Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir (64 page)

on North Korea,
259
–60

Poland visit of,
198
–99

on South Korea,
204

Rusk, Dean,
196

Russia,
130
–31,
151
,
222
–23,
236
,
242
,
247
,
257
,
380
,
396

Russian Far Eastern Bank,
257

Russian Federation,
210

Rwanda,
130

Ryerson, Bill,
49

Sacirbey, Muhamed “Mo,”
62
,
86
,
103
–4

Sadr, Muqtada al-,
1
,
386

Sadr City,
325
,
383

Sadrists,
346
,
374
,
375
,
377

Sainovic, Nikola,
149
–50

Salah, Barham,
378
–79

Samarrai, Iyad,
365

Sanchez, Ricardo,
344
,
345

Sarajevo,
67
,
70
,
78
–80,
86
,
105
–9,
113
,
115
,
349

Sasae, Kenichiro,
209
,
226
–27

Saturday Night Live,
164

Saudi Arabia,
309
,
339
,
361

Schmierer, Rick,
302
–3

Schork, Kurt,
135
–36

Search for Common Ground,
314

Secret Service, U.S.,
241
,
243

Security Agreement (SA),
4

Sedney, David,
251

Sekulovska, Biljana,
162
,
164

Self-Reliance Tower,
261

Senate, U.S.,
5
,
115
–16,
225
,
300
,
304
,
305
,
309
,
314
–17

Armed Services Committee of,
310

Foreign Relations Committee of,
309
,
315

Seoul,
42
,
189
,
195
,
196
,
202
,
206
,
207
,
246
,
260
,
383

September
11
, 2001, terrorist attacks,
187
,
203
,
242
,
394

Serbia,
52
–53,
97
,
120
,
121
,
127
,
148
,
156
,
166
–70,
178
,
399

Serbian Orthodox Church,
89

Serbo-Croatian language,
32

Serbs,
373

Bosnian,
53
,
57
,
65
,
68
–71,
73
,
86
–90,
102
–11,
349
,
400

Bosnian conflict and,
69
,
73
,
82
,
113
,
114

Croatian,
53
,
57
,
178

history of,
120
–21

and Kosovo conflict,
123
–31,
133
–36,
138
–45,
147
–49,
151
,
153
–56,
159
,
167
,
169
,
171
–74,
177

in Yugoslavia,
94

Shahristani, Hussain al-,
378
,
379
–80,
386

Shala, Blerim,
135

Shanghai,
395

Shanghai Accords,
253
,
395

Shell,
380

Shelton, Hugh,
345

Shenyang,
317

Shia Arabs,
337
,
355

Shia Iraqis,
376

Shia Islam,
2
,
197
,
303
,
337
,
339
,
346
,
349
,
354
–55,
356
,
358
,
361
–62,
366
–68,
372
–77,
383
,
385
,
386
,
396
,
397
-98

Shield, Dan,
214
,
215

Shuler, Heath,
59

Sidereas, Evyenia,
339

Sierra Leone,
136

Silajdzic, Haris,
107
–8,
110
,
161

Sinbad,
114

Singapore,
203
,
206
,
284
–85

Siwiec, Marek,
188

Six Party Talks,
37
,
195
,
196
,
206
–8,
210
–11,
215
,
219
,
220
,
223
,
224
,
226
,
227
,
232
,
234
,
242
,
243
,
246
–47,
250
–51,
273
,
277
,
279
,
281
,
283
,
287
,
288
,
290
,
293
,
295
,
311
,
395

Skanderbeg, George,
120

Skopje,
33
,
37
,
93
,
95
–99,
102
,
117
–19,
126
,
128
,
139
,
154
,
157
–67,
172
,
173
,
327
,
399

U.S. Embassy in,
117
,
129
,
158
–66,
169
,
332
,
349

Skopje International Airport,
168
,
169

Skupstina,
156
,
157

Slavic languages,
112

Slotta, Greg,
158
,
163
,
165

Slovenia,
35
,
47
,
52
–53,
137

Smith, Anton,
171

Smith, Rupert,
70
,
79
,
87

social media,
394

Sohn, “Mike” (Myong Hyun),
192
–93,
194
,
206

Solarz, Stephen,
42
–43,
393

Solidarity movement,
40
,
41
,
43
,
44
,
183
,
317

Song Minsoon,
206
–7,
223
,
227
,
229
,
230
,
238

Southeast Asia,
263
–64

see also
specific countries

South Korea,
37
,
42
,
231
,
257
,
259
,
260
,
263
,
285
,
286
,
290
,
307
,
311
,
317
,
318
,
327
,
380
,
381
,
383
–84

Hill as ambassador to,
189
–96,
199
,
202
,
293

Hill as economic officer in,
42
,
212

1988 Summer Olympics in,
42

press of,
233
,
234
,
238

in Six Party Talks,
208
–9

tension between Japan and,
226
–27,
229

U.S. relations with,
203
–4,
205
–6,
222
,
230
,
242
,
293
,
395

Soviet Union,
4
,
34
,
36
,
45
,
48
,
52
,
54
,
58
,
78
,
117
,
186
,
197
,
239
,
395
,
396

Special Forces, U.S.,
189

Srebrenica massacre,
68
,
73
,
114
,
147

Srpska Republic,
102

Stalin, Joseph,
57

“Star-Spangled Banner,”
186

State Department, U.S.,
30
,
31
,
35
,
54
,
180
,
213
,
218
–19,
299
,
312
,
326
,
360
,
390

Arabists at,
355

Balkans and,
59
,
78
,
112
,
113
,
129
,
152

Clinton at,
291
,
300
–301,
335
–36,
357
,
388
,
409
n

Congressional Office,
116

country desks at,
307

Diplomatic Security (DS) Bureau,
304
–5

Greek office of,
96

Human Resources Bureau,
336
,
337

Illicit Activities Initiative,
243

Iraq and,
5
,
7
,
296
–97,
316
,
335
–36,
338
,
347
–48,
353
–54,
357
–58,
361
,
380

lawyers for,
5

Macedonia’s official name and,
117
–19

military and,
382
–83,
395

North Korea and,
224
,
225
,
241
–42,
275
–76,
312

Operations Center,
10
–11,
39
,
43
,
61
,
67
,
79
,
80
,
81
,
161
,
162
,
249

Poland and,
36
,
44

Policy Planning Staff,
39
–40

Powell at,
199
–200,
202

Rice at,
202
,
213
,
335
–36

see also
East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau (EAP); European Bureau (EUR); Near Eastern Affairs Bureau (NEA)

Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),
4

Steinberg, James,
294
,
360

Stenkovac camp,
173
,
179
,
317
,
399
–400

Stephens, Kathleen,
212
,
246
,
311

Stockholm syndrome,
337

Stonecipher, Charlie,
160
,
162
,
167
–68,
174
,
175

Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),
3
–5,
350

Sulaimani, Qasim,
384

Sulehaddin,
387

Sulemaniyah,
330
–31,
385

Sung Kim,
252
–53,
256
,
260
,
280
,
283
,
285
,
287
–88,
289

Sunni Arabs,
302
,
355
,
375
,
396

Sunni Awakening,
249

Sunni Islam,
277
,
303
,
339
,
344
,
348
,
355
,
356
,
362
,
365
–68,
370
,
373
,
385
,
386
,
388
,
396
,
397
-98

Sunni-Shia divide,
346
,
354
–56,
374
,
397
-98

Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),
377

Surroi, Veton,
135
,
138
,
154
–55,
177

Sweet, Adele,
50

Sweet, Robert,
49
–50,
340
–41

Swigert, Jim,
163
–64

Switzerland,
317

Sydney,
274

Syria,
274
,
280
,
355
,
358
,
359
,
386
,
396
,
397

Szmajdzinski, Jerzy,
187

Taiwan,
220

Talabani, Jalal,
327
,
328
,
329
–31,
366
,
377
,
384
,
385
,
397

Talbott, Strobe,
76
,
80
,
81
,
86
,
104
,
119
,
168
–72,
318
,
389

Tallil Air Base,
1
,
8
,
10
,
11

Teresa, Mother,
46
–47,
316

Thaci, Hashim,
151
–52,
154
,
177

Thailand,
263

Thessaloniki,
94

Tiko,
20
,
23
,
251

Timti, Mr.,
23

Tirana,
46
,
48
,
49
,
123

U.S. Embassy in,
332

Tito (Josip Broz),
15
,
16
,
33
,
34
,
36
,
94
,
97
,
121
,
137
,
138

To End a War
(Holbrooke),
109

Tokyo,
260
,
286

Tole,
27

Tole Tea Estate,
26
,
27
,
29

Credit Union,
29

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
186

Ton Ton Macoutes (TTM),
17

Total oil,
380

Trading with the Enemy Act,
285
,
287