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Authors: Edward Klein

In Florida, I wish to thank Steve Plamann and Chris Ruddy.
In Oregon, I wish to thank Richard Harmon and Courtney Hight.
In New Mexico, I wish to thank Joe Wilson.
In New Jersey, I wish to thank (ret.) Colonel Jack H. Jacobs.
In Honolulu, I wish to thank Henry Chapin.
I owe a special debt of gratitude to my longtime assistant, Leon Wagener, whose skills as an investigative reporter never cease to amaze. As in past books, Leon’s reportorial gems are displayed in several key chapters.
At Regnery Publishing, I would like to single out Marji Ross, who was present at the creation—and evolution—of the project that turned into
The Amateur
. I should also like to thank Harry Crocker, who waited patiently for the completed manuscript, then shepherded it smartly and expertly to publication. I also want to thank Mary Beth Baker for her punctilious copy editing.
To Ryan Harbage, my agent, I am indebted for his handholding skills and his unflagging encouragement.
And then, of course, there is my wife, Dolores Barrett, about whom I cannot say enough, and therefore to whom I will only say, “I love you.”
SOURCES
 
AUTHOR’S INTERVIEWS
 
Abdon Pallash, Alan Solow, Ali Abunimah, Armstrong Williams, Arnold Goldberg, Barry Jackson, Bernard Cornwell, Beverly Berke, Bill Harlow, Bill Higginson, Bill Stenzel, Billy Tauzin, Bob Starks, Bradford Berenson, Brian O’Connor, Brian Ross, Carol Felsenthal, Charles Butler, Charles Thomas, Dan Danner, Daniel Borouchoff, Dave McKinney, David Mendell, David Scheiner, M.D., Delmarie Cobb, Don Fierce, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Douglas Baird, Douglas Feith, Drew Davis, Ed Lasky, Ed Nardoza, Edward Silverman, Elaine Kamarck, Elijah Zarlin, Forrest Claypool, Fred I. Greenstein, Henry Chapin, Harry Alford, Hermene Hartman, Ivby Brooks, Jack Guthman, Jack Jacobs, Jack Roeser, James Baker, James Montgomery, Jeff Bader, Jeff Berkowitz, Jeri Wright, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jerry Kellman, Joe Bast, Joe Morris, Joe Pounder, Joel Pollak, Joel Sprayregen, Joel Weisman, John LeBoutillier, Josh Block, Judy Lavin, Kenneth Dubertein, Kirk Dillard, Laura Anderson, Lee Walker, Les Bond, Leslie Gelb, Leslie Hairston, Matt Kairis, Maureen Orth, Mike Flannery, Father Michael Pfleger, Nassir Gaemi, Paxton Quigley, Rabbi Samuel Gordon, Rahni Flowers, Richard Baehr, Richard Epstein, Richard Harmon, Rick Cohen, Robert Cancro, Roland Burris, Sam Youngman, Shael Cigal, Shalom Klein, Sharon Churcher, Steve Plamann, Steve Rogers, Sue Erikson Bloland, Tavis Smiley, Terry Martin, Thomas Jarrett, Timuel Black, Tom Peters, Toni Preckwinkle, Vince Frillici, Walter Anderson, William Cousins.
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INDEX
 
1967 Six Day War
1994 Rwanda massacre
2009 fiscal crisis
A
 
Aaron, Joseph
 
Abbas, Mahmoud
 
ABC News
 
Afghanistan
 
al Qaeda
 
al-Assad, Bashar
 
Alford, Harry C.
 
Ali, Muhammad
see also
Clay, Cassius
 
Alliance Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (ABLE)
 
Alter, Jonathan
 
American College of Emergency Physicians
 
American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America
 
American Jewish Committee
 
American Jews
 
civil rights movement and in Congress
 
Democratic Party and Israel and
 
Jewish community
 
Obama and
 
Anderson, Laura
 
Anderson, Walter
 
Angelou, Maya
 
Anti-Defamation League
 
Apollo Theater
 
Arab League
 
Arab Spring
 
Axelrod, David
 
B
 
Baird, Douglas
 
Baker, James
 
Baker, Peter
 
Barnes, Melody
 
Benjamin, Regina
 
Berry, Robert Marion
 
Beschloss, Michael
 
Betts, Kate
 
Bialkin, Kenneth J.
 
Biden, Jill
 
Biden, Joe
 
HHS contraceptive mandate and
 
bin Laden, Osama
 
Black Liberation Theology
 
Boehner, John
 
Bound Man, A
 
Bowman, Barbara Taylor
 
Bowman, James
 
Bradley, Anthony B.
 
Brands, H. W.
 
Breitbart, Andrew
 
Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, The
 
Brinkley, David
 
Brooks, David
 
Bruni-Sarkozy, Carla
 
“buppies,”
 
Burns, William (“Bill”)
 
Bush, George W.
 
American people and
 
financial crisis and
 
foreign relations and
 
relationships with staff
 
unilateralism
 
wars of
 
C
 
Capus, Steve
 
Caro, Robert
 
Carter, Jimmy
 
Carville, James
 
Catholic Church
 
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
 
Chasing the Flame
 
Chesnoff, Richard Z.
 
Chicago
 
African-American community of
 
Chicago-style politics
 
Jewish community of
 
segregation and
 
Chicago Sun-Times
 
Chicago’s Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
 
Citizens Energy Corp.
 
Civil Rights Act
 
civil rights movement
 
Civil War
 
Clay, Cassius
see also
Ali, Muhammad
 
Cleaver, Emanuel
 
Clifford, Clark
 
Clinton library
 
Clinton, Bill impeachment of personal relationships and as politician
 
Clinton, Chelsea
 
Clinton, Hillary
 
2008 campaign of
 
2012 campaign and
 
as first lady
 
Israel and
 
personal relationships and
 
as secretary of state
 
Clyburn, James
 
Coakley, Martha
 
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
 

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