In My Time (92 page)

Iran-Contra affair and,
143
,
145
–48,
409

Republican campaigns for leadership in,
134
–35

tax cuts and,
310
–13

Vietnam War and,
82
see also
Congress, U.S.

House of Representative, U.S., committees and subcommittees of,
317

Appropriations,
79
,
91
,
125
,
130
–31

Armed Services,
420

Banking,
504
,
507

Defense Appropriations,
91
,
165

Education and Labor,
44
–45,
52

Ethics,
125
–26,
132
–34

Intelligence,
140
–42,
145
,
155
,
160
–61,
315
,
350
–51,
365
–66,
403
,
412
,
427
,
459
–60

Interior,
125

Judiciary,
66
–67,
75
,
131

Programs and Budget Authorization,
142

Rules,
128
,
245

Ways and Means,
125
–26,
128
,
130
–31,
306
–7,
311
–13

House Republican Conference,
135

housing market,
503
–4

Howard, Edward Lee,
142

Howe, Patty,
126
–27,
163

Howell, Treva Turner,
52

Hoyer, Steny,
129
,
501
,
507

Hughes, Karen,
9
,
265
,
293

Hu Jintao,
382
–83,
476

human rights,
86
,
202
,
390
,
396
,
483
,
514
,
520

Humphrey, Hubert,
38
,
43

Humvees,
431
,
453
,
496

Hurricane Katrina,
429
–32

Hussein, King of Jordan,
374

Hussein, Saddam,
181
–84,
364
–74,
376
,
386
–93

acquisition and use of WMD by,
206
,
225
–27,
364
–69,
373
–74,
377
,
383
,
388
–89,
391
–93,
395
–96,
403
,
411
–13,
417
–18,
470
,
472

authorizing use of force against,
392
–93,
395

Baker’s Iraqi negotiations and,
205
,
208

capture and imprisonment of,
411
,
419
–20,
432

and deployment of U.S. troops to Persian Gulf,
187
–88,
190
–91,
194
,
205
–6,
213

Desert Storm and,
196
,
199
,
203
,
206
–8,
214
–18,
220
–24,
226
–27,
364
,
370
,
374
,
379
,
397
,
401

Iraqi Freedom and,
369
–71,
373
–74,
377
,
379
,
383
,
386
–88,
391
,
397
–400,
432
–33,
437
,
440

Iraqi inspections and,
365
–66,
388
–91

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait,
179
,
183
–84,
186
,
188
–89,
191
,
197
–99,
205
,
208
,
234
,
377
,
379

Iraqi sanctions and,
191
,
194
,
197
–98,
225
–26,
365
,
369
,
383
,
412

and Iraqi threat to Israel,
182
,
211
,
214
–16

overthrow of,
225
,
365
–66,
371
,
373
,
386
–89,
397
,
401
,
419
–20,
432
,
470
–71

search for WMD of,
411
–12

Shiites oppressed by,
224
–25,
366
,
433

terrorism and,
225
–26,
367
–69,
372
,
377
,
388
,
392
–93,
396
,
414
–15,
418

U.S.-Iraqi cease-fire and,
217
–18,
221
–24

Hyde, Henry,
142
–43

Ignatius, David,
456

inflation,
59
,
76
–77

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
364
,
403
,
471
–72

Iran,
136
,
187
,
220
,
225
,
373
,
379
,
434
,
480
,
502

Iraqi violence and,
436
–37,
447

nuclear program of,
326
,
419
,
465
,
468
,
470
–71,
477
–79,
491
–92

Iran-Contra affair,
161
,
409
–10,
416

Congress and,
143
–48,
409

Iranian hostage crisis,
136
–37,
452

Iran-Iraq War,
182
,
225
,
364
,
392
,
418

Iraq,
364
–77,
382
–407,
411
–22,
432
–65,
502
,
511
–12

absence of WMD in,
412
–14,
417

authorizing use of force against,
204
–5,
207
–9,
391
–93,
395

Baker’s negotiations on,
205
,
208
,
218

casualties and injuries in,
212
,
214
–15,
220
,
226
,
401
,
434
,
436
–37,
440
,
445
–46,
470
,
479

comparisons between Afghanistan and,
334
,
499
,
501

and deployment of U.S. troops to Persian Gulf,
187
–88,
190
–91,
194
,
205
–6,
213

Hussein’s overthrow and,
365
–66,
371
,
373
,
386
–87

inspections in,
365
–66,
371
,
383
,
388
–94,
403
,
412

insurgency in,
432
–33,
436
–37,
439
–41,
450
–51,
458
,
463

Israel threatened by,
182
–83,
211
,
214
–17,
227
,
383
,
400
,
418
,
472

Kuwait invaded by,
137
,
179
,
182
–86,
188
–89,
191
–92,
197
–99,
205
–8,
217
,
234
,
239
,
377
,
379

liberation of,
180
,
225
,
372
,
401
,
411
,
434
,
481

national elections in,
432

9/11 and,
368
–69,
415
–16

no-fly zones in,
224
,
366

nuclear program of,
182
,
184
,
227
,
364
–65,
367
,
383
,
389
,
392
–93,
402
–7,
412
,
470
,
472

provisional authority in,
387
,
411
,
433

sanctions on,
190
–91,
194
,
197
–98,
203
,
205
,
225
–26,
365
,
369
,
371
,
383
,
412

search for WMD in,
411
–13

status of forces agreement (SOFA) with,
480

Syrian nuclear program and,
469
–70

terrorists and,
225
–26,
344
,
367
–69,
372
,
377
,
380
,
388
,
392
–93,
396
,
414
–15,
418
,
433
–37,
450
,
455
,
458
,
463
–64,
501

UN resolutions on,
137
,
205
,
208
,
217
,
225
–26,
364
–65,
367
,
373
,
376
,
389
–91,
393
–95,
397
–98,
415

uranium acquisition of,
402
–7

U.S. withdrawal from,
436
–39,
444
–47,
456
–58,
460
–62

violence in,
433
–34,
436
–40,
442
,
447
–50,
453
,
455
,
465

WMD acquired and used by,
182
,
184
,
206
,
214
,
220
–21,
225
–27,
364
–70,
373
–74,
377
,
380
,
383
,
388
–96,
402
–3,
411
–14,
417
–18,
469
–70,
472
,
479
see also
Desert Storm, Operation

Iraqi Freedom, Operation,
369
–77,
390
–93,
413
–64,
481

anti-Hussein exiles and,
386
–87

combat operations in,
398
–401,
408
,
420
,
433
–34,
437

combat planning in,
369
–70,
377
,
383
,
386
,
396
–97,
432

comparisons between Desert Storm and,
369
–71,
379
,
383
,
393
,
396
–97,
400
–401

considering victory in,
438
,
441
,
444
–45,
447
–48,
450
–54

consulting allies on,
372
–77,
379
–80,
396
–98

counterinsurgency strategy in,
440
–42,
445
,
450
–51,
463
,
480

logistics in,
375
,
383

opposition to,
388
,
425

postwar planning and,
386
–88

strategy reviews in,
435
–36,
438
–42,
445
–54,
460
–61,
500

surge in,
441
,
445
,
447
,
450
–63,
480
,
502

U.S. covert operations in,
370
–71

Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS),
367
,
412
,
415

Iraq Liberation Act,
365

Iraq Operations Group (IOG),
370
–71

Iraq Study Group (ISG),
441
,
444
,
446
–47,
463

Iraq Survey Group,
411
–12

Islam,
193
,
332
,
352
,
354
,
379

radical,
415
,
418
,
437
see also
Shiites; Sunnis

Israel,
7
,
188

Desert Storm and,
207
,
210
–11,
214
–17,
400

Iraqi Freedom and,
383
,
398
,
432

Iraqi threat to,
182
–83,
211
,
214
–17,
227
,
383
,
400
,
418
,
472

Scud attacks on,
214
–17,
383
,
400

Syrian nuclear program and,
466
,
468
–69,
471
–73,
476
,
484

Israeli-Palestinian crisis,
218
,
367
–68,
382
,
384
,
447

Arafat and,
373
,
377
–81,
383

Cheney’s vice presidency and,
372
–75,
377
–81

Syria and,
479
–80

Ivry, David,
227

Jackson, Barry,
495

Jackson, Wyo.,
118
,
241
,
243
–44,
248
,
265
,
280
,
284
,
425
,
429

Jackson Hole, Wyo.,
246
,
286
,
408

Jackson Hole Playhouse,
278
–79

Jajonie, Alexandra,
529

Japan,
17
,
56
,
469

North Korean abduction of children from,
487
,
493

North Korean nuclear program and,
473
–75,
481
–84,
487
–88,
490
,
492
–93

Jaysh al Mahdi militia,
436
–37