State Department, 135, 290, 305
Stevens, Chris, 312
Sudan, 42
suicide bombings, 58, 97, 305
Syria, 112, 143, 201 ISIS in, 304
Taliban, 3–4, 17, 19, 41, 50, 96, 110, 139 Al Qaeda and, 4, 41, 305
Jalil in, 16
Pakistan and, 72, 73, 85, 98, 122, 135, 182, 211
U.S. peace talks with, 305
Tanzania and Kenya, U.S. embassy attacks in, 41–42, 305
Tea Party, 61
Tenet, George, 40–44 Morell as executive assistant of, 40–41, 296
terrorism, 41 dispersal of, 306
see also counterterrorism
Texas Children’s Cancer Center, 321
Thomas, Tony, 217, 321
Thompson, John “JT,” 140–41, 173, 230, 255, 273 early life of, 172–73
father and, 172, 173
flight plans of, 170, 174–76, 186–87
McRaven and, 170–74
Thompson, Robert, 172, 173
Time, 228
Tomason, Audrey, 21
Tora Bora, 4, 23, 106, 210, 211, 300
torture, 5
Tritt, Travis, 271
Truman, Harry S, 55, 67
Trump, Donald birther claims of, 61, 201, 202, 227, 229
elected president, 229, 310
in presidential election of 2020, 310
at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 228, 229
Tumulty, Karen, 133
Tunisia, 100, 302
Twin Towers Fund, 33
Uganda, 108
United Nations, 223, 288 counterterrorism analysis of, 305
USA Today, 152
U.S. embassy attacks, 41–42, 305
U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, 20
vaccination campaigns, 70–73, 125–27, 181
Van Hooser, Perry “Pete,” 162, 165, 224, 230, 236, 244, 255, 265, 268, 272
Vickers, Michael, 94, 104–6, 109, 110, 120, 164, 220, 284
Vietnam War, 66, 172
war on terror, see counterterrorism
Washington Post, 133, 306
waterboarding, 5
Webb, Brad, 250
White House Oval Office in, 18, 20, 21
Situation Room in, see Situation Room
White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 220, 222, 224–29, 233
Whiteman Air Force Base, 144
World Trade Center, in 9/11 attacks, 3, 305, 322 Bush informed of, 44, 45, 45
Dominguez’s death in, 26, 32–35, 88, 89, 199–200, 288
Freedom Tower at site of, 287
Ground Zero, 285, 287, 322
9/11 Memorial and Museum at site of, 322
World War II, 67, 88, 172, 274 Pearl Harbor attack in, 66
Yemen, 112, 304, 305
Your Grateful Nation, 317
Zardari, Asif Ali, 278
al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab, 301–2
al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 57, 301, 304, 308 al-Masri and, 305
video of, 306
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8 CIA
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55 CIA
60 Department of Defense
71 Associated Press
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107 United States Air Force
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166 CIA
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253 Pete Souza/The Obama White House
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280 Pete Souza/The Obama White House
283 Pete Souza/The Obama White House
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