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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Numerous books, articles, and papers were consulted during the course of preparing this book. The most significant books are listed below. In addition, I relied heavily on my private papers and the block and daily schedules from my office as First Lady of the United States and First Lady of Texas, as well as schedules and papers from the presidency of George W. Bush. I am particularly appreciative that Andi Ball and Anita McBride, my two chiefs of staff, shared their private notes and papers with me during the preparation of the manuscript, as did others on my White House staff, including press secretaries Susan Whitson and Sally McDonough and my then-director of advance, Charity Wallace. Also Lea Berman, Amy Zantzinger, Lindsey Knutson, and Amy Allman shared their own private notes and materials. In addition, United Nations and UNICEF studies on Afghanistan provided useful background information. And the powerful and detailed reporting of the New Orleans
Times-Picayune
was particularly helpful in refreshing my memory on Katrina and its aftermath.

A note as well for future researchers: significant parts of the overall presidential timeline from 9-11 and a few parts of the timeline from Katrina are incomplete. The 9-11 Commission cited in its final report its concerns with record keeping for the location of the president and other key government officials on that day, and in fact some time logs kept that day have up to a one-hour discrepancy. In addition, human memory is faulty. Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Judd Gregg, and I all independently recalled spending hours together at the U.S. Senate that morning. In fact, the entire time was about one hour or slightly less, according to the best estimates of the reconstructed official logs.

George's presidency was also the first electronic presidency, meaning that its documents were all electronically archived, but in some cases, during my travels, I added unscheduled stops that were not always noted on the original logs. Where there are differences with the official trip logs, this book should be considered as the definitive source.

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INDEX

Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia,
181
,
216
,
256
,
319
,
320
,
399
,
412
abortion,
302
-3
Abu Dhabi,
396
-97
Abu Ghraib prison,
300
Abu Sir,
324
-25
Acadian Ambulance,
340
-41
Adams, John,
170
,
220
,
243
,
272
Adams, John Quincy,
170
,
243
Adopt-A-Caseworker,
142
-43
Afghan Children's Fund,
231
Afghanistan War,
207
,
212
,
217
-18,
219
,
225
,
231
-38,
241
,
245
,
250
-54,
255
,
259
-60,
263
,
273
,
275
,
276
-88,
294
,
298
,
300
,
304
-5,
311
-18,
339
,
367
-68,
376
,
384
,
401
,
413
-15,
418
,
421
-22,
432
Afghanistan Women's Association,
253
Afghan Women and Children Relief Act (2001),
251
Africa,
328
-34,
352
,
356
,
360
-63,
391
-92,
407
-8,
421
; see also specific countries
Africa Education Initiative,
362
African Americans,
54
,
72
-73,
78
-79,
82
-83,
87
-88,
226
-27,
250
,
280
-81,
318
,
327
-28,
352
-53,
365
-66,
406
Agency for International Development, U.S. (USAID),
314
,
414
AIDS,
187
,
295
,
328
-34,
356
,
363
,
373
,
377
,
391
-92,
408
,
422
Air Force One,
191
,
198
,
202
,
203
,
297
,
367
Alamo,
30
,
54
,
136
,
246
Alamshahi, Mary Chopan,
252
Alcott, Louisa May,
41
,
263
Alexander, Gabrielle,
342
,
343
Alice M. Harte Elementary School,
363
-64
Allen, Debbie,
190
al Qaeda,
229
,
248
,
278
,
293
Altshuler, Ruth,
345
Alzheimer's disease,
131
-33,
137
-38
Ambrose, Kenneth and Sharon,
248
-49,
254
Ambrose, Paul,
248
-49,
254
Ambrose, Stephen,
169
American Heart Month,
380
American University of Afghanistan,
122
,
315
,
414
America's Fund for Afghan Children,
250
-51
Amoudi, Samia al-,
397
Ana's Story (J. Bush),
392
Anderson, Karl,
266
Anderson, Sherwood,
266
Andover Academy,
101
,
106
,
146
Andrews Air Force Base,
171
,
235
,
312
,
317
,
373
,
426
Annan, Kofi,
252
,
380
-81
Annan, Nane,
252
anthrax attacks (2001),
218
-20,
230
,
231
,
250
April 1865 (Winik),
250
Arbusto Energy,
115
Argel, Derek,
313
Armstrong, Anne and Tobin,
255
-56
Ashcroft, John,
209
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit,
188
,
227
Atwater, Lee,
120
Australia,
197
,
284
,
305
Ayenda Foundation,
413
-14
Ba'ath Party,
278
,
293
Babalwa (African woman),
330
Baker, James and Susan,
95
,
394
Bali bombings (2002),
295
Ball, Andi,
136
,
141
,
156
,
197
,
206
,
251
,
288
,
311
,
425
,
429
Bamiyan Buddhas,
257
,
399
,
413
Ban Ki-moon,
393
-94
Barbour, Haley,
338
,
364
Barney (LWB's dog),
147
,
167
,
193
,
203
,
205
,
243
-44,
274
,
310
,
360
,
381
,
402
Barno, David,
317

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