When Things Went Right: The Dawn of the Reagan-Bush Administration

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Abbreviations AFB: Air Force Base BPB: Barbara Bush CIA: Central Intelligence Agency CU: Chase Untermeyer D: Democrat FM: Foreign Minister GB: George Bush GOP: Republican Party GSA: General Services Administration GWB: George W. Bush JAF: Jennifer A. Fitzgerald NAS: Naval Air Station NSC: National Security Council PM: Prime Minister R: Republican RNC: Republican National Committee RR: President Reagan UK: United Kingdom USSS: US Secret Service VP: Vice President Bush WH: White House Index ABC (network), , , ,  Abdullah, Crown Prince (Jordan), n Abdullah, Crown Prince (Saudi Arabia),  Abercrombie, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart,  Aberdeen, South Dakota,  Abernathy, Ralph,  Abortion. , ,  Abrahamson, Joan,  Abrams, Elliott (assistant secretary of state), –,  Abscam,  ACTION,  Adelman, Kenneth, xii Adenauer, Konrad,  Afghanistan, ,  AFL-CIO, , , , ,  Africa, VP trip (), –, – Aga Khan, Prince Karim the, n,  Aga Khan, Prince Sadruddin, , – Agnew, Spiro,  Ahearn, Rick (advanceman), ,  AIPAC, n Air Force , , ,  Air Force , –, , –, , , –, , , , –, , , , , –, , , , , , –, , , –, , , , , , , , , –, , , , , , –, , , , – air traffic controllers,  Akasaka Detached Palace (Tokyo), –, , ,  Akihito, Crown Prince (Japan), – Alabama, , , –, , –, – Alexandra, Princess (UK), – Alamo,  Alaska, n,  Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner,  Allen, Richard (Dick) (national security advisor), , , , , n Allin, The Most Rev. John,  Alsop, Joseph (Joe),  Alvarado, Susan (VP congressional liaison), , ,  American Bar Association (ABA), , ,  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),  American Conservative Union,  American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee. See AIPAC Amway Corporation, – Anchorage, Alaska,  Andrews AFB, –, , , –, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  290 index Andropov, Yuri (Soviet leader), n, –,  Angola,  Annenberg, Amb. Lenore (chief of protocol), ,  ANZUS (Australia-New Zealand-US) Pact, , n Archbishop of Canterbury. See Runcie, Robert Archer, US Rep.Bill (R-Texas), –, Arens, Moshe,  Argentina, , ,  Arkansas, ,  Armstrong, Amb. Anne,  Army Chorus,  Aronson, Arnold,  Ashcroft, John,  Asia, VP trip (), – Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),  Astaire, Fred, n Atherton, Amb. Roy,  Atkins, Humphrey,  Atlanta, Georgia, ,, ,  Atlantic Monthly, – Attenborough, Sir Richard,  Atwater, Lee (WH political staff ), , , –, , –, , –, , , , , , , ,  Australia, VP visit (), – Austria, n,  AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), , , –,  Bacall, Lauren,  Badini, Antonio,  Baffa, John (USSS), ,  Bailey, Pearl,  Baker, US Sen. Howard (R-Tennessee; majority leader), , , , , – Baker, James A. d (Jim) (RR chief of staff), , –, , –, , , , , –, , , , n, –, , , – , , ; Nofziger attacks, –; Watt attack, ; –,  Baker, Joy (Mrs. Howard),  Bal Harbour, Florida, , ,  Baldrige, Malcolm (Mac) (Commerce secretary), –,  Bandar, Prince (Saudi Arabia),  baobab trees,  Barbour, Haley,  The Baron Report,  Baron, Alan,  Barr, Bill,  Barrow, General Thomas,  Bartlett, Steve, ,  Basham, Ralph (USSS), ,  Batjer, Marybel,  Batt, Lt. Gov. Phil (R-Idaho), – BBC World Service,  Beatrix, Queen (Netherlands), – Beaumont, Texas,  Bedouins,  Bedtime for Bonzo,  Begin, Menachem (Israeli prime minister), ,  Behrman, S. N., xv Beijing, China, n, , –, , n,  Beirut, Lebanon, ,  Belgium, ,  Bellmon, Gov. Henry (R-Oklahoma),  Bellson, Louie,  Bemiss, FitzGerald (Gerry), – Benavidez, Sgt. Roy,  Bennett, Tony,  Bennett, Dr. William,  Bentsen, US Sen. Lloyd (D-Texas), , , n,  Beregovoy, Pierre,  Berlin Wall, n,  Berlin, Germany, VP visit (), – Berman, Mike,  Bermuda,  Bertini, Cathy, – Betancourt, President Rómulo (Venezuela), n Betancur, President Belisario (Colombia), – Biloxi, Mississippi,  Birmingham, Alabama, – Bismarck, North Dakota, ,  Blackwill, Bob (CIA), , – Blair, Cdr. Dennis (NSC staff ), ,  Blake, Frank,  Bloch, Julia Chang, ,  Block, John (Agriculture secretary),  Bode, Ken, , – Bogotá, Colombia, –, – Bolivia, n index 291 Boll Weevils, ,  Bond, Gov. Christopher (Kit) (R-Missouri),  Bond, Richard (Rich) (VP deputy chief of staff; GOP official), , , –, , –, – , , , , –, –, –, , –, , , , ,  Bonitati, Bob,  Bonn, West Germany, – Borcherdt, Wendy,  Boschwitz, US Sen. Rudy (R-Minnesota),  Boston College, ,  Boston, Massachusetts, xvi, , , , , ,  Boyatt, Maxine,  Boyatt, Amb. Thomas (Tom), – Bradlee, Ben,  Bradley, US Sen. Bill (D-New Jersey), ,  Brady, Jim (RR press secretary), –, ,  Brady, Kim (assistant to JAF and BPB, daughter of Nicholas Brady), , , , ,  Brady, US Sen. Nicholas (Nick) (R-New Jersey), , n, –,  Brady, Sarah (Mr. Jim),  Brandon, Henry,  Brandon, Muffie (WH social secretary), , ,  Brandt, Willy,  Branstad, Terry,  Brasilia, Brazil, – Brazil, VP visit (), –;  Brazzaville, Congo,  Brement, Amb. Marshall, ,  Brew, Doug,  Brezhnev, Leonid (Soviet leader), xiv, –, ; funeral, –,  Brinkley, Douglas, xvi Broder, David (Washington Post political reporter), , , – Bronfman, Edgar,  Brooklyn, New York, ,  Brooks, US Rep. Jack (D-Texas),  Broomfield, US Rep. Bill (R-Michigan), –,  Brown, Gov. Jerry (D-California), ,  Brown, Larry,  Brubeck, Dave,  Brussels, Belgium,  Buckley, Christopher (Chris) (VP speechwriter, son of William and Patricia Buckley), , – , , –, , ; role in AF “coup,” ; , , , , –, , , , –, , , , –,  Buckley, Patricia (Mrs. William F.),  Buckley, William F.,  budget, –, , , , , , , ;  showdown, –, , , –, ,  Burger, Chief Justice Warren,  Burns, Amb. Arthur,  Burt, Richard (Rick) (assistant secretary of Statedesignate ), , ,  Busby, Horace, – Bush, Barbara and Jenna (daughters of GWB and Laura Bush), birth of, – Bush, Barbara Pierce (Mrs. George), , , , –, –, –, , , , , n, , –, , –, , ; conversation with Hirohito, ; CU, relations with, , , –, , ; JAF, views on, –; speech to California GOP, ; Bush, Columba (Mrs. Jeb), ,  Bush, Dorothy (Doro) (daughter of GB and BPB), , ,  Bush, Dorothy Walker (Mrs. Prescott Sr., mother of GB), , n Bush, Elizabeth Kauffman (Mrs. Prescott Jr.), n,  Bush, Fred (VP deputy chief of staff ), , –, ,  Bush, George...