Decision Points

  Peale, Rembrandt

  Pearl, Daniel

  Pelosi, Nancy, Chapter 4.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  Perino, Dana

  Perot, Ross, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Petraeus, Gen. David, Chapter 8.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9

  Philip, Prince (United Kingdom)

  Pierce, Franklin

  Pierce, Marvin

  Pierce, Pauline Robinson

  Piester, Ruby Lee

  Plame, Valerie

  Portman, Rob

  Powell, Colin, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  Afghanistan war, Chapter 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

  AIDS policy

  departure from Bush administration, Chapter 3.1, 91

  Iraq war, Chapter 3.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8

  secretary of state, selection as

  State-Defense tensions

  terrorist attacks of September 2001

  Powell, Don

  Pozen, Robert

  Presidency of George H.W. Bush, Chapter 2.1, 2.2

  Gulf war of 1990

  Hurricane Andrew disaster

  Los Angeles riots of 1992

  Panama intervention

  presidential campaign of 1988

  presidential campaign of 1992, Chapter 2.1, 10.1

  Supreme Court appointments

  White House staff

  Presidency of George W. Bush

  abortion policy

  African visits, Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

  “anti-science” charge against

  arms-control agreements

  “axis of evil” speech

  budget deficits

  climate change policy

  congressional relations

  criticism, Bush’s response to

  debt relief policy

  economic team, Chapter 3.1, 14.1

  education reform, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 10.1

  faith-based initiative

  final day

  financial regulation

  foreign aid, Chapter 11.1, 11.2

  Great Britain, state visit to

  hurricanes of 2004, Chapter 10.1, 10.2

  hurricanes of 2008

  immigration reform

  inauguration of 2001, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 13.1

  inauguration of 2005, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

  Iraq air strikes of 2001

  leadership philosophy

  Malaria Initiative, Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

  Medicare reform, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

  mental illness coverage mandate

  national security team, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  nuclear cooperation policy

  Oval Office decorations

  pardon policy

  personal diplomacy, emphasis on, Chapter 7.1, 8.1

  personnel decisions, approach to

  Putin-Bush relationship

  Social Security reform, Chapter 9.1, 9.2

  State-Defense tensions, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  Supreme Court appointments

  tax cuts, Chapter 3.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  trade policy, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 13.3

  transition to Obama administration

  Treaty Room of White House, Bush’s use of

  visits to Crawford

  vice presidential selection, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  White House staff, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  World Series appearance in 2001 See also Afghanistan war; AIDS policy; Financial crisis of 2008; Freedom agenda; Iraq war; Katrina disaster; Presidential campaign of 2000; Presidential campaign of 2004; Stem cell research funding; Terrorist attacks of September 2001; War on terror

  Presidential campaign of 1980

  Presidential campaign of 1984

  Presidential campaign of 1988

  Presidential campaign of 1992, Chapter 2.1, 10.1

  Presidential campaign of 1996

  Presidential campaign of 2000

  Bullock’s proposal for Bush candidacy

  Bush-Gore debates

  Bush’s comment about Jesus

  Bush’s decision to run, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Bush’s DUI incident and

  Bush’s victory

  election day

  Florida recount

  Republican National Convention, Chapter 3.1, 9.1

  Republican primaries

  Presidential campaign of 2004

  bin Laden’s message and

  Bush daughters’ involvement

  Bush’s bus tour through Midwest

  debates

  Democratic candidates

  election day

  “flip-flop” theme used against Kerry, Chapter 9.1, 9.2

  Iraq war and

  media coverage of

  Rather’s report on Bush’s military record, 18

  Republican National Convention

  stem cell research funding issue

  Presidential campaign of 2008, Chapter 14.1, 14.2

  Presidential Emergency Operation Center (PEOC), Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

  President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.9

  Price, Dan

  Proctor, Mike, Chapter 1.1, 1.2

  Prodi, Romano

  Proliferation Security Initiative

  Putin, Vladimir, Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

  Q

  Qaddafi, Muammar

  Quayle, Dan, Chapter 2.1, 3.1

  Qurei, Ahmed

  R

  Racicot, Marc

  Rafferty, Kevin

  Rainwater, Richard, Chapter 2.1, 2.2

  Ramos, Capt. Ramon

  Randt, Sandy

  Rasmussen, Anders Fogh, Chapter 7.1, 8.1

  Rather, Dan, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 9.1, 13.1

  Reagan, Nancy

  Reagan, Ronald, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 7.1, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1, Epilogue

  Recasner, Tony

  Reese, Jim

  Reeve, Christopher

  Rehnquist, William, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 13.1

  Reid, Harry, Chapter 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2

  Reid, Richard

  Reinsdorf, Jerry

  Rendón, Paula

  Resolute desk

  Reynolds, Mercer

  Rice, Condoleezza, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1 13.1, 13.2

  Iranian nuclear program, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

  Iraq war, Chapter 3.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8

  Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  national security adviser, selection as

  secretary of state, selection as

  terrorist attacks of September 2001, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 7.1

  Richards, Ann, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1

  Ridge, Tom, Chapter 3.1, 6.1, 6.2

  Rigell, Gwen

  Riley, Bob, Chapter 10.1, 10.2

  Rising Tide (Barry)

  Roadmap plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

  Robb, Chuck

  Roberts, John, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  Rockefeller, Jay

  Romania

  Roosevelt, Franklin, Chapter 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 9.1, 12.1, 13.1

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Chapter 9.1, 14.1

  Roots (Haley)

  Rose, Rusty

  Roussel, Pete

  Rove, Karl, xi, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 9.1

  Bush’s relationship with

  Cheney’s selection as vice president, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  governorship of George W. Bush, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  presidential campaign of 2000, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

  presidential campaign of 2004, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

  Rowe, Dawn and Alan

  Rubin, Bob

  Rumsfeld, Don, Chapter 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1
, 13.2

  Abu Ghraib scandal

  departure from Bush administration

  Iraq war, Chapter 3.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4

  secretary of defense, selection as, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  State-Defense tensions

  terrorist attacks of September 2001, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

  Rumsfeld, Joyce

  Rumsfeld, Nick

  Russert, Tim

  Russia

  Afghanistan war and, Chapter 7.1, 7.2

  freedom agenda and

  NATO expansion and

  war with Georgia

  Ruth, Babe

  Rwanda

  Ryan, Paul

  S

  Saakashvili, Mikheil, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  Sadr, Moqtada al, Chapter 12.1, 12.2

  Salim, Izzedine

  Samar, Sima

  Sanchez, Gen. Ricardo, Chapter 8.1, 12.1

  Sanger, David

  Santamaria, Cpl. O.J.

  Sarkozy, Nicolas, Chapter 7.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1

  Satterfield, David

  Saudi Arabia, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

  Sauer, Joachim

  Sawyer, Penny

  Schieffer, Bob

  Schieffer, Tom

  Schlesinger, James

  Schoomaker, Pete

  Schroeder, Gerhard, Chapter 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1

  Schumer, Chuck

  Schuster, Rudolf

  Scowcroft, Brent, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 8.1

  Scully, Matthew

  Scully, Tom

  Senegal

  September 11 terrorist attacks. See Terrorist attacks of September 2001

  Sharansky, Natan

  Sharon, Ariel, Chapter 5.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

  Sheehan, Cindy

  Shehhi, Marwan al

  Shelby, Richard

  Shelton, Gen. Hugh, Chapter 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

  Sheppard, Bob

  Shevardnadze, Eduard

  Shia and Sunni sects of Islam

  Shibh, Ramzi bin al, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

  Shinseki, Gen. Eric

  Shivers, Allan

  Shultz, George

  Sibley, David

  Siddiqi, Muzammil

  Silberman, Larry

  Silverberg, Kristen

  Singh, Manmohan

  Siniora, Fouad, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

  Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson, Chapter 2.1, 11.1

  Six-Party Talks, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  Smith, Fred, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  Smith, Gaddis

  Smith, Sgt. Paul Ray

  Smith, Wesley J.

  Snow, John, Chapter 9.1 14.1, 14.2

  Snow, Tony

  Snowflake babies, Chapter 4.1, 4.2

  Social Security reform, Chapter 9.1, 9.2

  Sons of Iraq movement

  Soros, George, Chapter 9.1, 11.1

  Souter, David

  South Africa

  Spann, Johnny “Mike,” Chapter 6.1, 7.1

  Spellings, Margaret, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 9.1

  Stafford, Brian

  Stem cell research funding

  abortion issue and, Chapter 4.1, 4.2

  announcement of Bush’s decision

  arguments for and against

  Bush’s veto of legislation on

  decision-making process within Bush administration, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

  ethical concerns, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

  John Paul II’s views on

  as political issue, Chapter 4.1, 4.2

  reaction to Bush’s decision

  results of Bush’s policy, Chapter 4.1, 4.2

  Stevens, Bob

  Stevens, John Paul

  Stewart, Potter

  Sulzberger, Arthur, Jr.

  Sununu, John

  Supreme Court

  abortion ruling in 1973

  Bush’s appointments to

  counterterrorism programs, ruling on

  presidential election of 2000 and

  surge

  Syria, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5

  nuclear weapons program

  T

  Taiwan

  Talabani, Jalal, Chapter 12.1, 12.2

  Taliban, Chapter 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12

  Tantoh, Kunene

  Tanzania

  TASO (The AIDS Support Organization), Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

  Tax cuts, Chapter 3.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  Taylor, Charles

  Tenet, George, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

  Afghanistan war, Chapter 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6

  interrogation program, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

  Iraq war, Chapter 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5

  retention as CIA director by Bush

  terrorist attacks of September 2001, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

  Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

  al Qaeda’s responsibility for, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

  Bush’s commemorative activities

  Bush’s messages to American people, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

  Bush’s personal perspective on

  Bush’s visits with attack victims

  Bush’s visit to Ground Zero in New York, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

  Bush’s visit to Pentagon

  day of the attacks, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

  economic cost

  FEMA’s response

  international reaction, Chapter 5.1, 7.1

  National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

  psychological effect

  White House attack false alarms, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

  Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP), Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

  Texas Air National Guard, Chapter 1.1, 1.2

  Texas Rangers

  Thatcher, Margaret

  Theodore Rex (Morris)

  Thirteen Days (film)

  Thomas, Bill

  Thomas, Clarence, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  Thompson, Fred

  Thompson, Tommy, Chapter 3.1, 9.1 11.1

  Thurmond, Strom

  Tillman, Col. Mark

  Tobias, Randall

  Torre, Joe

  Tort reform

  Towey, Jim

  Townsend, Fran

  Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy

  Trade policy, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1

  Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Chapter 14.1, 14.2

  Truman, Harry, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 13.1

  Truscott, Carl, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

  Tsunami of 2004

  Tubb, Dick

  Turkey

  Turner, Henry

  U

  Ueberroth, Peter, Chapter 2.1, 2.2

  Uganda, Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

  Ukraine

  United Nations (UN), Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6

  Iraq war and, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 11.1

  Uribe, Alvaro, Chapter 8.1 13.1

  USA Freedom Corps

  U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

  V

  Valenti, Jack

  Valentine, Bobby

  Van Buren, Martin

  Varmus, Harold

  Venezuela

  Vickers, Michael

  Victoria, Queen

  Vietnam war, Chapter 1.1, 7.1, 12.1, 12.2

  W

  Wade, Abdoulaye

  Wagoner, Rick

  Waldrep, Kent

  Wallace, Charity

  Wallace, Nicolle

  Walsh, Kerri

  Walsh, Lawrence, Chapter 2.1, 3.1

  Warner, Margaret

  war on terror

  AIDS policy and, Chapter 11.1, 11.2

  airline security

  anthrax attack

  anti-Muslim backlash, concerns about

  balance between alerting and alarming the public

  border security programs, Chapter 9.1, 9.2

  botulinum toxin scare
br />   Bush’s assessment of

  codification of counterterrorism programs into law, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

  congressional support for, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 6.1

  declaration of war, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

  doctrine of, Chapter 5.1, 13.1

  economic dimension

  holding of captured terrorists, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

  homeland security effort

  intelligence briefings on terror attacks

  interrogation program, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

  large-scale effort, Bush’s plan for

  law enforcement alternative, failure of

  military tribunals system, 6.1, 6.2

  October 2001 attack false alarm

  PATRIOT Act, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

  president’s authority to conduct

  prevention of further attacks, focus on, Chapter 5.1, 6.1

  sacrifice by Americans

  shift to wartime on September 11, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

  Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP), Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 See also Afghanistan war; Iraq war

  Washington, George, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 6.1

  Washington Post, 240, Chapter 14.1, 14.2

  Waterboarding, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

  Way, Ralph

  Weapons of mass destruction. See Nuclear weapons programs; under Iraq war

  Weinberger, Caspar, Chapter 2.1, 3.1

  Weinstein, Jared

  Weissman, Irv

  Welch, Harold, Chapter 1.1, 1.2

  Welch, Jenna

  West, Kanye

  White, Byron

  White, Don

  Wiesel, Elie

  Wilkinson, J. Harvie

  Williams, Bob

  Williams, Brian

  Williams, Pete

  Wilmut, Ian

  Wilson, Joseph

  Wilson, Pete

  Wilson, Woodrow, Chapter 6.1, 9.1, 14.1

  Winik, Jay, xi

  Wolfowitz, Paul, Chapter 7.1 7.2

  Woodward, Bob

  World Series of 2001

  Wright, Dave and Heather

  Y

  Yale University, Chapter 1.1, 1.2

  Yarborough, Ralph, Chapter 1.1, 1.2

  Younger, Charlie

  Yushchenko, Viktor

  Z

  Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan Chapter 7.1

  Zanzibar

  Zardari, Asif Ali

  Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4

  Zayed, Sheikh Mohammed bin

  Zellem, Scott

  Zen, Joseph

  Zerhouni, Elias

  Ziemer, Rear Adm. Tim

  Zimbabwe

  Zindler, Marvin

  Zinsmeister, Karl

  Zubaydah, Abu, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 7.1

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