Counterinsurgency Field Manual, 15, 191
counterterrorism (CT), 25, 83–86, 108, 190, 219, 315–16, 355
counterterrorism plus (CT plus), 102, 159–60, 166, 168, 204, 219, 234–35
Counterterrorism Pursuit Teams (CTPT), 8, 52, 160, 265, 355, 367
covert action, 49–56, 93, 370
Craig, Greg, 51, 53, 55
cyber security, 9–10
D-Day, 65th anniversary, 124
Darfur region, of Sudan, 53
Dari (language), 78, 150
Day of Battle, The (Atkinson), 378
de Kruif, Maj. Gen. Mart, 150–51
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 77
Defense Policy Board, 84
Delta Force, 10
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 57
Democratic Party, 14, 23, 27, 30, 40, 57, 298, 326
Denmark, 193, 194
Dereliction of Duty (McMaster), 258
Director of National Intelligence (DNI), 1, 3, 4, 18, 50, 54, 56, 58–59, 77–78, 101, 103, 121, 162–63, 370–71 see also Blair, Dennis C.
McConnell, Michael
disrupt, degrade the Taliban, 253, 259, 260, 270–71, 290, 313, 314, 316, 323
District 9
Kandahar (Afghanistan), 248 see also Loya Wiala
Donilon, Thomas E.
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 188, 191, 203–4, 211, 235, 239, 254–55, 261, 263, 276, 281, 297, 298, 302, 303, 304, 311, 312–14, 318–19, 321–22, 323, 338, 343–44, 345, 355
background, 40
chosen as deputy national security adviser, 40, 138
and Emanuel, 40, 247
and Gates, 195–96, 329, 343
and Jones, 141, 199–200, 342–43
on Kandahar, 349–52
and McChrystal, 180, 194
and Mullen, 173–74
and Obama, 138, 188, 191, 195, 239, 276, 281, 289, 298, 302–4, 311, 312, 313, 316–17, 319, 321, 322, 343
as possible successor to Jones, 199–200
and Strategic Implementation Plan, 146
and troop requests, 94, 95–96, 141
Dover Air Force Base, 255–56
Dowd, Maj. Gen. Ken, 279
Duke University, 109
Egypt, 9, 190
Eikenberry, Karl W.
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 164, 203, 218, 221, 240, 296, 298, 329, 330
background, 217
and Biden, 217, 218, 221, 355–56
cables sent by, 261–62, 272
and Karzai, 128, 147, 148, 164, 218, 240, 352, 356
and Obama, 164, 217–18, 221, 296, 298, 329–30
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 39–40, 43, 90, 113, 236
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight David, 15, 331
Emanuel, Rahm I., 29, 62, 93, 144, 207, 254, 284
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 232, 247, 298, 311, 327
choice for CIA director, 57, 58
chosen as chief of staff, 13–14
and costs for Afghanistan War, 327
and Donilon, 40, 247
and Jones, 138, 198
Jones on, 137–38, 139, 141
on Karzai, 232
and McChrystal, 194
and Mullen, 173–74
and Obama, 13–14, 74, 81, 104, 121, 122, 195, 207, 232, 247, 298, 311, 319, 327, 372
“political flypaper” comment, 327
and Riedel, 103, 104
and troop requests, 81, 303
Empire State Building, 122
Exum, Andrew, 152–53
Fannie Mae, 40
FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan), 3, 7, 8, 93, 187, 189
North Waziristan, 3, 26, 200, 366
South Waziristan, 188, 201
Feaver, Peter, 183
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 10, 47, 122, 365
Flournoy, Michèle A., 90, 181–82, 312
Flynn, Maj. Gen. Michael, 249
Foreign Policy magazine, 183
Foreign Service, 136
Fort Hood, Texas, shootings in, 264
Fox News, 114, 198
Fox News Sunday, 205
Fraser, Gen. Douglas, 342
From the Shadows (Gates), 19
Future Combat Systems, 21
Garmsir (Afghanistan), 349, 360
Gates, Becky, 20, 24
Gates, Robert M.
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 163, 189, 190, 192, 202, 204, 207–8, 216, 218–20, 240, 251–54, 258, 260, 262, 264–65, 270, 271, 275, 280, 290–91, 292–93, 312, 335–36
background, 18–23
and Donilon, 329, 343
and Ambassador Haqqani, 200–201
in Iraq and Afghanistan, 16, 337
and Jones, 123–24, 138, 143, 254
Lute on, 318, 322–23
and McChrystal, 85, 124, 153, 156, 159, 163, 164–65, 168, 180, 181, 182, 196, 197, 262, 371–72
and McKiernan, 118–19
and Morrell, 264–65
in NSC principals meeting, 202–4
on not leaving Afghanistan, 200, 354
and Obama, 18–20, 23–24, 57, 118, 163, 189–90, 192, 197, 216, 218–20, 238, 240, 250–53, 254, 260, 270–71, 275, 280, 289–90, 292–93, 302, 303–4, 307–9, 312, 316, 323, 324–26, 328–29, 331, 334, 335, 340, 354, 372
option 2A to Obama, 260
and Petraeus, 16, 32, 75–76, 96, 103, 104, 119, 156, 171, 190, 192, 194, 202–4, 220–21, 241, 250, 254, 262, 270–75, 279, 292, 293, 300, 302, 312, 318, 322, 323, 325–29, 337, 338, 373
and Riedel, 95, 96, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 110
six military objectives, 290–91, 292, 313
Strategic Implementation Plan recommendation, 145, 146
George Washington University, 204
Gerson, Michael, 157–58
Gibbs, Robert L.
on Cheney, 247–48
and Clinton, 222, 223
and Jones, 137, 142–43
on McChrystal, 183
and Obama, 137, 194, 222–23, 232, 246, 248, 337, 342, 373
Goldstein, Gordon, 129–30, 254, 279, 332
Graham, Lindsey O., 159, 171
in Afghanistan, 66–70
on draw down date, 335–36, 337
and Karzai, 65, 66–70, 71
and McChrystal, 155–56
and Mullen, 206–7
and Obama, 62, 72–73, 207, 336
in Pakistan, 62–63, 64–65
and Petraeus, 205–6
on troop levels, 206–7
Green Berets, 42
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 54, 161, 336
Gulf War, 32
Gunhus, Col. Erik, 268, 361–62
Hadley, Stephen, 34, 60, 197
Hagel, Chuck, 371
Haiti, 342
Haqqani, Husain, 26, 46, 86–88, 200–201, 286, 287, 344–45
Haqqani, Siraj, 4
Haqqani network, 4, 5, 65, 162, 178, 187, 203, 261, 364, 365, 366, 367
Harmony (government Web site), 78
Harvey, Derek, 77–79, 346–48
Hasan, Maj. Nidal Malik, 264
Hay-Adams Hotel, Washington, D.C., 86, 87
Hayden, Gen. Michael V., CIA director, 18, 46–56
and covert action, 49–56
meeting with Zardari, 25–26
and Mumbai attack, 46–47
and Obama, 18, 48–56, 59, 93
replaced by Panetta, 57–58, 59–60, 91–92, 93
Hayden, Jeanine, 49
Headley, David Coleman, 122, 284, 285
Helmand province (Afghanistan), 70, 120, 128–29, 130, 135, 136, 147, 348–49, 358
Helms, Richard, 50
Henry, Ed, 18
Herat (Afghanistan), 151–52, 226
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, 178
Hezbollah, 271
Hilal-e-Pakistan award, 63
Hill, Chris, 139
Holbrooke, Richard C., 112, 332
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy
review, 164, 169–70, 210–11, 216, 222, 223, 225–27, 230, 231, 233, 238–39, 240, 250, 296
appointment of, 72
and Clinton, 72, 222–23, 250
and Eikenberry cables, 261–62
and elections in Afghanistan, 146–48
and Ambassador Haqqani, 86, 87–88
and Karzai, 87, 147, 148, 354
and Keane, 83–84
and McChrystal, 164, 185, 213, 225, 352–53, 372
and Obama, 72, 164, 210–11, 216, 222, 225–27, 230, 231, 233, 240, 296
and Riedel, 91, 97, 169–70
Hussein, Saddam, 32
hybrid option, 234–38, 245, 272–75, 298, 300
IEDs (improvised explosive devices), 21, 22, 130, 134, 135
Ignatius, David, 157, 343
In Retrospect (McNamara), 195
India
embassy attack in Kabul, 5
Mumbai terrorists attacks, 44–47, 106
Pakistan and, 4, 64, 87, 100, 108, 115, 116, 137, 162–63, 208, 209, 210, 215, 366
inkblot/bubble strategy, on McChrystal map, 213, 217, 225, 228, 231, 236
International Institute for Strategic Studies, 193–94, 337
International Monetary Fund, 63
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 152, 154, 177, 178
interrogation techniques, 49, 50, 53–56
Iran, 9, 35, 259
Iran-contra, 19
Iraq
Obama’s visit to, 14–15, 16
“Lessons on Reconciliation” memo, 241, 242–43
Iraq Study Group, 58
Iraq surge, 15, 82, 85, 168, 252
Iraq War
draw down strategy, 331, 335
Lute report and, 41–42, 43
McChrystal and, 85–86
Obama as state senator on, 375
Obama’s opposition to, 38, 75–76
Petraeus as Iraq commander, 14, 15, 16, 76, 77, 82, 148, 156, 157, 190, 204, 220, 225, 230, 241–43, 263, 271–72, 274, 275, 277, 297, 300, 317, 332–33, 338, 380
troop levels, 134, 252, 271
troop withdrawal, 16, 34, 76, 258–59
ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan), 3–4, 5, 63, 64, 89, 116, 203, 285, 286, 355, 356
Directorate S, 4
LeT terrorists funded by, 45–46
Islamic extremist groups, 115
ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), 22, 274
Italian army, 151–52
JACKAL teams (Afghanistan), 7
Japan, 248
JESTER, 7
Johnson, Lyndon B., 97, 129–30, 158, 258, 313
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 32, 94, 95, 118, 196–97, 235, 237, 253, 257–60, 312, 339
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), 42, 85, 274, 315, 355, 356, 367
Joint Staff, 41, 85, 95, 118, 154, 244, 314
Jones, Gen. James L.
in Afghanistan, 126–37
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 202, 203, 207–8, 237, 238, 239, 252–53, 254, 262, 265, 269–70, 289, 308, 311, 313, 330
background, 39
chosen as national security advisor, 36–39
and Clinton, 138–39
and Donilon, 39–40, 199–200, 342–43
and Emanuel, 138–139
and Gates, 123–24, 138, 254
and Gibbs, 137, 142–43
and Ambassador Haqqani, 344–45
and Karzai, 128, 134, 136, 137, 354
and Lippert, 138, 140, 141, 197–99
and Lute, 145–46
and McChrystal, 126, 133–34, 140, 146, 165, 169, 179–80, 194, 196, 197, 212, 371–72
and McConnell, 56, 60
on McDonough, 138
and Mullen, 99, 100, 123–24, 141–42
in NSC principals meetings, 202–204, 212–213, 238–39, 262–63
and Obama, 36–37, 38, 39, 51, 74–75, 88, 96, 123, 124–25, 126, 132–33, 134, 135, 137–38, 139, 140, 141, 161, 169, 179, 196–99, 237, 242, 249–50, 252–53, 254, 265, 269, 284, 289, 301, 307–9, 311, 313, 319, 325, 328, 329, 332, 334, 343, 344, 354, 363, 364–67, 372, 379
in Pakistan, 136–37, 284, 285–86, 363–67
personal observations on Afghanistan, 160–61
and Petraeus, 75, 94, 96, 104, 142, 146, 161, 194, 196, 202, 209, 242, 250, 254, 261, 262, 269, 313, 325, 332, 379
Podesta on, 38
and Riedel, 99–102, 104
and Rolling Stone article about McChrystal, 371–72
and Strategic Implementation Plan, 145–46
and troop requests, 123–24, 141–42, 212, 249–50
and White House inner circle, 344
and Zardari, 136–37
Jordanian General Intelligence Department, 53
July, 2011 draw down date (Afghanistan), 290, 294, 302, 305, 312, 314–15, 319, 320–21, 324, 331, 335–37, 376
Kandahar (province and city), 42–43, 65, 66, 70, 147, 248–49, 252–53, 347, 349–51, 353, 355, 356, 359
Kandahar Strike Force, 66
Kappes, Stephen R., 25–26, 59, 60, 287
Karzai, Ahmed Wali, 65–66, 68, 147, 248, 348, 350
Karzai, Hamid, 116, 117, 215, 252, 346, 347, 356
background, 65–66
Biden and, 65, 66–70, 72, 163
Bush and, 37
Clinton and, 102, 164, 331, 352, 354, 355
Eikenberry and, 128, 147–48, 218, 240
Emanuel on, 232
Graham and, 65, 66–70, 71
Holbrooke and, 72, 87, 147, 148
Jones and, 128, 134, 136, 137
Lute and, 42
Obama and, 147–48, 229, 230
Panetta on, 224
Taliban and Karzai government, 163, 219, 332
Kashmir, 45
Kayani, Gen. Ashfaq, 100, 101, 108, 188, 208, 366–67
Keane, Gen. Jack, 16, 82–86
Khalilzad, Zalmay, 116–17
Khyber Pass, 75
Kim Jong Il, 52
Kirby, Capt. John, 154, 172
Kissinger, Henry, 84, 103–4
Kolenda, Col. Chris, 153
Kristol, Bill, 143
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), 53
Lakhvi, Zakiur Rehman, 365–66
Lang, Col. Pat, 183
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) (Army of the Pure), 44–47, 89, 106, 285, 364, 365–66
Lashkar Gah, Helmand (Afghanistan), 135
Lebanon, 271
Lembke, Cpl. Matthew, 130, 131
Leno, Jay, 104, 109
Lessons in Disaster (Goldstein), 129–30, 254, 279, 313, 332
Lewinsky, Monica, 27
Lieberman, Joseph, 155, 171
Lippert, Mark W., 144
and Jones, 138, 140, 141, 197–99
and Lute, 144
and McConnell, 56
and Obama, 34, 49, 50, 138, 140, 144, 197–98
Loya Wiala, Kandahar (Afghanistan), 248
Lute, Lt. Gen. Douglas E.
in Afghanistan, 41–43
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 203, 217, 254–55, 263, 264, 276, 311, 312, 313, 316, 318–19, 320–23, 337–39, 345, 354, 355, 356
Afghanistan War review, 40–44
background, 40–43
and Bush, 40–41, 43–44
on Gates, 322–23
on Kandahar, 349–52
and Nicholson, 358–61
and Obama, 80, 311, 312, 313, 319, 320–21
in Pakistan, 363–67
report on Pakistan, 367–69
and Riedel, 89–90
and Strategic Implementation Plan, 144, 145–46
and troop requests, 94–95, 114–15, 120, 142
Lynn, Bill, 57–58, 358
McCain, John, 9, 32, 62, 64, 72, 155, 171, 205
McChrystal, Gen. Stanley A.
as Afghanistan commander, 85, 119, 120, 123–25, 126, 133–34, 140, 315–16, 318
and Afghanis
tan-Pakistan strategy review, 188, 190, 270, 271, 275, 298, 322, 355, 360
and ANSF, 219, 252, 262–64, 348
assessment of Afghanistan War, 124–25, 133–34, 142, 146, 153–56, 159–69, 175–84, 187, 216–17
background, 85–86, 118–19, 315
and Eikenberry cables, 262, 272
and Gates, 85, 124, 153, 156, 159, 164–65, 168, 180, 181, 182, 196, 197, 262, 371–72
and Holbrooke, 164, 169–70, 213, 352–53
and Jones, 126, 133–34, 140, 142, 146, 165, 169, 179–80, 185–88, 194, 196, 197, 212, 354, 360, 371–72
and Kandahar, 248–49, 349–52, 353
and Karzai, 148, 354
London speech, 193–94, 196, 198, 205
and Marja operation, 360
and Mullen, 85, 118, 154, 165, 168, 196–97, 262
and Obama, 120, 155, 161, 193, 194, 197, 263, 329–30, 349–52, 373–74
resignation of, 373–74
and Riedel, 164, 165, 168, 183–84
Rolling Stone article about, 371–73
on 60 Minutes, 193
strategy review team, 148–53
troop requests, 156, 186, 192–93, 212–13, 216–17, 225, 228, 249, 250, 251–53, 275–76, 292, 297, 314
McChrystal, Maj. Gen. Herbert J., 195
McConnell, Michael, DNI, 18
and Jones, 56, 60
and Lippert, 56
and Obama, 1, 2, 3–4, 5–11, 50–51, 55–56
order on U.S. intelligence representatives in foreign countries, 60–61
replaced by Blair, 58–59, 60–61
McDonough, Denis, 143, 144, 254, 273, 277, 278, 311, 355, 361
and Cartwright, 295, 298
Jones on, 138
and McChrystal, 194
and McConnell, 56
and Mullen, 172, 174
and Obama, 49, 50, 114, 158
McKiernan, Gen. David D., 70–71, 77, 80, 83, 85, 96, 103, 114–15, 118, 119
McLarty, Thomas “Mack,” 13
McLaughlin, John, 371
McMaster, Gen. H. R., 258
McNamara, Robert, 195
McRaven, Adm. William H., 315
Maliki, Nouri al-, 37, 41–42
Mangal, Gulab, 136
Marine Corps, U.S., 32, 36, 39, 94, 98, 107, 120, 130–31, 155, 237, 257, 258, 344, 358
Marja (Afghanistan), 347, 348–49, 351, 353, 356, 360
Marshall, George, 257
Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan), 152
Mehsud, Baitullah, 117
Mohammed, Khalid Sheik, 137, 336
Morell, Michael J., 1, 3, 9, 11, 362–63
Morrell, Geoffrey S., 143, 248
and Gates, 264–65
and McChrystal, 125, 180, 181, 372–73
on Mullen, 173
and Petraeus, 159, 266, 268
MRAPs (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles), 21, 22, 248
Mubarak, Hosni, 190
Mullen, Adm. Michael G., 96, 117–19, 250, 307, 318, 322
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 168, 190, 203, 206–7, 208, 223, 248, 254, 259–60, 262, 269, 271, 272–73, 275, 281, 312, 313, 339