Post-American Presidency (53 page)

Obama’s czars and,
296
–98,
322
–24

Obama’s policy on,
xix
,
312
–14,
316
–18

Erickson, Erick,
286

Europe,
18
–21,
23
,
28
,
45
,
59
,
97
,
233
,
264

climate change and,
18
–20

gun control and,
32

Iran and,
137
,
141

Islamic relations and,
185
–86,
264

on Israel,
95

missile defense system and,
xiii
,
xviii
,
133
–34

Obama’s internationalism and,
13
–14

Syrian relations and,
111

welfare system in,
18
–19

executive branch power,
290
–92

Exley, Zack,
282

Exxon Mobil,
317
–18

Fanon, Frantz,
60

Farrakhan, Louis:

anti-Semitism of,
78
–79,
81
,
98

Obama’s socialism and,
286
–87

White House visits of,
64
–65

Wright on,
77
–79,
81

Fatah,
115

Fayad, Salam,
130

Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
258
–60

Federal Election Commission (FEC),
85
–86,
122
,
135
,
246
–47

Feinberg, Kenneth,
300
–301

Ferrara, Peter,
319
–20

FightTheSmears.com,
52
,
54
–55,
65
–66

financial regulation,
12
–14

Fort Hood massacre,
215
–17,
219
,
232
,
263

Foulkes, Toni,
309

Foxman, Abraham H.,
124

Fox News,
12
,
226
,
248
–52

France,
153
,
155
,
207

Freddoso, David,
318
–19

free speech,
6
–11,
31
–32,
36
,
234
–64,
328

on college campuses,
261
–63

health care and,
235
–36,
239
–40,
243
–47,
254
–56,
288

Internet and,
1
,
8
–9,
26
,
237
–38,
243
,
252
–60

Islam and,
3
,
7
–11,
31
,
44
–46,
129
,
183
,
205
,
260
–64

Koh on,
25
–26

legislation on,
257
–58,
260

Obama on,
xiv
–xv,
1
,
6
,
8
–11,
23
,
32
,
46
,
143
,
183
,
293
,
326

and Obama’s war on Fox News,
248
–52

racism and,
238
–46

and suppressing and demonizing dissent,
xiv
,
236
–40,
243
–52,
254
–56,
260
–64,
288
–89

United Nations and,
7
–9,
44
–45,
183

Fund, John,
304
–5

Gaddafi, Muammar,
69
,
79

Gaffney, Frank,
197

Gao Shangtao,
325

gasoline, policy on,
315
,
318

Gates, Henry Louis,
216
,
241
,
247

Gaza,
92
,
120
,
128
–29,
220

Israeli operations in,
94
,
100
,
129

Obama’s Israeli policy and,
100
,
102
,
104
–6,
112
,
118
,
126
,
131

Obama’s presidential campaign and,
85
–89

Geithner, Peter and Timothy,
39

Genachowski, Julius,
258
–59

Geneva, Geneva Conventions,
2
,
128
–29,
155
–56

Germany,
78
,
155
,
288

Nazis and,
97
–98,
151
,
191
,
228
,
279

Ghaffari, Haddi,
150

Gibbs, Robert,
110
,
244
,
322

Ginsberg, Marc,
153
–54

Gladney, Kenneth,
245
–46

Glick, Caroline,
74
,
99
–101,
115
–16

Global Poverty Act,
15

Goldstone, Richard,
128
–29

Gottemoeller, Rose,
101

Gray, C. L.,
271

Great Britain,
193
,
202
,
264

Afghani war and,
177

Iranian nuclear weapons program and,
153
,
155
,
163

Sharia law in,
29
–31

Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G-20),
xiv
,–xv,
12
–13

Guantánamo Bay detention camp,
229
–31

closing of,
219
,
221
–22

international law and,
4
–5

Islamic relations and,
207

torture and,
199
–200,
221
–23,
225
,
230
–31

trying 9/11 masterminds and,
229

Gubo, Darara,
70

gun control,
1
–2,
24
,
31
–33

Hagel, Chuck,
94
–95

haj,
55
–56,
191
–92

Halperin, Mark,
248
–49

Hamas,
86
,
107
–10,
114
–20

Iranian relations of,
146
,
152
,
156

Israeli Gazan operations and,
94
,
100

Obama’s Israeli policy and,
91
–92,
100
,
102
–4,
112
,
114
–18,
126

television stations of,
117
,
119
–20

terrorism and,
88
,
94
,
107
,
109
,
115
–16,
146
,
209
,
214
,
264

Hammer, Joshua,
69

Hanafi, Mohammed Ibrahim,
170

Harsanyi, David,
300
–301

Hasan, Nidal Malik,
215
–19

Headley, David (Daood Gilani),
218

health care,
xix
,
67
–68,
281
,
284
,
310
,
312
,
326
,
329

death panels and,
274
–76

free speech and,
235
–36,
239
–40,
243
–47,
254
–56,
288

Obama’s socialism and,
268
,
270
–79,
288

and penalties for refusing to buy insurance,
278
–79

rationing of,
276
–77

tort reform and,
277
–78

Heritage Foundation,
276
–77,
315

Hitler, Adolf,
78
,
242
–43,
279

Hizbullah:

Iranian relations of,
108
–10,
146
,
152
,
156
–58

Obama’s Israeli policy and,
91
,
103

Syrian relations of,
108
–11

terrorism and,
95
,
145
–46,
158
,
212

Hizb ut Tahrir,
194

Holder, Eric,
135

on Guantánamo prisoners,
4

Internet free speech and,
254
,
260

torture and,
223
–25

trying 9/11 masterminds and,
227
–28

Holdren, John P.,
293
–96,
298
,
323

Homeland Security Department, U.S.,
91
,
211
–12,
215
,
253

Honduras,
xiii
,
134
–36,
310

Hooper, Ibrahim,
44

Horne, Gerald,
40
–41

House of Representatives, U.S.,
38
,
64
,
84
,
291
,
326
,
328

energy policy and,
314
–16

health care and,
235
,
270
,
274
–76,
278

see also
Congress, U.S.

Hoyer, Steny,
235
–36,
254
,
256

Hussein, Saddam,
47
–48

Ibn Kathir,
263

Ihsanoglu, Ekmeleddin,
9
,
11
,
45
,
125
,
129
,
190

India,
101
,
207
,
242
,
316

Indonesia,
39
,
204
,
207

Christianity in,
53
–54

Obama’s childhood in,
xi
–xiii,
36
–37,
52
–54,
57
,
98
,
265

Inside Islam,
210

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
139
,
153
–54,
163
–64

International Judge, The
(Terris et al.),
22

international law,
1
–2,
4
–6,
28
,
225
,
227

Internet,
55
,
86
–88,
96
–98,
217
,
266
,
282
,
284
,
320

ACORN and,
309

free speech and,
1
,
8
–9,
26
,
237
–38,
243
,
252
–60

net neutrality and,
258
–60

Obama’s czars and,
253

Iran,
72
,
95
,
122
,
136
–65,
212

elections in,
142
–46,
148
,
150
,
155
–56,
159

Israel and,
50
–51,
93
,
113
,
141
,
146
,
150
,
156
–59,
163

missile program of,
133
–34,
141
,
155

nuclear weapons program of,
x
-xi,
93
,
113
,
132
–34,
136
–39,
141
–43,
145
–46,
152
–65,
198
,
310
,
312
,
325

Obama on,
x
–xi,
xiii
,
xix
,
50
,
93
,
99
–100,
103
–4,
106
,
113
,
132
–34,
136
–49,
151
–64,
180
–81,
183
,
188
,
197
–99,
310
,
312
,
325