In My Time (94 page)

MX,
163
–64

North Korea and,
467
,
489

Patriot,
183
,
211
,
214
,
216
–17

Peacekeeper,
232
–34

Poland and,
514
–15
see also
Scud missiles

Mississippi,
97
,
429
,
431

Mitchell, Andrea,
259
–60,
406

Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh (KSM),
419
,
500

interrogation of,
358
–60,
521

Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah,
427

Morality in Foreign Policy plank,
99
–100

mortgage-backed securities,
503
–7

mountain man tradition,
21
–22

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick,
85
–86

Mubarak, Hosni,
183
,
192
–93,
375

Mullen, Mike,
459
,
485

Murphy, Robert,
54
–55

Murtha, John,
134
,
165
,
438

Musharraf, Pervez,
418
–19,
480
,
498
,
500

mutually assured destruction (MAD),
325

Myers, Dick,
336
,
396
–98

Myers, Ozzie,
133

Nashville, Tenn.,
289
,
389
,
454
–55

Nasser, Gamal Abdel,
54
–55

National Center for Education in Politics (NCEP),
33
–34,
41

National Guard, U.S.,
45
,
53
,
453

and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf,
204
–6

Hurricane Katrina and,
429
–30

National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs):

on Iran,
478
–79

on Iraq,
365
–68,
391
–92,
414

National Security Agency (NSA),
315
,
348
–53,
360
–61,
403

National Security Council (NSC),
145
,
170
–71,
174
,
179
,
199
,
329
–34,
338
,
358
,
385
,
390
–91,
396
,
481
,
513
,
530

Afghanistan and,
332
,
334
,
340
,
344

Cheney’s Defense Department nomination and,
153
,
161
–62

and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf,
187
–88

Ford administration changes and,
89
–91

Iraqi Freedom and,
369
–70,
386
,
439
,
441
,
449
,
454

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait,
183
–84,
186

Israeli-Palestinian crisis and,
380
–81,
384

9/11 and,
8
–9,
329
–30

Soviet collapse and,
231

Syrian nuclear program and,
471
,
473

and War on Terror,
330
–32

Natrona County High School (NCHS),
23
–24,
267
–68

Navy, U.S.,
83
,
150
–51,
163
,
185
,
195
,
327
,
354
,
530

A-12 construction and,
236
–37

and deployment of troops to Persian Gulf,
191
–93

Desert Storm and,
211
,
214
,
221
,
227

Goldwater-Nichols and,
170
–71

Panamanian crisis and,
174
,
178

NBC,
145
,
265
,
297
,
334
,
406
,
408

Nebraska,
12
–20,
243
,
253

New Hampshire,
95
,
153
,
305
,
508

New Haven, Conn.,
26
–27

New Orleans, La.:

Hurricane Katrina and,
429
–31

Republican convention in,
148
,
151

New York,
68
,
80
,
128
,
135
,
176
,
212
,
227
,
302
,
319
,
356
,
410
–11,
475

Ford’s presidential campaign and,
90
,
96

9/11 and,
1
–2,
329
–30,
335
–36,
341
–44

New York Times, The,
81
,
85
,
104
–5,
251

Bush-Cheney campaign and,
274
–75

Iraqi uranium acquisition and,
403
–4

Terrorist Surveillance Program and,
352
–53

and U.S. withdrawal from Iraq,
456
–58,
460
–61

Nicaragua,
144
–46,
416

Nicholas, Dave,
112
–13,
180

Nicholas, Jack and Alice,
113

Nidal, Abu,
367

Nielsen, Mark,
275
–76

Niger,
402
–6

Nimitz, Chester,
469

9/11,
1
–10,
225
,
306
,
326
–37,
361
–63,
384
,
393
,
414
,
436
,
499
–500,
502
,
522

Afghanistan and,
332
,
334
,
337
,
343
,
347
,
367
–68,
497

casualties on,
2
–4,
335
–36,
368
–69,
377
,
388
,
446
–47

clearing skies on,
2
–3,
6
–8,
300

communications problems on,
2
,
4
,
6
–8

enhanced interrogation techniques and,
358
,
361
–62

Ground Zero of,
341
–44,
519

investigations on intelligence failures in,
5
,
405

Iraq and,
368
–69,
415
–16

and leadership succession and survival,
6
,
8
–10,
130

shootdown order on,
3
–5

Terrorist Surveillance Program and,
348
–49,
353

U.S. responses to,
319
,
330
–32,
334
,
336
,
339
–41,
343
,
348
,
419
,
519

Vice President’s Residence and,
326
–27

Nixon, Richard,
43
–44,
47
,
51
–55,
69
–72,
79
,
119
–20,
187
,
189
,
242
,
530

Ford’s administration changes and,
89
,
91

OEO and,
44
,
52

pardon of,
69
–70,
74
–75,
77
,
82
,
86
,
103

presidential campaigns of,
43
,
58
–59,
64
,
97
,
104

and price and wage controls,
59
–62

resignation of,
66
–67,
74
,
138

Rumsfeld’s relationship with,
51
–52,
64

Vietnam War and,
35
,
53
,
59
,
82
,
84

Watergate scandal and,
66
,
69

No New Starts mandate,
80

Noriega, Manuel,
168
,
172
–75,
177
–78

North, Oliver,
145
–46

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
27
,
180
,
238
,
247
,
331
,
379
,
502

former Soviet Union and,
428
,
513
–15

Rumsfeld’s tenure at,
64
,
66
,
68
–69

Northern Alliance,
332
,
336
,
340
–41,
344
–46,
353
–54

Norton, Gale,
300

Novak, Robert,
74
,
152
–53,
167

Plame case and,
406
–7

nuclear weapons,
7
,
129
,
201
,
418
–20,
465
–79,
513

arms control and,
233
–34,
324
–26,
491

and attempted coup against Gorbachev,
230
–31

Desert Storm and,
196
,
220
–21,
227

Iranian development of,
326
,
419
,
465
,
468
,
470
–71,
477
–79,
491
–92

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

North Korean development of,
326
,
419
,
465
–70,
472
–77,
479
,
481
–93

proliferation of,
318
,
419
–20,
465
–73,
476
,
482
,
484
–88,
490
–93

Syrian development of,
465
–73,
476
,
482
,
484
,
487
,
491
–93

targeting of,
160
,
232
–33

terrorists and,
330
,
344
–45,
369
,
374

Nunn, Louie,
52

Nunn, Sam,
129
,
158
,
205
,
385

Obama, Barack,
255
,
309
,
313
,
357
,
455
,
514
,
522
–24

enhanced interrogation techniques and,
362
–63,
512
,
520
–24

financial crisis and,
508
–9,
511

Guantanamo and,
355
–56,
520
,
522
–23

inauguration of,
517
–18

North Korean nuclear program and,
486
,
489
,
493

presidential campaign of,
508
–9,
516
,
520

on withdrawing from Afghanistan,
501
–2

O’Connor, Sandra Day,
323

Odierno, Ray,
455
–58,
463

O’Donnell, Terry,
71
,
76
,
93
,
162
,
244
,
290
,
530
–31

Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO),
48
–57

Cheney’s work for,
49
–54,
56
–57,
72

Rumsfeld and,
44
–45,
48
–53,
55
–56

state-level relationships of,
50
,
52
–53

Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
63
,
79
–80,
165
,
273
,
298
,
394
,
502
–3

Ohio,
158
,
425

Cheney’s vice presidential campaigns and,
272
,
278
,
280
–81

oil, oil fields,
316
,
499
,
513

Cheney’s vice presidential candidacy and,
263
,
266

and deployment of U.S. troops to Persian Gulf,
187
,
194

Desert Storm and,
195
,
400

Halliburton and,
248
–49,
263

Iraqi Freedom and,
383
,
399
–400,
432

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait,
182
–84,
197
–98

North Korean nuclear program and,
473
,
475

regulating prices of,
60
–61,
63

oil-for-food program,
226
,
366

Oklahoma City terrorist attack,
318
,
385

Olmert, Ehud,
471
–72

Oman,
194
–95,
376

Omar, Mullah,
344

O’Meara, Sean,
531
–32

O’Neill, Paul,
79
,
339
,
382

departure from administration of,
394
–95

Treasury Department appointment of,
298
–99

O’Neill, Tip,
128
,
136
–37,
140
,
149

Oresko, Nicholas,
301

Oriabure, Stephannie,
530

Ortega, Daniel,
144

Osirak nuclear reactor,
182
,
227
,
472

Owens, Bill,
158

Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and,
163
,
170
,
172
,
175

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait,
183
,
185

Owens, Chachi,
61

Pace, Pete,
441
,
449
,
451
,
459

Pakistan,
362
,
418
–20,
452