220–23

  Housing and Urban Development Department, U.S., 222

  human growth hormone (hGH), 291, 299

  Humphrey, Hubert, 96, 98

  Hussein bin Ali, 307–8

  Husseini, Faisal, 322n

  Hybl, Bill, 278–80

  Hyde, William DeWitt, 61–62

  Iger, Bob, 274–75

  Ignatius, David, 327

  immigrants, 3–4, 6–8, 10, 19, 46–51, 109

  Cuban, 140

  French, 44, 49

  Irish, 7, 46, 377, 378

  Jewish, 309, 310

  Lebanese, 4, 6–7, 8, 50–51, 377, 378, 379

  Polish, 94, 172

  income tax, 103–4, 202, 203, 206, 214, 217–19, 373

  Independents, 46, 100–101

  industrialization, industry, 46–47, 50–51

  clean air efforts and, 169, 170, 171, 173, 189

  Inouye, Daniel, 135, 139

  in election for Senate majority leader, 155, 157, 158, 160–62

  International Commission on Violence in the Middle East, 304

  International Olympic Committee (IOC), 277, 278, 280, 289

  Iran, 139, 318–19, 321, 369

  Iran-Contra investigation, xiv, 135–39, 149–50, 157, 158

  Iranian hostage crisis, 113, 369

  Iraq, 306, 308, 315

  Irish-Americans, 249–50, 253, 379

  Irish-American Society, 252–53

  Irish immigrants, 7, 46, 377, 378

  Irish Republic, 239, 241, 319, 378–79

  Iron Dome antimissile system, 319

  Israel, 310–40

  borders of, 311, 313, 318, 321, 324, 328, 338

  Egypt’s peace with, 311, 314

  Jewish-Arab divide in, 320

  Jordan’s peace with, 312, 314

  in 1967 war, 311, 323, 326n

  in 1973 war, 311

  potential isolation of, 319–20, 339

  security of, 312, 313, 314, 316, 318–19, 320, 328, 329, 334–38

  settlement construction by, 319, 322, 323–26, 329–30, 334

  Israel Defense Force (IDF), 310, 335

  Israeli Arabs, 318, 320

  Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 304–40

  document dispute in, 330–33, 335–36

  Mitchell’s conclusions about, 313–15

  moratorium on new housing and, 329–30, 334, 335, 336

  1948 war and, 309, 310–11

  Olmert-Abbas discussions in, 327–29

  proximity talks in, 330–33

  settlements in, 319, 323–26, 329–30, 334

  as solvable vs. unsolvable, 315

  two-state solution and, 312, 313, 314, 317, 318, 321, 324

  Italian Americans, 352–53

  Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” 126–27

  Jefferson, Thomas, 54

  Jensen and Baird, 91–92, 95, 101

  Jerusalem, 309, 311, 316, 318, 322n, 327, 328, 329, 333, 334

  Abbas-Netanyahu meeting in, 334, 335

  international regime for, 310

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bsp; Jerusalem, East, 326, 330

  Israeli capture and settlement in, 319, 323, 326n, 333, 334

  use of term, 326n

  Jews, 307–10, 317, 318, 320

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 97–98, 323

  Johnston, Bennett, 155, 157, 158, 160–62, 186n

  Joint Drug Program, 282, 300

  Jordan, 311, 312, 314, 322n, 326n, 329

  Jordan Pond House, 375–76

  Jorling, Thomas C., 183

  Joseph, Abraham, 50

  Justice Department, U.S., 89–90, 91

  Kelly, Emmett, 34

  Kennebec River, 3, 4, 17, 43, 44, 49, 152

  bridges over, 15–16, 197, 199

  natural falls in, 48

  Kennedy, John F., 89

  Kennedy, Robert, 90

  Kennedy, Ted, 120

  Kerry, John, 185

  Key Biscayne, 140–41

  King, Bob, 73, 74

  Kissinger, Henry, 253

  labor, 33, 34, 46

  clean air efforts and, 171, 173, 179, 184

  LaGuardia Airport, 257–58, 303

  Lautenberg, Frank, 174, 177, 185

  League of Nations, 309

  Leahy, Pat, 188

  Lebanon, Lebanese, 8, 10, 311, 318

  as immigrants, 4, 6–7, 8, 50–51, 377, 378, 379

  Maronite Church in, 18

  Lee, Shepard, 114–16

  Lew, Jack, 303–4

  Lewiston, Maine, 26, 47, 131

  Liberty Disaster Relief Fund, 261–64

  lighthouse keepers, 54–55

  lighthouses, 53–56

  Littlehale, Stephanie, 341–43, 344

  Livni, Tzipi, 327–28

  Lloyd George, David, 308

  London, 40, 82, 243–46, 329, 362–63

  Longley, James, 100–101

  Los Angeles, Calif., 266–67

  McDonough, Denis, 336

  McGovern, George, 99

  McKelvey, Charlie, 75, 80

  MacLachlan, Heather, see Mitchell, Heather MacLachlan

  MacLachlan, Shirley, 244

  McLaren, Richard, 298

  McLaughlin, David, 261–62

  McMahon, Henry, 307–8

  McNamee, Brian, 297, 298, 299

  Madrid Conference (1991), 322n

  Maine, 41–109

  economy of, 45, 47

  history of, 43–47

  law practices in, 88–92, 94–95, 98, 151n, 367, 370

  as Lighthouse State, 53–56

  Mitchell’s returns to, 88–92, 94–101, 183, 197, 215–16, 227–28, 344, 347, 352–55, 372, 375–77

  oil spills and, 223–24

  politics in, 45–46, 91, 93, 96, 97, 99–101, 113–18, 121–32

  sense of community in, 341–43

  settlement of, 43–45, 48–49

  statehood for, 45

  textile mills in, 4–5, 7, 9, 46–47, 50–51

  touring and traveling in, 52–56, 95, 124, 352–55

  transportation projects in, 197–200

  U.S. attorney in, 79, 102–7, 109, 118, 139

  U.S. District Court judges in, 79, 102–7, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118, 120, 139

  young people in, 227–28, 341–44

  Maine, University of, 344

  Maine Central Railroad, 4, 50

  Maine Community Foundation, 345

  Maine Democratic State Committee, 95, 123

  Maine Legislature, 99, 121, 224

  Mainers, 148, 376

  Maine students, Mitchell’s’s meeting with, xiii, 344

  Mainiacs, use of term, 148n

  Major League Baseball, 281–302

  Major League Baseball Players Association, 282–83, 287–90, 292–96, 298–300

  Making Peace (Mitchell), 247–49, 252

  Mandela, Nelson, 201, 244

  Marine Corps, U.S., 68–71

  Maronite Church, 18–20

  Marriott, Dean, 183

  Maryland, 71–72, 87–88

  Massachusetts, 45

  medical privacy laws, 292

  Medicare, 216, 219

  Meltzer, Roger, 151n

  Men of Zeal (Cohen and Mitchell), 150

  Michel, Bob, 216–17

  Middle East, 51, 303–40, 367

  Mitchell’s statement on, 305–6

  Northern Ireland compared with, 317, 337, 338, 340

  peace process in, xiii-xiv, 150n, 243, 305–6, 351, 377

  see also Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  military, gays in, 230

  Missouri Compromise, 45

  Mitchell, Andrea, 95, 116, 140

  Mitchell, Andrew MacLachlan, 243, 246–52, 303, 377

  Disney and, 275–76

  Middle East and, 304, 305

  9/11 and, 257, 259–60, 261

  Mitchell, Barbara, see Atkins, Barbara Mitchell

  Mitchell, Claire, 246, 249–52, 303, 377

  Disney and, 275–76

  Middle East and, 304, 305

  9/11 and, 259–60, 261

  Mitchell, George, Jr.:

  as altar boy, 18–20

  in army, 24, 63, 66, 67, 71–82, 351, 367

  birth of, 9, 377

  book writing of, 150, 247–52, 367

  campaigning of, 39, 96–101, 114, 145, 148, 149, 160, 171

  as chancellor of Queen’s University, 243

  clean air efforts of, 169–93

  dating by, 32, 87, 88, 144

  decision making of, 79, 80, 81, 228–31

  driving of, 58–59, 68–71, 77, 352–55

  early jobs of, 25–27, 29, 30, 32–35, 58–60, 76

  education of, 11, 14, 18, 22–24, 27–30, 59–69, 71–72, 80–81, 88, 91, 364–66

  family background of, 6–14, 109, 377–79

  as father, 95, 96, 140, 246–47, 257, 259–60, 261, 303, 304, 305, 377

  as federal judge, 79, 103–7, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118, 120, 139, 268, 297, 351, 364, 367, 369, 370

  as gubernatorial candidate, 99–101

  honors and awards of, 81, 145–46, 243

  as insurance adjustor, 86–89

  in law, xiii, 11, 14, 26, 88–92, 94–95, 101, 102–6, 118, 150–51, 260, 268, 273, 287, 351, 367, 370

  in law school, 63, 80–81, 84–89

  marriages of, 88–89, 144, 229, 235, 236, 268

  9/11 and, 257–65

  in Northern Ireland, see Northern Ireland

  Olympic Games investigation of, 279–80, 289

  performance-enhancing drugs investigated by, 286–301

  public speaking of, 19–20, 30, 40, 146, 151–52, 167–68, 170, 185–86, 198–99, 215, 227–28, 239, 257, 258, 266, 267, 344

  in ROTC, 65–66

  in Senate, see Senate, U.S.

  in sports, 21–25, 30, 31, 32, 58, 62–65, 284–85, 365

  tax reform and, 201–19

  as U.S. attorney, 79, 102–7, 109, 118, 139, 268, 296, 297, 370

  as U.S. envoy for Middle East peace, xiii-xiv, 150n, 243, 303–40, 351

  values of, 13–14, 81, 89, 125, 377

  voting of, 79–80, 89

  Mitchell, George, Sr., 7–14, 18, 36, 52–53, 58, 109, 377–79

  adoption of, 8, 378

  death of, 10–11, 13

  education emphasized by, 22, 25, 57, 84, 89, 366

  jobs and unemployment of, 8–9, 11–13, 66, 124, 365

  Mitchell’s relationship with, 11, 12–13, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28, 66–67, 347, 365

  self-education and reading of, 8, 12–13, 55–56

  sports and, 22–23, 31

  values of, 13, 14, 89, 125

  Mitchell, Heather MacLachlan, 143–44, 239, 242, 273, 303

  childbirths of, 247, 252

  Disney and, 267, 268

  marriage of, 144, 229, 235, 236

  Middle East and, 304–5

  9/11 and, 257, 259–60, 261

  Northern Ireland and, 40, 246, 249, 350–51

  Mitchell, Janet Fraser, 32, 33, 40, 68, 69, 71, 144, 229, 235, 236, 268

  Mitchell, John, 8, 1
8, 20–24, 29, 31, 90

  education of, 84, 366

  sports and, 21–24, 34, 65, 132, 284, 365

  Mitchell, Mary (George Sr.’s adoptive mother), 8

  Mitchell, Mary (George Sr.’s wife), v, 6–7, 21, 22–23, 36, 52, 58, 109

  birth of, 6

  Catholic faith of, 10, 13

  cooking and food preparation of, 10, 52, 57, 61, 69, 70

  death of, 11

  domestic work of, 9, 60

  education emphasized by, 57, 84

  husband’s death and, 10–11

  Lebanese background of, 6–7, 377–79

  mill work of, 7, 9, 51, 60

  Mitchell’s relationship with, 9, 13–14, 27, 28, 60, 347, 380

  values of, 13–14

  Mitchell, Paul, 17, 18, 20–24, 31, 39, 90, 143

  education of, 84, 366

  sports and, 21–24, 65, 284, 285–86, 365

  Mitchell, Robbie, 18, 20–24, 31–40, 68–71, 86, 90

  business ventures of, 32–35, 40

  death of, 40

  education of, 68, 84, 366

  sports and, 21–24, 31, 32, 58, 65, 284, 365

  Mitchell, Sally Heath, 87–90, 131

  death of, 140

  Mitchell, Yvette, 285

  Mitchell Institute, 345–46

  Mitchell Scholarship, 30, 343–47

  Molho, Yitzhak, 332–33

  Monaghan, Michael, 242, 243

  Monaghan, Patrick, 242

  Moon Is Down, The (Steinbeck), 29

  Morrell family, 58–59, 85–86, 347

  Morrill, Rupert, 85–86

  Most Favored Nation status, 141–42

  Mount Desert Island, xiii, 53, 108, 239, 372–79

  Moyers, Bill, 97

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick “Pat,” 194–96, 203n

  Mubarak, Hosni, 334

  Mulroney, Brian, 173

  Munich Olympic Games (1972), 311

  Muskie, Edmund, 28, 93–99, 105–6, 149, 347

  public speaking of, 352–55, 357

  in Senate, 46, 90–91, 93, 113, 118, 119, 133, 169, 183, 352–55

  Senate replacement for, 113–18, 126, 128

  Ziffren and, 125–26

  Muskie, Jane, 90

  Muslim Brotherhood, 307, 311, 336

  Nastase, Ilie, 142–43, 144

  Navy, U.S., 151, 199

  negotiation, art of, 349–71

  chance and, 269–71

  lessons about, xiii, 351

  listening in, 355–59, 361–62, 364

  patience and, 359–64

  risk and, 354–58

  Netanyahu, Benjamin, 314, 327–28, 329, 332–38

  New York, N.Y., 7, 34, 143–44, 249, 273, 298, 362–63

  Middle East peace meetings in, 330, 332

  9/11 in, 257–62

  New York Times, 261

  Nicaragua, 135, 136

  Nicoll, Don, 90–91

  9/11, 257–65, 270, 315

  Nixon, Richard, 98, 99, 323

  nonviolence, 312, 313, 314, 337, 339

  North, Oliver, 135–39

  North Carolina, 68–71

  Northern Ireland, 235–54, 278

  Andrew’s Peace in, 246–52

 

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