In My Time (90 page)

and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf,
186
–96,
198
,
202
–6,
208

Desert Storm and,
159
,
194
–201,
203
–29,
234
–35,
340
,
369

Ford administration changes and,
91

Goldwater-Nichols and,
150
,
155
,
170
–71,
452

Iraqi Freedom and,
369
–70,
396
–97,
399
,
439
,
441
–42,
451
,
455
,
457

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait,
183
–86,
205

National Military Command Center at,
5
,
174
,
177

9/11 and,
1
–3,
5
–6,
10
,
329
,
333
,
342

nuclear weapons targeting and,
232
–33

organization of,
160
–61

Panamanian crisis and,
168
–69,
172
–75,
177
–78

regional strategy of,
184
,
235
–36

relations between media and,
213
–14

Rumsfeld’s appointments to,
299
,
421

Rumsfeld’s departure from,
442
–44

Rumsfeld’s tenures at,
92
,
117
,
258
,
299
,
421
,
442
–44

Terrorist Surveillance Program and,
348
–49

Tower’s nomination to,
152
–53,
156

Vietnam War and,
91
,
185

Defense Intelligence Agency,
315
,
402
–3,
439

Defense Planning Guidance (DPG),
235
–36,
318

Democrats, Democratic Party,
20
,
33
–35,
37
–38,
52
,
59
,
71
,
77
–79,
102
–3,
112
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258
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–70,
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307
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317
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350
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412
–13,
438
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447
,
459
,
493
,
501

Cheney’s congressional campaigns and,
118
,
123
,
138
–39,
303

Cheney’s congressional career and,
125
–26,
128
–29,
131
–32,
134
,
136
,
141
–42,
144
–45

Cheney’s heritage and,
11
,
42
–43

Cheney’s vice presidential campaigns and,
423
–24

college campus protests and,
47

control of Congress lost by,
244
–45

financial crisis and,
504
,
507
,
509

Ford’s economic policies and,
77
,
79

on Hussein,
365
–66

Iran-Contra affair and,
144
–47

Jeffords’s party switching and,
309
–10

Lieberman’s vice presidential campaign and,
276
–77,
281

surge and,
455
–56,
458
,
460
–62

and withdrawal from Iraq,
444
–45

Dent, Harry,
97

Desai, Shashank,
532

Desert Fox, Operation,
365
–66

Desert One, Operation,
137
,
452

Desert Shield, Operation,
155
,
211

building up and deploying forces in,
186
–97,
202
–6,
208
–9,
213

Desert Storm, Operation,
159
,
177
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189
–229,
239
,
301
,
339
–40,
374
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384
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389
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399
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411
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433
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440
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449
–50

air operations in,
196
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198
–99,
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210
–12,
215
–20,
222
,
228
,
280
,
401

casualties and,
212
,
214
–15,
220
,
226
,
401

cease-fire negotiations in,
217
–18,
221
–24

celebration for troops in,
226
–27

combat planning in,
198
–200,
203
–4,
206
–7,
369

commencement of,
210
–12,
340

comparisons between Iraqi Freedom and,
369
–71,
379
,
383
,
393
,
396
–97,
400
–401

Congress and,
204
–5,
207
–8,
225
,
393

end of,
223
–24,
226
–29

ground operations in,
198
–200,
206
–7,
220
–24

international support and,
189
–96,
198
,
200
–201,
207
,
214
,
228
,
378
–79,
396
–97

Iraqi WMD programs and,
364
,
368

Kuwait and,
155
,
199
–200,
202
–3,
212
,
217
–18,
220
–23,
225
,
234
–35,
379
,
397
,
400

lessons of,
228
,
234
–35,
255
,
347

logistics in,
207
,
220
,
223

media and,
196
–97,
203
,
211
–14,
218
,
221
,
223
,
280

Scud attacks and,
214
–17,
221
,
400

DeVoto, Bernard,
22

Dick Cheney Federal Building,
253
–54

Dickey, Clarice (grandmother),
12
,
23

Dickey, David (grandfather),
16

death of,
23
,
119

grandson’s childhood and,
12
,
18
,
22
–23

politics of,
11
,
43

Dien Bien Phu, Battle of,
20

Diggs, Charles,
132
–33

Dole, Bob,
81
,
153

considered for Ford’s running mate,
101
–2

Iran-Contra affair and,
143
–44

Dostum, Abdul Rashid,
345
–46,
353
–54

Douglas, William O.,
87
–88

Dow Chemical Company,
36

Downing, Wayne,
217
,
449
–50

Dresser Industries,
249
,
255

Drummy, Maureen,
34
,
41
–42

Duelfer, Charles,
412

Dugan, Mike,
196
–97

Dutch elm disease,
44

Eagleburger, Lawrence,
211
,
216

Eastern Europe,
93
,
167
,
180
,
231

and collapse of Soviet Union,
184
,
202

Ford-Carter debates and,
104
–5

economics, economy,
125
,
339
–40,
374

Afghanistan and,
427
,
497
,
499

crises and depressions in,
13
–16,
503
–11

energy policy and,
315
–16

Ford and,
75
–80

Iraq and,
184
,
186
,
190
–91,
194
,
197
–98,
440
,
481

9/11 and,
6
,
10
,
339
,
502

of North Korea,
473
,
475

O’Neill and,
394
–95

and price and wage controls,
59
–63

Russia and,
167
,
202
,
230
,
232
,
514
–15
see also
taxes, taxpayers

Edelman, Eric,
4
,
7
,
235
,
378
,
516
,
530
–31

Edson, Gary,
277

education,
56
,
282
,
309
–10,
427

Bush and,
269
,
273
,
276
,
298
,
328

college campus protests and,
36
–37,
45
–47,
53

Edwards, John,
262
,
423
–24

Edwards, Lori,
532

Egypt,
54
–55,
92
,
183
,
222
,
375
,
398

and deployment of U.S. troops to Persian Gulf,
192
–93

Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ),
334
,
414
–15

Ehrlichman, John,
52
–53,
65

Eisenhower, Dwight,
20
,
76
,
85
,
120
–21,
301

El-Bayoumi, Jehan,
531

elections and campaigns,
42

of 1916,
103

of 1952,
20

of 1958,
124

of 1964,
34
–35,
90
,
115

of 1968,
37
–38,
43
,
47
,
52
,
59
,
97

of 1972,
58
–59,
64

of 1974,
69
,
77
,
86
,
88
–89,
130
–31

of 1976,
78
,
80
–81,
84
–86,
88
–91,
93
–109,
114
–16,
118
,
131
,
136
–40,
154
,
244
,
258
,
276
,
289

of 1978,
112
–24,
127
,
130
–31,
134

of 1980,
134
,
138
–40

of 1984,
131
,
140
,
148

of 1986,
143
,
245

of 1988,
148
,
151
,
153

of 1992,
238
–39,
242
,
267
,
269
–70,
409
–10,
426

of 1994,
242
,
244
–45

of 1996,
242
,
244
,
246

of 2000,
103
,
124
,
252
–98,
304
,
308
,
313
–14,
328
,
422

of 2002,
310

of 2004,
262
,
406
–7,
412
–13,
416
–18,
422
–26,
442
,
530

of 2006,
443
–44,
448

of 2008,
462
,
500
,
507
–12,
516
–18,
520

Elliott, Tonya,
532

Emanuel, Rahm,
501
,
516
–17

Embody, Kathie Berger,
114
,
127
,
157

Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and,
159
,
163

Endara, Guillermo,
168
,
177

Enduring Freedom, Operation:

awarding medals in,
496
–97

combat operations in,
336
–37,
340
–41,
343
–47,
356
,
367
–68,
370
–72,
376
,
384
,
414
,
419
–20,
426
,
480
,
497
–99,
501

combat planning in,
332
,
334
,
336
–37,
340
–41,
346

injuries and deaths in,
354
,
445
–46,
496
,
498

prisoners in,
353
–56

strategy reviews in,
500
–502

troop increases in,
498
,
500
–502

enemy combatants,
354
,
356
–57

energy:

California’s crisis and,
315

Cheney’s congressional career and,
125
,
136

Cheney’s task force on,
316
–18,
328

Halliburton and,
254
–55

regulating prices of,
60
–61
see also
oil, oil fields

enhanced interrogation techniques,
358
–63

Cheney’s speech on,
522
–23

Obama and,
362
–63,
512
,
520
–24

Erickson, Swede,
24

Ericson, Elmer (uncle),
16
–17

Ericson, Mildred (aunt),
16
–17

Estonia,
231
–32

Europe,
180
,
182
,
201
,
215
,
233
,
247
,
325
,
380
,
391
,
438
,
499
,
513
see also
Eastern Europe Evans, Don,
288
–90,
382

F-15s, F-15Es,
197
,
472