George Bush: Decision Points

Fauci, Tony, Chapter 11.1 11.2

Fayyad, Salam

Feaver, Peter

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Chapter 5.1, 6.1 6.2, 6.3

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Chapter 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5

Federal Reserve

financial crisis of 2008, Chapter 14.1, 14.2

AIG rescue, Chapter 14.1, 14.2

auto industry rescue

avoidance of future crises, Bush’s views on

Bush’s address to American people

capital injections into struggling banks

Fannie and Freddie rescue

international summit on

origins of

presidential campaign of 2008 and

results of Bush initiatives

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

Wall Street failures, Chapter 14.1, 14.2

White House meeting with congressional leaders

financial regulation

First National Bank of Midland

Fitzgerald, Patrick

Fleischer, Ari, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

Florida recount of 2000

Ford, Gerald, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 5.1, Epilogue

foreign aid, Chapter 11.1, 11.2

Fornea, Stan

Fox, Michael J.

Fox, Vicente, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1

Francis, Jim

Frank, Barney

Franks, Gen. Tommy

Afghanistan war, Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

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

freedom agenda

China and

Iranian nuclear program and

Israeli-Hezbollah war and

Israeli-Palestinian conflict and

Lebanon and, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

Liberia and

Middle East as focus of, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

NATO expansion, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

North Korean nuclear weapons program and, Chapter 3.1, 13.1

philosophy of

Russia and

setbacks for

Syrian nuclear weapons program and

trade and

Freeman, Brad

Friedman, Steve

Frist, Bill, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1

G

Gaddis, John Lewis

Gambia

Ganci, Pete

Garner, Jay

Gates, Bob, Chapter 3.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6

same-sex marriage issue

Geithner, Tim, Chapter 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

General Motors (GM)

Geneva Conventions, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

Georgia, Chapter 13.1, 13.2

Gephardt, Dick

Gerson, Mike, Chapter 5.1, 11.1

Ghana

Gillespie, Ed, Chapter 12.1, 14.1, 14.2

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

Giuliani, Rudy, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 10.1

Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Chapter 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

Global Health Corps

Global Mamas

Gonzales, Alberto, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, 7.1

Gore, Al, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 7.1, 9.1

Gottesman, Blake

governorship of George W. Bush

G.H.W. Bush’s support

decision to run in 1994, Chapter 2.1, 2.2

education reform

election campaign of 1994, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 2.2

election campaign of 1998

faith-based programs

legislative leaders, relations with

natural disasters, dealing with

tort reform

Grady, Henry W.

Graham, Billy, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 5.1

Graham, Lindsey

Grant, Ulysses S., xi, Chapter 7.1, 12.1

Grassley, Chuck

Greene, Todd

Greenspan, Alan, Chapter 8.1, 14.1

Gregg, Judd, Chapter 3.1, 9.1

Guantanamo Bay prison, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

Guenin, Louis

Gül, Abdullah

Gulf war of 1990

Gurney, Edward

Gutierrez, Carlos

H

Haberman, Joshua

Habib, Khalid al-

Hadley, Steve, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 13.1

national security adviser, selection as

Hagel, Chuck, Chapter 3.1, 8.1, 9.1

Hager, Henry

Hager, Jenna Bush

Hagin, Joe, Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2

Hakim, Abdul Aziz al

Haley, Alex

Hamas, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

Hambali

Hamdan, Salim

Hance, Kent, Chapter 2.1, 2.2

Haqqani, Jalaluddin

Hariri, Rafiq

Harken Energy

Harper, Stephen, Chapter 7.1, 13.1

Harris, Katherine

Harvard Business School, Chapter 1.1, 1.2

Hastert, Denny, Chapter 7.1, 9.1, 9.2

Hatch, Orrin

Havel, Václav, Chapter 2.1, 13.1

Hayden, Mike, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 13.1

Hayes, Rutherford B.

Hazmi, Nawaf al

health-care reform, Chapter 2.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin

Helal, Gamal, Chapter 12.1, 13.1, 13.2

Helms, Jesse

Hennessey, Keith, Chapter 9.1 9.2 14.1

Hernandez, Israel

Heymann, David

Hezbollah, Chapter 7.1, 13.1

Hicks, Doris

Hobbs, David, Chapter 9.1 9.2, 9.3

Holloway, A.J.

Homeland Security, Department of, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 10.1

Honoré, Gen. Russ

Hoover, J. Edgar

Housing bubble, Chapter 14.1, 14.2

Howard, Arlene

Howard, John, Chapter 8.1 8.2, 8.3

Hoyer, Steny

Hubbard, Al

Hubbard, Glenn

Hughes, Alfred

Hughes, Karen, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

Hu Jintao, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5

Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Katrina. See Katrina disaster

hurricanes of 2004, Chapter 10.1, 10.2

hurricanes of 2008

Hussein, Saddam, Chapter 3.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 12.1, 12.2

Hussein, Uday and Qusay

Huxley, Aldous

Hyde, Henry

I

Iliescu, Ion

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

immigration reform

India

InnerChange Freedom Initiative

Insurrection Act, Chapter 10.1, 10.2

International Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

Interrogation program, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

Iran, Chapter 8.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5

nuclear program

Iran-Contra scandal, Chapter 2.1, 3.1

Iraq air strikes of 2001

Iraq Liberation Act of 1998

Iraq war

Abu Ghraib scandal

antiwar movement in United States, Chapter 12.1, 12.2

Awakening movement, 12.1, 12.2

background to

battle plan, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

Blair’s support for

Bush family and

national security team’s advice

“bring ’em on” comment

decision for military solution

period of doubt

visits to Iraq, Chapter 8.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

casualties and families of the fallen, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

Coalition Provisional Authority

coercive diplomacy, Chapter 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

congressional opposition, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

congressional war authorization

constitution for Iraq

counterinsurgency strategy, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

Crocker’s selection as ambassador to Iraq

de-Baathification policy

democracy in Middle East and

disbanding of Iraqi army

early proposal for confronting Iraq

European allies and, Chapter 3.1, 8.1

Golden Mosque bombing

government for Iraq, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

human rights and

Hussein’s capture

Hussein’s explanation for going to war

Hussein’s killing, opportunity for

Hussein’s rejection of exile option, Chapter 8.1, 8.2

Hussein’s sons, killing of

Hussein’s support for terrorism

insurgency, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 12.1, 12.2

intelligence failures

invasion of 2003, Chapter 8.1, 8.2

lawlessness of post-invasion period

Maliki’s leadership in Iraq, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

manpower shortage, Chapter 8.1, 8.2

“Mission Accomplished” incident

Odierno’s selection as commander

Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA)

Petraeus’s selection as commander, Chapter 12.1, 12.2

postwar planning