INDEX
Abdullah, King, 190
Abdulmutallab, Umar, 340–41
Abizaid, John, 118
Afghan Hands, 149
Afghan National Army (ANA), 42, 80, 84, 110, 130, 132, 249, 320
Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP), 360
Afghan National Directorate for Security, 42
Afghan National Police, 42, 80, 84, 110, 147, 225–26, 232, 320
Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), 131, 165, 204, 219, 220, 225, 230, 252, 262–64, 270, 291, 293, 294, 299, 302, 320, 325, 329, 348
Afghan prison system, 178
Afghan Taliban, 3, 65, 100, 145, 187, 189, 203, 215, 241
Afghanistan author in, 126–36
Biden in, 65–70
corruption in, 43–44, 128, 218, 219, 220, 224–26, 230, 239
elections in, 96, 97–98, 136, 146–48, 226, 238, 347
Afghanistan-Pakistan border, 3, 42, 75, 203, 212, 224, 235, 359–60
Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence (CentCom), 78, 346
Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 161–69, 170–71, 186–91, 202–4, 207–11, 214–21, 222–33, 239–44, 250–54, 257–60, 262–64, 268–83, 290–299, 301–6, 307–8, 348–52, 355–57
final strategy decision, 290, 311–17, 318–22, 324–31, 383–88
NSC principals meetings on, 202–4, 212–13, 238–39, 248–49, 262–63
Afghanistan War Americanization of, 135, 150–51, 276
JACKAL teams, 7
Lute report on, 40–44
McChrystal as Afghanistan commander, 85, 118–119, 120, 123–25, 133–34, 318
McChrystal’s assessment of, 124–25, 153–56, 175–84
McChrystal’s resignation as
Afghanistan commander, 371–74
McChrystal’s strategy review team, 148–53
Obama’s first NSC meeting on, 79–81
Obama’s speeches on, 113–14, 330–35
Petraeus as new Afghanistan commander, 373–74, 379
Riedel review, 88–90, 96, 97, 99–110, 111, 113, 114, 119, 124, 145
Strategic Implementation Plan for, 145–46
troop draw down date, 290, 302, 305, 312, 314–15, 319, 320–21, 324, 331, 335–37, 376
troop requests for, 70, 80–81, 94–98, 123, 132, 140–42, 156, 171, 186, 192–93, 195, 205–6, 212–13, 216–17, 225, 228, 234–35, 249–50, 251–54, 257–60, 262–64, 270, 271–73, 275–78, 290–95
Air Force (U.S.), 25, 32, 257, 259
Air Force One, 104, 109, 183, 194, 280, 334
Air Force Two, 159
al Qaeda, 3, 4, 89, 105–6, 108, 117, 364
and Afghanistan, 70–71
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, 162–63, 187, 188–90, 202, 203, 224, 227, 314
LeT and, 45
“Alternative Mission in Afghanistan,” 276, 277, 281–83
Amanpour, Christiane, 204
American Cemetery, Normandy, France, 124
Andrews Air Force Base, 126, 334
Angor Adda, FATA, Pakistan, 8
AQAP (al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula), 8, 341
Arg-e-Shahi presidential palace (Afghanistan), 128
Arlington Cemetery, 266
Associated Press, 361
Atkinson, Rick, 378
Atmar, Mohammad Hanif, 67
Austin, Lloyd, III, 85
Awlaki, Anwar al-, 341
Axelrod, David M., 137, 141, 144, 246–47
and Clinton as secretary of state, 26–27
and McChrystal, 194
and Obama, 26–27, 74, 141, 191, 195, 246–47, 332
Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, 366
Balad Airbase, Iraq, 85
Ball, George, 170
Baluchistan province, Pakistan, 7, 215
Baradar, Abdul Ghani, 356
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 131, 229
Bhutto, Benazir, 62–63, 86, 115, 117, 136, 285
Biden, Beau, 64
Biden, Joseph R.
in Afghanistan, 65–70
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 159–160, 163, 166–67, 170, 185–86, 187, 188, 189, 190, 204, 210, 217, 221, 229, 231, 240, 254–55, 260, 262–63, 270, 271, 272, 291, 299, 323, 324, 328
counterterrorism plus strategy, 102, 159–60, 166, 219, 234–35
and Hayden, 54
on Holbrooke, 72
and hybrid option, 234–37, 272, 273
and McKiernan, 70–71
and Obama, 51, 62, 72–73, 80–81, 160, 163, 270–71, 275, 288–91, 305, 309–10, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 354, 372
in Pakistan, 62–65
Petraeus on, 210
and Riedel, 101–2, 104, 108, 110
on war game (Poignant Vision), 275
bin Laden, Osama, 3, 18, 88, 103, 105, 106, 122, 162, 185, 330
Blair, Dennis C., DNI
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, 162–63, 186–87, 202, 224, 238, 239, 265
and Christmas Day bombing, 340–41, 342
and Emanuel, 121–22
fired as DNI, 370–71
former Joint Staff director, 118
and Mullen, 101
and Obama, 58, 121–22, 162–63, 341–42, 370–71
and Pakistan, 287–89
and Petraeus, 78
and war game (Poignant Vision), 244, 245, 275
Blair House, 354
Blinken, Anthony J., 71, 159, 235–36, 254, 286, 355
Bond, Kit, 92–93
Boston University, 86–87
Boxer, Barbara, 159
Brahimi, Lakhdar, 357
Brauchli, Marcus, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182
Brennan, First Lt. Brian, 267
Brennan, John O. and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, 227–28, 229, 236, 254–55, 284, 285, 296–97, 319, 321, 355
and Christmas Day bomber, 340–42
and nuclear terrorist attack exercise, 362, 363
and Obama, 227–28, 229, 284, 289, 319, 321, 340–42
British Special Forces, 193
Brookings Institution, 88, 149
Brown, Harold, 84
Bush administration and military contingency planning, 35
search for bin Laden and, 106
Bush, George W., 10, 53, 54, 74, 169
and Joint Chiefs, 257
and Mumbai attacks, 45–47
and Obama, 17–18
Predator strikes, 4–5
C-SPAN, 91
Camp Leatherneck (Afghanistan), 129, 130–31, 135
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 249
Cantor, Eric, 204
Cartwright, Gen. James E. “Hoss,” 275
and hybrid option, 235–37, 245, 272, 273, 300
and McChrystal assessment, 180, 181, 182
and Mullen, 235, 236–37, 245, 272–73, 275, 294–96, 307, 312, 324
and troops issue, 94, 294–96, 307–9, 312
Casey, Gen. George, 118, 258–60
Castellano, Gen. Rosario, 151–52
CBS News, 337
Center for a New American Security, 152
Center for Security Policy, 247
Center for Strategic and
International Studies, 149
Central Command (CentCom), 15, 16, 22, 32, 76, 78, 118, 138, 346
Chamber of Commerce, U.S., 39, 58
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv, 181
Chicago magazine, 27
Christmas Day bomber, 340–41
Christopher, Warren, 40
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) and bin Laden, 103
Blair and, 370–71
Counterterrorism Pursuit Teams (CTPT), 8, 52, 160, 265, 355, 367
covert action programs, 51–56, 370
Gates and, 19
Hayden as director, 18, 25–26, 46–50
interrogation program, 49
and Operation High Rise, 122
Panetta chosen as director, 57–58, 59
Panetta’s confirmation hearings, 91–93
Clinton, Bill, 1, 13, 27, 28–29
Clinton, Chelsea, 29
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 164, 191, 203, 204, 207–8, 209, 213, 216, 222–23, 238, 239, 248, 250–54, 291, 292, 335–36
chosen as secretary of state, 26–31
Jones on, 138–39
and Karzai, 164, 331, 352, 354, 355
and Keane, 82–85
and McChrystal, 85, 213, 253–54
and Obama, 26–31, 39, 57, 72, 96, 102, 104, 148, 164, 169, 191, 209, 222–23, 250, 252, 254, 291, 292–93, 331, 334, 335–36
Coalition Support Fund, 3, 201
Cohen, William S., 37
COIN, see counterinsurgency
COINistas, see countersinsurgency
Colby, William J., 89
Collins, Susan, 155
Commander’s Emergency Response Program, 240
Computer Network Attack (CNA), 10
Computer Network Defense (CND), 10
Conway, Gen. James, 258, 259–60
COOPEX 2010 (Continuity of Operations Exercise), 362–63
Council on Foreign Relations, 149
counterinsurgency, 83, 84, 86, 114, 141, 183, 219, 314, 315, 325
Biden and, 166, 219, 236, 237, 272, 273
COINistas, 145, 225, 339, 354, 356
vs. CT plus, 234–35
Eikenberry’s reservations about, 261–62
Gates and, 218–19
Hayden and, 93–94
Petraeus and, 15, 17, 83, 94, 103, 111, 112, 157, 158, 170–71, 183–84, 191, 203, 220, 225, 241–43, 244–45, 257, 262, 269, 270, 272–75, 294, 297–98, 300, 317, 332, 338, 347, 349, 379
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
cyber security, 9–10
Darfur region, of Sudan, 53
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
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 Jones, 141, 199–200, 342–43
on Kandahar, 349–52
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
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
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
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
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
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 Sunday, 205
Fraser, Gen. Douglas, 342
From the Shadows (Gates), 19
Future Combat Systems, 21
Garmsir (Afghanistan), 349, 360
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 Ambassador Haqqani, 200–201
in Iraq and Afghanistan, 16, 337
and Jones, 123–24, 138, 143, 254
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
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
on McChrystal, 183
and Obama, 137, 194, 222–23, 232, 246, 248, 337, 342, 373
Goldstein, Gordon, 129–30, 254, 279, 332
in Afghanistan, 66–70
on draw down date, 335–36, 337
and McChrystal, 155–56
and Mullen, 206–7
and Obama, 62, 72–73, 207, 336
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
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
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
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 Eikenberry cables, 261–62
and elections in Afghanistan, 146–48
and Ambassador Haqqani, 86, 87–88
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
Hussein, Saddam, 32
hybrid option, 234–38, 245, 272–75, 298, 300
IEDs (improvised explosive devices), 21, 22, 130, 134, 135
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-contra, 19
Iraq
“Lessons on Reconciliation” memo, 241, 242–43
Iraq Study Group, 58
Iraq surge, 15, 82, 85, 168, 252
Iraq War
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 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 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
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 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
Bush and, 37
Clinton and, 102, 164, 331, 352, 354, 355
Eikenberry and, 128, 147–48, 218, 240
Emanuel on, 232
Holbrooke and, 72, 87, 147, 148
Lute and, 42
Panetta on, 224
Taliban and Karzai government, 163, 219, 332
Kashmir, 45
Kayani, Gen. Ashfaq, 100, 101, 108, 188, 208, 366–67
Khalilzad, Zalmay, 116–17
Khyber Pass, 75
Kim Jong Il, 52
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
Lavoy, Peter R., 162, 163–64, 186, 187, 188, 203, 208, 214–16, 238
Lebanon, 271
Lembke, Cpl. Matthew, 130, 131
Lessons in Disaster (Goldstein), 129–30, 254, 279, 313, 332
Lewinsky, Monica, 27
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
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
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 Afghanistan-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
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 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
Jones on, 138
and McChrystal, 194
and McConnell, 56
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
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
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
background, 32
and Cartwright, 235, 236–37, 245, 272–73, 275, 294–96, 307, 312, 324
confirmation hearings, 172–74
and Eikenberry cables, 261–62, 272
and hybrid option, 236–38, 275
and Jones, 99, 100, 123–24, 141–42, 174, 196–97
and McChrystal, 85, 118, 154, 165, 168, 196–97, 262
Morrell on, 173
and Obama, 32, 33–34, 80, 118, 172–73, 196, 197, 271, 278, 312, 324, 326–27
and Petraeus, 32, 80, 96, 104, 119, 142, 169, 173, 175, 196, 203, 206, 241–42, 244–45, 250, 254, 257, 261, 262, 263, 269, 270, 273–75, 278–79, 293–95, 302, 312, 313, 318, 322, 323, 324–27
and White House, 95, 123–24, 172–74, 196–97
Mumbai terrorist attack, 44–47, 106, 365–66
Musharraf, Pervez, 63, 208, 209
Myers, Gen. Richard B., 32
Nad Ali (Afghanistan), 351
National Defense University, 76
National Press Club, 190
National Security Agency (NSA), 7, 10, 25, 103, 122
National Security Council (NSC), 41, 44, 71, 76, 79–81, 119, 140
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, 186–92, 202–4, 207–11, 214–33, 238–41, 248–55, 262–64, 268–83, 290–306, 348–49
Jones as national security adviser, 37, 38, 39–40
on Obama’s final strategy decision, 311–15
principals meetings, 212–13, 238–39, 248–49, 261, 262–63, 352
on Riedel strategy, 88–90, 96, 101–4, 110
NATO, 102, 103, 123, 142, 152, 223, 225, 238, 250, 251
additional troops from, 42, 150–51, 253, 275–76, 294
Nawa (Afghanistan), 349, 358–60
NBC, 48
New York Times, 113, 154, 179, 183, 193, 198, 335
Nicholson, Gen. Lawrence, 130–33, 358–61
Nimitz, USS, 299
9/11, terrorist attacks of, 1, 5, 10, 45, 49, 106, 122, 207
Nobel Peace Prize, 213–14, 378
Normandy, France, 124
North Korea, nuclear program, 9, 52
North Waziristan (region in FATA), 3, 26, 200, 366
Northern Alliance, 215
Now Zad, Helmand (Afghanistan), 130, 131
NSC principals meetings, 212–13, 238–39, 248–49, 261, 262–63, 344, 352
nuclear weapons
in Iran and North Korea, 9, 52
Pakistan and India, 35, 45, 345
war game on nuclear attack, 362–63
Obama, Barack H.
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 160, 161–69, 183, 184, 186–91, 204–5, 208–10, 214–18, 222–33, 239–43, 250–54, 257–60, 263–64, 268–81, 290–306, 348–49
“Alternative Mission in Afghanistan” graph, 276, 277, 281–83
at Arlington Cemetery, 266
and Axelrod, 26–27, 74, 141, 191, 195, 246–47, 332
and author interview, 11–12, 23–24, 35, 56, 97–98, 109, 116, 123, 160, 183–84, 275, 279, 282, 289–90, 311, 363, 369, 373, 375–78
and Biden, 51, 62, 72–73, 80–81, 160, 163, 270–71, 275, 288–91, 305, 309–10, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 354, 372
and Blair, 58, 121–22, 162–63, 341–42, 370–71
and Brennan, 227–28, 229, 284, 289, 319, 321, 340–42
cabinet selections, 13–14, 18–20, 23–24, 26–31, 58–61
and Cartwright, 235–38, 307–9, 324
and Clinton, 26–31, 39, 57, 72, 96, 102, 104, 148, 164, 169, 191, 209, 222–23, 250, 252, 254, 291, 292–93, 331, 334, 335–36
and Donilon, 138, 188, 191, 195, 239, 276, 281, 289, 298, 302–4, 311, 312, 313, 316–17, 319, 321, 322, 343
at Dover Air Force Base, 255–56
draw down date for Afghanistan, 290, 294, 302, 305, 314–15, 319, 320–21, 324, 331, 335–37, 376
and Eikenberry, 164, 217–18, 221, 296, 298, 329–30
and Emanuel, 13–14, 74, 81, 104, 121, 122, 195, 207, 232, 247, 298, 311, 319, 327, 372
final strategy decision, 290, 301–9, 311–17, 319–22, 324–31, 383–88
first NSC meeting on Afghanistan, 79–81
and Gates, 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
and Gibbs, 137, 194, 222–23, 232, 246, 248, 337, 342, 373
and Graham, 62, 72–73, 207, 336
and Holbrooke, 72, 164, 210–11, 216, 222, 225–27, 230, 231, 233, 240, 296
inauguration of, 74–75
and Jones, 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
and Lippert, 34, 49, 50, 138, 140, 144, 197–98
and Lute, 80, 311, 312, 313, 319, 320–21
and McChrystal, 120, 155, 161, 193, 194, 197, 263, 329–30, 349–52, 373–74
and McConnell, 1, 2, 3–4, 5–11, 50–51, 55–56
and McDonough, 49, 50, 114, 158
meeting with Bush, 17–18
meeting with Joint Chiefs, 257–60
meetings with Powell, 174–75, 311
and Mullen, 32, 33–34, 80, 118, 172–73, 196, 197, 271, 278, 312, 324, 326–27
Nobel Peace Prize, 213–14, 378
in nuclear terrorist attack exercise, 362
opposition to Iraq War, 38, 75–76, 375
and Panetta, 58, 208–9, 363, 364–67
President’s Daily Brief to (PDB), 120–21, 166, 370
and Petraeus, 14–15, 16, 17, 76, 80, 81, 96, 111, 112, 158–59, 183–84, 191, 205, 206, 225, 230, 231, 241–43, 257, 260, 267, 273–75, 276, 277, 278, 297, 298–99, 302, 312, 320, 322, 324–27, 337, 338, 349, 351, 373–74
and Podesta, 1–2, 13, 19, 27–30, 38–39, 57–59
and Rhodes, 113, 114, 213–14, 278, 298, 301, 305, 306–7, 331
and Riedel review, 88–90, 96, 97, 104–10, 113, 141, 183–84
speeches on Afghanistan War, 111–12, 113–14, 330–35
terms sheet, 313, 314, 315, 316, 324–30, 385–90
on terrorist threat, 363
thoughts about Afghanistan War, 375–78
on The Tonight Show, 109
West Point speech, 334–35
and Zardari, 115–16, 284–85, 287
Obama, Michelle, 266
Odierno, Gen. Raymond, 76
Olympics, 2016, 193
Omar, Mullah Muhammad, 7, 106, 162, 241, 286, 350, 355, 365
Operation Black Medallion, 122
Operation High Rise, 122
Pakistan
author’s visit to, 136–37
Biden’s visit to, 62–65
India and, 4, 64, 87, 100, 108, 115, 116, 137, 162–63, 208, 209, 210, 215, 366
Jones in, 136–37, 284, 285–86, 363–67
Lute in, 363–67
and McChrystal assessment, 162–63
and Mumbai terrorists attacks, 45–47
Obama’s letter to Zardari, 284–85
Pakistani ISI, 3–4, 5, 45–46, 63, 64, 89, 116, 203, 285, 286, 355, 356
Petraeus in, 16–17
Predator strikes in, 4–5, 25–26, 93, 106–7, 116, 117, 209, 284
safe havens in, 44, 63, 121, 122, 215, 216, 224, 285, 288–89, 297, 302–3, 328, 356, 363–69, 379
Strategic Implementation Plan for, 145–46
as threat to U.S. security, 3–5, 7–8, 43–44, 63, 89, 121, 122, 215, 216, 224, 288–89, 297, 302–3, 328, 363–69, 379
U.S. retribution plan, 46, 365
Zardari’s letter to Obama, 287
Zardari’s visit to U.S., 115–16 see also Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review
Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military (Haqqani), 86–87
Pakistan-Afghanistan border, 3, 42, 203, 212, 224, 235, 359–60
Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell, 118
Pakistani Taliban, 115, 116–17, 136, 137, 188, 203, 361, 364, 365
Panetta, Leon, CIA director and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 161, 202, 208–9, 224, 239, 247, 265, 352, 363–69
chosen as CIA director, 57–58, 59–60
confirmation hearings, 91–93
and Obama, 58, 208–9, 363, 364–67
and Predator drone strikes, 284
Pasha, Gen. Ahmed Shuja, 46–47, 225
Pashtun (ethnic group), 65, 107, 186, 210, 264
Patterson, Anne W., 136, 202, 210, 296
Pelosi, Nancy, 307
Penn, Mark, 30–31
Pentagon Papers, 179
Perry, William, 84
Petraeus, Gen. David H., 14, 15, 16, 17, 32, 41, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 94, 96, 103, 104, 111, 112, 113, 119, 142, 148, 157, 158, 159, 161, 170–71, 173, 183–84, 186, 188, 190, 191, 196, 202–6, 209, 211, 214, 220, 221, 225, 230, 231, 373–74, 379–80
as Afghanistan commander, 373–74, 379
and Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review, 170–71, 186, 188, 190, 191, 202–6, 209, 210, 211, 214, 220–21, 225, 241–43, 244–45, 250, 254, 260, 261, 262–64, 269–79, 291–94, 297–300, 302, 312, 318, 320, 322, 325, 327, 332–33, 337, 338, 346–48, 349, 351
on Axelrod, 158
background, 15, 17, 82, 84, 119, 148, 214, 263
as Central Command commander, 14, 15, 16, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 94, 96, 103, 111, 112, 119, 142, 157, 158, 159, 161, 170–71, 186, 190, 191, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 209, 211, 214, 220–21, 225, 231, 241–43, 244, 245, 250, 254, 257, 260, 261, 262–63, 266–68, 270–79, 291–94, 297–300, 312, 318, 320, 322, 325, 327, 337, 338, 346, 347, 351, 361–62, 373
and counterinsurgency, 15, 17, 83, 84, 94, 103, 111, 112, 157, 158, 170–71, 183–84, 191, 203, 220, 225, 241–43, 244–45 257, 262, 269, 270, 272–75, 294, 297–98, 300, 317, 332, 338, 347, 349, 379
and Eikenberry cables, 261–62
and Gates, 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
as Iraq commander, 14, 15, 16, 76, 77, 82, 148, 156, 157, 188, 190, 204, 220, 225, 230, 241–43, 263, 271–72, 274, 275, 277, 297, 300, 317, 332–33, 338, 348, 380
and Jones, 75, 94, 96, 104, 142, 146, 161, 194, 196, 202, 209, 242, 250, 254, 261, 262, 269, 313, 325, 332, 379
“Lessons on Reconciliation” memo, 241–43
and Marja, 351
and Obama, 14–15, 16, 17, 76, 80, 81, 96, 111, 112, 158–59, 183–84, 191, 205, 206, 225, 230, 231, 241–43, 257, 260, 267, 273–75, 276, 277, 278, 297, 298–99, 302, 312, 320, 322, 324–27, 337, 338, 349, 351, 373–74
and Times Square bomber, 361–62
and war game (Poignant Vision), 244–45, 275
and White House, 94, 96, 158, 159, 161, 170, 171, 173, 186, 188, 190, 191, 196, 202, 203, 206, 209, 211, 214, 220, 221, 225, 241, 242, 251, 254, 262, 263, 267, 270–75, 291, 294, 297–99, 312, 317, 337–38, 349, 361–62, 379
Phillips, Kyra, 267
Podesta, John
and Obama, 1–2, 13, 19, 27–30, 38–39, 57–59
Poignant Vision (war game), 244–45, 275
Political Hotsheet (CBS blog), 337
Powell, Gen. Colin, 32, 174–75, 195, 257, 311
Predator drone strikes, 4–5, 6, 18, 22, 25–26, 93, 106–7, 116, 117, 209, 284, 366–67
President’s Daily Brief (PDB), 120–22, 166, 370
PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team), 135, 136, 248
Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan, 7, 162, 286
Quetta Shura Taliban, 7, 178, 241, 261, 356, 364, 365
Qureshi, Shah Mehmood, 366
RAND Corporation, 149
Rangel, Robert, 331
RDI (Rendition, Detention and Interrogation), 50, 53
Reagan National Airport, 18, 23
Reed, Jack, 23
Regional Command East, 70
Regional Command South, 70
Regional Command West, 155
Reid, Chip, 337
Republican Party, 17, 19, 32, 57, 62, 73, 204, 207, 298, 326, 371
Rhodes, Benjamin, 113, 114, 213–14, 277, 298, 301, 305, 306–7, 331
Riedel, Bruce O., Riedel review, 88–90, 96, 97, 99–109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 124, 141, 144, 145, 164, 165, 168, 169–70, 183–84
Rolling Stone magazine, 371–72
RTRG (Real Time, Regional Gateway), 7, 10
RT10 project, 7
Ruggiero, Frank, 248
Rule, Amy, 14
Rumsfeld, Donald H., 17, 20, 21, 32, 36, 379
Russell, Cathy, 40
Russert, Tim, 48
safe havens, in Pakistan, 44, 63, 121, 122, 215, 216, 224, 288–89, 297, 302–3, 328, 356, 363–69, 379
Saleh, Ali Abdullah, 340
Saleh, Amrullah, 215
Saudi Arabia, 9, 170, 190, 216, 240–41
Schlesinger, James, 84
Search for al Qaeda, The (Riedel), 89
Senate Armed Services Committee, 82, 123, 155, 172, 334, 335–36
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 62
Senate Intelligence Committee, 91–93
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), 3, 51
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of, 1, 5, 10, 45, 49, 106, 122, 207
Shahzad, Faisal, 361, 363, 364, 365
SHARKFINN, 7
Shedd, David, 54
Sherman, Gen. William Tecumseh, 375–76
Sigma Series, 244
Singh, Manmohan, 46
60 Minutes, 193
Smith, Jeff, 92
South Waziristan (region in FATA), 188, 201
Southern Command (SouthCom), 342
Special Access Programs, 235
Special Operations Forces, 160, 170, 190, 287
Status of Forces Agreement in Iraq, 76
Steinberg, James, 1, 2, 203, 250, 371
Strategic Command (U.S.), 235
Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP), 145–46, 168
Sudan, Darfur region, 53
Surge of Hope (film), 16
SYLVAN-MAGNOLIA, 6
Taliban
Afghan Taliban, 3, 65, 100, 145, 187, 189, 203, 215, 241, 356–57
in Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, 185, 186–90, 202–4, 219–21, 224, 225–26, 228, 229–30, 259, 269–71, 297
control of Kandahar, 42, 249, 349–50
insurgency, 3, 42, 44, 70, 75, 83, 107, 128, 133–34, 249
JSOC attacks against the, 315–16
and McChrystal assessment, 155, 162, 163–64, 167, 170, 177–78
Pakistani Taliban (TTP), 115, 116–17, 136, 137, 188, 203, 361, 364, 365
Quetta Shura Taliban, 7, 178, 241, 261, 356, 364, 365
Tapper, Jake, 371
Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP), 115, 116–17, 136, 137, 188, 203, 361, 364, 365 see also Pakistani Taliban
Taliban
Texas A & M University, 23
Thomas, Helen, 112–13
Tien, Col. John, 311–12, 319–20, 322, 354, 360
Tillman, Cpl. Pat, 154
Times Square bomber, 361, 363, 364, 365
torture, 49, 54, 60, 91, 92–93
trilateral summit, Afghanistan and Pakistan, 115, 116–17
Turkey, 53
Tweed, Boss, 65
Tyson, Ann Scott, 142
University of North Carolina, 109
Urdu (language), 86
USA Today, 21
Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981–1987 (Woodward), 128
Vietnam War, 25, 50, 82, 97, 112, 129–30, 158, 170, 179, 195, 231, 244, 249, 250, 254, 258, 279, 306, 377
Wall Street Journal, 171, 268–69, 273
war game (Poignant Vision), 244–45, 275
Wardak, Abdul Rahim, 67
The Washington Post, 59, 113, 140–41, 142, 154, 157, 174, 178, 179, 182–83, 198, 246, 268, 307, 343
Watergate, 50
Weekly Standard, 143
Wesa, Tooryalai, 350
Westmoreland, Gen. William, 195
White House
Oval Office, 11, 141, 174, 232, 301, 306, 307–9, 311, 313, 319, 325, 329, 354, 361, 378
press briefings, 142–43, 247–48, 337, 342, 373
Situation Room, 75, 79, 93, 132, 161, 169, 173, 185, 206, 212, 247, 250, 268, 329
State Dining Room, 204
WTF (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot), 132, 133, 141, 143, 194, 308, 358
Yemen, 8, 35, 227, 228, 297, 340, 341–42
Zabul province, 79
Zardari, Asif Ali, 25, 26, 62–65, 115–17, 136–37, 200, 208, 284–85, 286, 287, 364–66, 367
Zazi, Najibullah, 122, 284, 285
Zinni, Anthony, 138–39