Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas (37 page)

    
and “Chief Executive” Obama,
14–19

Podesta, John,
110
,
210

Poehler, Amy,
256

Polanski, Roman,
92

Politico,
18
,
85
,
99
,
127
,
210
,
236
,
255

Powell, Colin,
184

Poynter Institute, the,
129–30

President Clinton Avenue (Little Rock),
180

presidential election 2008,
7
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14
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20
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57
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74–75
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118
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156
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158
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168
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247
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274–75

    
attacks on Barack Obama in the,
23
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25
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55
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186
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199–200
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268

    
attacks on the Clintons in the,
55
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59
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268

    
supporters of Barack Obama in,
xiv
,
xvi
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5
,
85
,
224
,
262

Presidential Perks Gone Royal
,
35

Presidential Power
,
17

presidential race 2016,
197

    
Barack Obama and,
xv
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71–72
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74–75
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80
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155
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163
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174–75
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204–5
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213
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225
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239
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245
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269

    
Joe Biden and,
221–22
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262
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276

    
Hillary Clinton and,
xv
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55
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65
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74–75
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95
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100
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111
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155–56
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163
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174
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184
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186–87
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190–91
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197
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201–2
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204–5
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225–27
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229
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236–39
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245
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263
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269
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272
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274

Prince George’s County, MD,
68

Priorities USA,
266

Pulitzer Prize, the,
13

Purdum, Todd S.,
xiv

Putin, Vladimir,
252–53

Puzo, Mario,
26

R

Rachael Ray Show
, the,
258

Ready for Hillary,
229

Reagan, Ronald,
55
,
61
,
110
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123
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144

“red line,” the,
241–46
,
250–54

Reich, Robert,
184

Reid, Harry,
114
,
164

Reines, Philippe,
136
,
192–94

Reliable Sources
,
155

Rendell, Ed,
74

Republican National Convention 2012,
105–7
,
131

Republican Party, Republicans,
25
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73
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160
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191
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204

    
2010 midterm elections and,
19

    
2012 election and,
4
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89
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105–7
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115
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168
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197–98

    
2016 presidential election and,
95
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156
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201–2
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269
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275

    
Barack Obama and,
16
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19
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25
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64
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129–30
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159
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169–73
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209–11
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214
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242
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248–49
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251
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255
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260
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263

    
Bill Clinton and,
8
,
71
,
88
,
127
,
129–30

“Residence, the,”
38
,
47
,
212
,
259

Resolute Desk, the,
241

Reza Nasr, Vali,
60

Rice, Condoleezza,
135–36

Rice, Susan,
59
,
157–58
,
169

Richardson, Bill,
xiv

Rich, Denise,
57–58

Rich, Marc,
57–58

Ricketts, Rick,
200

Robinson, Eugene,
13

Robinson, Michelle.
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Obama, Michelle

Rock Creek Park,
218

Rodin’s Debutante
,
49

Rogers, John,
257–58

Roi (restaurant owner),
xii

Romney, Mitt,
21
,
25
,
89
,
91
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95–101
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105–6
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115
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132
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154
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164–65

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR),
9
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39
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110
,
194

Rosen, James,
xiv
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248–49

Rouse, Pete,
10

Rove, Karl,
18
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37
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173
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201

Rubin, Robert,
184

Rubio, Marco,
197–98

Ruddy, Christopher,
106–7

Ruppersberger, Dutch,
152–53

Rush, Bobby,
42

Russia,
44
,
252–53

Ryan, Paul,
105
,
128
,
211

S

Safire, William,
151–52

Saint Sabina Catholic church (Chicago),
167

Sandwich, MA,
34

Sanger, David,
9

Saudi Arabia,
57–58
,
61
,
64–65
,
249

Scarborough, Joe,
169–70

Schlossberg, Ed,
224

Schlossberg, John Kennedy,
226

Schlossberg, Rose Kennedy,
226

Schlossberg, Tatiana Kennedy,
226

Schoen, Doug,
267

Schumer, Chuck,
229

Schwartz, Allan,
195
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271–72

Schwerin, Dan,
232

Secret Service, the,
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33–34
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39
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68
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71
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111–12
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131
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180
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218
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223
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257
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271

Security Office (State Department),
139

“sequester, the,”
210
,
212–14
,
248

Seward, William,
41

Shakespeare in Love
,
92

Shalala, Donna,
184

Sheinkopf, Henry,
268

Sidwell Friends School,
47

Simon, Roger,
99

Sister Souljah,
114

Situation Room, the,
10

Solyndra,
29

South Carolina,
xiv
,
25

Southern Methodist University,
237

South Side (Chicago), the,
14
,
42
,
167

Soviet Union, the,
253

Spain,
xvi
,
23
,
260

Springsteen, Bruce,
165

Squibnocket Pond,
35

Standard & Poor’s,
20

Stanford Law,
138

State Department, the.
See
Department of State

“Statement on the Attack in Benghazi,”
150

State of the Union
,
158
,
160

Stevens, J. Christopher,
138
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141
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144–46
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149–50
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152
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183
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192
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198

Stewart, Jon,
155

Stewart, Mitch,
266

Strauss, Bob,
127

Sullivan, Jake,
139

Summers, Lawrence,
151

Supreme Court,
168

Syria,
61
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142–45
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148
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182
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241–53

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Tampa, FL,
106
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131

Tanden, Neera,
116

Tapper, Jake,
157

Tarantino, Quentin,
91–92

Team of Rivals
,
26

Tea Party, the,
xiv
,
168
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198
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249

Teneo,
70
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236

Tenore, Mallary Jean,
129–30

terrorism,
61
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138
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140–46
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148–49
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154–55
,
159–61
,
198

Teva Pharmaceutical,
58

Theron, Charlize,
xvi

“Third Way, the,”
113

This Week
,
157–58

Thrush, Glenn,
18

Time
,
248

Time-Life Building,
219–20

Time Warner Cable Arena,
117
,
124
,
128

Today Show
,
The
,
189

Todd, Chuck,
251

Truman balcony, the,
46

Trumka, Richard,
179
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184–85

Trump, Donald,
96

Truth about Hillary Clinton
,
The
,
xiv

U

unemployment rate,
20
,
34–35

United Nations (UN),
59
,
140
,
157
,
160

United Nations General Assembly,
159–60

United States, the,
25
,
96
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143
,
230

    
future of the,
52
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169–70

    
president of the,
xi
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13
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26
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52
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126
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167–68
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203
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241

    
relationship with other countries,
57–58
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137–38
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142
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148
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150
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153
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159
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181
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192
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242
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244–45
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251–52

University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service,
117
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183–84

University of Chicago Law School,
247

University of Denver,
164

University of Michigan Law School,
14

Univision,
159

Upper East Side (New York),
223

U.S. Islamic World Conference,
57–58

U.S. Senate, the,
15–16
,
25
,
114
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138
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164
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224
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249

    
Barack Obama and,
35
,
172

    
Benghazi and,
xvii
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160
,
181
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191
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197–99
,
201

    
Hillary Clinton and,
85

    
Michelle Obama and,
73–74
,
212–13
,
260

    
Syria and,
251–52

U.S. Treasury,
15–16

V

VandeHei, Jim,
255

Vanity Fair
,
xiv
,
118

Vienna,
xvi

Villaraigosa, Antonio,
77–78
,
118–21
,
132