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Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace

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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

 

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