Killing Machine (53 page)
Authors: Lloyd C. Gardner
Tags: #History, #Americas, #United States, #Politics & Social Sciences, #Politics & Government, #Elections & Political Process, #Leadership, #Political Science, #History & Theory, #Public Affairs & Policy, #Specific Topics, #National & International Security, #Executive Branch, #21st Century, #Public Policy, #Federal Government
on presidential wartime authority,
130
,
195–96
,
207
,
215–16
,
226–27
Widmer, Ted,
85–86
Will, George,
70–71
withdrawal time frame, Afghan War
McChrystal on,
74–75
media on,
123
Obama administration on troop surge,
61
,
62–64
,
66–68
,
69–70
,
118
war realities clashing with,
112
,
123
withdrawal time frame, Iraq War
in presidential election campaign of 2008,
18
,
20–21
“remissioning” within,
26
for troop surge in Iraq War,
17–19
,
20–21
WMDs.
See
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Wolf, Frank R.,
33–34
Wolfowitz, Paul,
131–32
Wright, Lawrence,
157
Wyden, Ron,
236–37
Yemen
government of,
162–63
,
170
,
171
,
177
,
222
U.S. relationship with,
162–63
,
170
,
171
,
173
,
174
,
177–78
,
222
,
241–42
al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab,
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