by Leon Panetta
Begala, Paul, 104, 121–22
Beijing, 444
Beilenson, Anthony, 63
Ben Ali, Zine El Abdine, 301, 302–3
Benedict, Pope, 457–58
Benghazi, 427–32, 441, 442
Benjamin, Dan, 249
Bennett, John, 299
Bentsen, Lloyd, 102, 103, 104, 108, 110, 111
Bergdahl, Bowe, 416
Berger, Sandy, 147, 159, 198
Bernstein, Carl, 51
Betancourt, Ingrid, 277
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 265, 458
Bhutto, Benazir, 236
Biden, Jill, 385
Biden, Joe, 142, 200, 229–30, 255, 263, 287, 308, 318, 396
on Panetta’s Defense appointment, 333–34
Big Sur, 67, 68, 70
bin Laden, Khalid, 323
bin Laden, Osama, 223, 241, 260, 261, 288, 400
courier inquiry and, 291, 293–95
death of, 316, 325–31, 337, 347, 357, 378, 413
DNA and facial recognition of, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327
hunt for, 289–302, 306–23, 333, 335, 336, 337, 338–40, 344, 347, 351, 357, 378, 402, 407
“the Pacer” and, 295, 308, 311, 312, 314, 315
bin Laden, Saad, 291
bin Nayef, Muhammad (MBN), Prince, 243–45, 260, 386
Blair, Dennis, 198, 203–5, 217, 219, 228–31, 233, 255, 263, 285
Blinder, Alan, 106
Blue Shield, 183
Boehner, John, 371, 374
Bond, Kit, 207, 232, 266
Boren, David, 118–20
Bork, Robert, 99–100
Bortnikov, Alexander Vasilyevich, 281
Bosnia, 118
Bouazizi, Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed, 301
Bowles, Erskine, 138, 139, 168, 192
Bradley, Bill, 91
Branch Davidians, 118, 160
Brazil, 277, 310
Brennan, John, 198, 201–2, 214, 216, 219, 233, 258, 261–62, 311–12, 375, 402
as adviser on terrorism and counterterrorism, 201, 427
Bring Us Together (Panetta), 46
Broadwell, Paula, 439–40
“broken windows” theory, 143
Bromley, Susan, 212–13
Brooke, Edward, 33, 45
Brooke Army Medical Center, 455
Brookings Institution, 105n
Brown, Harold, Jr., 269
Brown, Ron, 111
Brownell, Herbert, 47
Brown v. Board of Education, 36
BTU tax, 108, 119, 120, 462
Buchanan, Jessica, 401–3
Buchanan, Pat, 88
Buckley, William F., 47
budget, 82, 103–25
across the board vs. targeted cuts in, 373–74
balancing of, 87–89, 150, 162, 163, 165, 171–72, 440–42, 462–63
process of federal, 96–97, 136
sequestration of, 375, 382, 440–42, 462–63
Super Committee and, 372, 382, 465
Budget Control Act, 372
budget reconciliation, 83, 96
budget surplus, 121–22
Bumiller, Elisabeth, 354
Burton, Phil, 56
Bush, George H. W., 90–93, 95, 99, 102, 114, 167, 179, 199–200, 361
economic recession under, 76, 175
Haiti embargo by, 146
NAFTA negotiated by, 125–26
tax pledge of, 86–89, 92, 93, 115
Bush, George W., 98, 185–86, 193–94, 201, 228, 361
Bush, Laura, 361
Bush (G. W.) administration, 214, 250–51
CIA and, 205, 207, 224, 225, 227, 232–35, 242, 255
defense spending in, 370
drones and, 387–88
hunt for bin Laden minimized by, 289–90
Business Executives for National Security, 433
Byrd, Robert, 111, 117, 120, 206
Cairo, 361–64, 427
Calderón, Felipe, 278
Califano, Joseph, 22
California, 8, 19, 22, 24, 25, 33, 45, 49, 94, 183, 396, 464
agriculture in, 126
counterculture in, 53
gubernatorial recall in, 184–85
housing legislation in, 27
three-strikes policy in, 128
California, University of, at Santa Cruz, 50, 67, 80
California coast, 53, 196
protection of, 68–72, 74, 184, 464
California Forward, 183, 184
California redwoods, 26
Camacho, Julian, 54, 56
campaign finance reform, 191
Camp Bastion, 409
Camp Bonifas, 274
Camp David, 135–36
Camp Dwyer, 355
Camp Eggers, 354
Camp Lemonnier, 396
Cam Ranh Bay, 420
Cannery Row (Steinbeck), 9
Cannon House Office Building, 65
Capitol Hill, 22
Captain Phillips, 402
Carl Vinson, USS, 326
Carmelo’s Café, 10–11, 13, 15, 78, 457
Carmel Valley, Calif., 15, 16, 18, 40, 48, 57–58, 59, 66, 67, 78, 138, 190, 195, 257, 351, 466
Carney, Jay, 329
Carter, Ash, 338, 348, 352, 372, 393
Carter, Jimmy, 60, 86, 95, 147, 167, 362
budgets under, 81–82
Carter administration, 69
Cartwright, James “Hoss,” 264, 306–7, 312, 318, 339–40, 351
Carville, James, 104, 121
Case, Clifford, 26
casinos, on Native American land, 145
Cédras, Raoul, 146
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 169
Central Command, U.S. (CENTCOM), 248, 434–35
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 12, 228, 237, 278, 453, 455
Al Qaeda and, 1–2, 205, 217–23
Baghdad station, 185
Benghazi and, 428–32
“black sites” of, 228
contractor work with, 228
Counterterrorism Center of, see Counterterrorism Center
cyber attacks at, 432
Directorate of Intelligence at, 240
Directorate of Operations at, 202, 240
founding and purpose of, 209, 270
George Bush Center for Intelligence of, 210
Latin American history of, 276–78
Memorial Wall of, 2, 221
military affairs at, 212, 246
National Clandestine Service of, see National Clandestine Service
Near East Division of, 217, 240
Obama’s speech on, 221–22
Obama’s visit to, 219–22
Pakistan-Afghanistan Department of, 292
Panetta’s confirmation, 202–8
regular meetings and briefings at, 211–14, 239–40
restored credibility of, 193–95, 270
“silent warriors” of, 221
stations of, 214, 262
in wake of bin Laden raid, 329–30
women in, 455
Chafee, John, 103
Chávez, Hugo, 277
Chechens, 279, 280
chemical weapons, 451–52
Cheney, Dick, 259, 413
Chicago, Ill., 29, 75, 205
China, 342
emergence as superpower of, 377, 395, 396, 444
North Korea and, 275–76
Panetta in, 443–46
tension between Japan and, 444
Chinese North Sea Fleet, 444
Christopher, Warren, 94–95, 101–2, 125, 147, 199
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Chrysalis StreetWorks project, 166
Churchill, Winston, 235, 457
civil rights, 18, 31, 54
Kuchel’s support for, 26–29
in Panetta’s law practice, 50, 52
Civil Rights Act of 1957, 34–35, 36–37
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 26, 40, 47
Civil War, U.S., 464–65
Clapper, Jim, 231, 307, 317, 427
Clausen, Don, 70–72
Clay, Bill, 98
Clinton, Bill, 3, 88, 100–122, 302, 361
approval ratings of, 131, 133, 175, 181
budgets of, 103–22, 123, 125, 129, 144, 150, 163–72, 441, 462–63
cabinet appointments of, 94–95, 100–103, 125
Cal State dedication by, 80–81
as centrist, 91, 104–5, 115, 126, 129, 137, 168
as the “Comeback Kid,” 113
crime bill of, 128, 142–46, 150, 278
deficit reduction by, 89
disorganized White House of, 123–26
empathy of, 101, 151
European travels of, 133–35
Foster nomination and, 156–57
on gays in military, 364–65
Haiti junta and, 147–48
health care reform and, 107, 121, 128–32, 142
impeachment of, 174–75, 181
Mexico crisis and, 155
in 1992 election, 90–94, 109, 119
1996 midterm elections and, 149–51
and Oklahoma City bombings, 161–62
Panetta invited to be budget director by, 96–97
Panetta invited to be chief of staff by, 135–37
Panetta’s control of access to, 137, 138–39, 149–50
Panetta’s final advice to, 180–81
personal travail of, 123–24
reelection of, 152, 155, 165, 168, 175, 179–81
speeches of, 112–15, 124–25, 127–29, 133, 158, 162, 164–65, 172–73, 175
Clinton, Chelsea, 120n
Clinton, Hillary, 96, 118, 333n
on Afghanistan, 254, 416–17
on bin Laden raid, 317, 318, 326–27
as first lady, 106, 111, 121, 134, 136–37, 141, 149, 159, 161, 166
health care reform sought by, 121, 129, 131, 132, 190
as presidential hopeful, 190
on rebalancing military toward Asia-Pacific region, 384
as secretary of state, 199, 336, 401, 423, 424–25, 427, 449
Clinton administration, 141, 190, 192, 198, 207, 211, 302, 348, 375
atmosphere of, 123, 124–26, 137, 140
negative environment surrounding, 96–101
Panetta’s structure for, 140–41
CNN, 114, 170, 328
Coast Guard, 110
Cohen, David, 249
Cohen, Wilbur, 37–38
Cold War, 209, 221, 273, 278–79, 280, 281, 284
collateral damage, avoidance of, 4
Collins, Barbara-Rose, 144–45
Colombia, 277–78
Colosio, Luis Donaldo, 153
Commander’s In-Extremis Force (CIF), 429
communism, 274, 275–76, 277
community policing, 143
Congress, U.S., 113, 125, 192, 234, 267, 316–17
absence of leadership in, 375
Mexican bailout in, 154–55
Obama and, 232
orientation meetings for new members of, 61
Panetta in, 3
pay raise voted by, 61–62
White House mistrusted by, 65
Congressional Black Caucus, 75, 144
Connecticut, Hurricane Sandy in, 438
Constitution, U.S., 259
Council of Economic Advisers, 104, 164
counterterrorism, 201, 205, 214, 222, 227, 249, 266, 291, 392
Counterterrorism Center (CTC), 217, 239–40, 260, 292–93, 321, 331
Craig, Greg, 215
Cranston, Alan, 71–72
crime bill, 128, 142–46, 150, 278, 463
Crocker, Ryan, 336
Crosetti, Benedetta, 204
C-SPAN, 103
CT-ME (Counter-Terrorism and Middle East) update, 239–40, 260, 265, 292, 294
Cuban Missile Crisis, 279
Cuomo, Mario, 91
Currie, Betty, 102
cyber attacks, 349, 377, 384, 432–34
Dagan, Meir, 271, 273
Daley, Bill, 333, 336
Danvers, Bill, 211, 224–25, 266, 348–49
Dar es Salaam, 246
Daschle, Tom, 102
Davis, Gray, 184–85
Davis, Ray, 304–5, 309–10, 327, 378
D-Day, fiftieth anniversary of, 133
Dean, Richard, 173–74
death penalty, 86, 128, 143, 144
debt ceiling, 165, 167, 463
debt servicing, 82, 371
DeConcini, Dennis, 119
Defense Authorization and Base Closure and Realignment Act, 78
Defense Department, U.S., 12, 78–79, 209, 306, 393, 465
aircraft and restricted zones, 343–44
cyber attacks and, 432–34
Hagel at, 419
Hurricane Sandy and, 438
military budget cuts at, 340–41, 349–50, 370–78, 397, 423, 441–42
nuclear preparedness and, 341–42
Panetta appointed to, 317, 332–45
Panetta’s travel for, 351–52
POW/MIA command of, 421
rebalancing toward Asia-Pacific by, 383, 384–85, 394
reduction and restructuring of military by, 377–78, 382–85, 400
size and scope of, 345–47
women in, 455
Defense of Marriage Act, 369
defense spending, 82, 86, 88, 98, 107, 352
cuts in, 340–41, 349–50, 370–78, 397, 423, 441–42
doubling of in Bush years, 370
deficit reduction, 82, 87–89, 103, 104, 105–22, 124, 130, 190, 462
Delaney, Mike, 266
Democratic party, 47, 57–58, 69, 82, 85, 86, 90, 94, 98–100, 112, 117, 143, 148–49, 150, 163, 165, 193, 234, 384–85, 413, 462, 463–64
backlash by, 168
Central Coast’s tilt toward, 54
centrists in, 192
on CIA, 224–25
Clinton’s budget and, 115–17, 119–20
conservatives in, 85, 119
and Crime Bill, 145
Davis recall and, 184–85
Gingrich’s tirade against, 98
on gun control, 278
on health care reform, 129–30, 131
liberals in, 55, 104, 116
on military spending, 370, 372
moderates in, 91, 93–94, 104–5, 115, 127, 149, 168
on NAFTA, 126–27
New Democrats in, 91, 126
1988 convention of, 113
orthodoxy of, 103, 463
Panetta as rising star in, 84
on Panetta’s CIA confirmation, 206–7
Panetta’s switching to, 51, 54
Richard Dean speech and, 173–74
southern, 27, 91
on welfare reform, 176
Dempsey, Martin, 339–40, 372, 402, 403, 404–5, 423, 424, 427–29, 435, 455
Deputy Management Action Group, 352
Detroit, Mich., 29, 257
Dicks, Norm, 71
director of national intelligence (DNI), 228–31, 255, 285, 332, 389, 427
Dirksen, Everett, 28
discretionary spending, 87, 88
Djibouti, 396–97, 402
Doherty, Glen, 429
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br /> Dole, Bob, 73–74, 86, 100, 154, 155, 165, 167, 168, 170
presidential ambitions of, 131, 160, 169, 172, 178–79, 191
Domenici, Pete, 100, 115
Donilon, Mike, 200
Donilon, Tom, 199–200, 229–31, 233, 282, 285, 307, 316, 317, 319, 321, 336, 348, 375, 402, 404, 406
Doomsday Plane, 353
dot-com bubble, 184
Dover Air Force Base, 264, 357–58, 359
drones, 312, 318, 378, 387–92
Awlaki killed by, 386
Predator, 435–36
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 161
Dukakis, Michael, 86
Eagleburger, Larry, 185
earned income tax credit, 112, 119
Eastland, James, 41
economic stimulus, 93, 104, 109, 112, 113, 116
economy, 91, 122, 165, 171, 175, 178, 463, 465
Ecuador, 277
Edelman, Marian Wright, 46
Edelman, Peter, 178
education, 164, 166
discrimination in, 29
federal aid to, 26, 35–36, 37–38
Egypt, 287, 301, 303–4, 424–25
attack on Israeli embassy in, 361–64
intelligence service of, 303–4
Ehrlichman, John, 42, 52
Eikenberry, Karl, 287, 355
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 18, 22, 26, 36, 45, 47, 51, 122, 149, 276, 332, 347–48
Eisenhower administration, 139, 278
elections, U.S.:
midterm, 148–49
of 1942, 18
of 1946, 148–49
of 1948, 34
of 1952, 18, 149
of 1954, 149
of 1958, 47
of 1960, 18, 19, 45
of 1962, 29, 53
of 1964, 29, 45, 149
of 1965, 46, 47
of 1966, 29, 30, 34, 149
of 1968, 28–31, 33–34, 45
of 1970, 102
of 1972, 51, 54
of 1974, 54
of 1976, 54, 60, 186
of 1978, 68–69
of 1980, 70, 83, 85
of 1984, 98–99
of 1988, 86–87, 102, 113
of 1992, 88, 90–94, 119, 179–80, 361–64
of 1994, 149–52, 278
of 1996, 131, 152, 155, 160, 165, 168, 169, 172, 175, 178–81, 191
of 1998, 184
of 2000, 98, 180
of 2002, 184
of 2006, 186
of 2008, 190–91, 437
of 2012, 333, 343, 407, 437–39
Elfmann, Mary, 211, 230
Emanuel, Rahm, 141–42, 192, 193–94, 196, 204, 216–17, 219, 233, 333
Emma (CIA operative), 240–41
energy, privatizing of, 184
entitlement programs, 87, 88, 107
Environmental Action, Dirty Dozen of, 55, 57
environmental movement, 55, 67
Erbst, Butch, 19
Ethiopia, 246