INDEX

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• Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 77, 80, 89, 90–92, 94
• Afghanistan, 46–48, 49, 155, 165, 169, 170–76, 203, 225
  • Biden and, 173, 175, 176
  • costs of U.S. activity in, 174
  • Obama and, 173
  • Soviet invasion of, 203
  • Trump and, 173
• Aguilar, Pete, 39, 61, 130, 138
• AIDS, 192–93
• air pollution, 141–42, 143, 146
• Allegheny College Prize for Civility in Public Life, 81
• Allison, Graham, 202
• Alpine, Tex., 19
• Al-Qa’ida, 167, 170–71, 175, 184
  • September 11 attacks by, 46, 167, 170–71, 174, 176, 180, 184, 193
  • USS Cole attack by, 155
• Amazon, 226
• American Dream and Promise Act, 61
• American Families United Act, 80
• American Health Care Act, 90–92
• American Law Enforcement Heroes Act, 80–81
• American power, 151–61
• American Reboot, xiv, xvi, 234, 238
• American Revolutionary War, 210, 236
• Americans with Disabilities Act, 79
• American Tobacco Company, 26
• Anduril, 132–33
• anti-Semitism, 29, 30
• Apollo 11, 201
• Archuleta, Katherine, 209, 210
• Armstrong, Neil, 201
• Arteaga, Stacy, 32
• artificial intelligence (AI), 117, 122, 145, 158, 198, 199, 222–29, 232, 233
• Aspen Cybersecurity Group, 123
• al-Assad, Bashar, 159, 165–66
• Atlantic Council, 158
• authoritarianism, 153, 193
• Azad Kashmir, 151–52
• Bailey, David, 19
• Barth, Zack, 19
• Benghazi attack, 58
• Beyer, Don, 111
• Biden, Joe, 8, 35, 57, 61, 64, 146, 172
  • Afghanistan and, 173, 175, 176
  • Huawei and, 200
  • immigration and, 131–32, 135
  • Iran and, 164
• Biden, Hunter, 57
• bigotry, 24, 26, 29–31
• bin Laden, Usama, 184
• bioengineering, 191–92
• Bipartisan Policy Center, 122, 228, 229
• bipartisanship, 35, 37, 130
  • Hurd’s road trip with O’Rourke, 75–81
• black swan events, 205, 214
• Bootstrap, 119
• Bourdeau, Maxime and Marie, 127, 128
• British Empire, 205
• Bronze Soldier, 206
• Brooks, Arthur C., 38
• Brooks, Rayshard, 39
• Burke, Joni, 53
• Burke, Stoney, 48, 58
• Bush, George H. W., 128, 177
• Bush, George W., 122, 128, 165, 173
• Byers, John, 70
• campaign finance reform, 77
• Camp Chapman attack, 155
• Canada, 164, 177–78
• Canseco, Quico, 59
• capitalism, xv, 86, 87
• Capitol Hill Club, 124
• Capitol insurrection, 8–9
• carbon dioxide (CO₂), 143–46
• Cardillo, Robert, 225
• Carter, Jimmy, 181
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 66, 69
• Cena, John, 180
• Census Bureau, U.S., 85
• Center for Democracy and Technology, 226
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 94–95, 105
• Chaffetz, Jason, 209, 215
• Challenge of the GoBots, 51
• Chamber of Commerce, U.S., 111
• Charlottesville car attack, 28–29
• Chiang Kai-shek, 181
• Child and Dependent Care Credit, 112
• childcare, 109–13
  • cost of, 111
  • COVID-19 pandemic and, 110
  • economy and, 110
  • as education, 111
  • tax credits for, 111–12
  • workforce and, 110–11, 113
• China, xvi, 81, 155–56, 176, 179, 184, 194, 197–207
  • artificial intelligence and, 223
  • Belt and Road Initiative of, 178–79
  • Communist Party in, 188–89, 199, 200, 202, 221, 231
  • computing power and, 232–33
  • COVID-19 pandemic and, 173, 186, 188–89, 200
  • culture used as political weapon by, 180
  • data theft by, 199–200, 208–11
  • economy of, 157, 185
  • 5G technology and, 229–32
  • global hegemony strategy of, 156, 177, 182, 198
  • greenhouse gas emissions from, 146
  • history of, 202–4
  • Hong Kong and, 201, 202
  • intellectual property theft by, 199, 200
  • Japanese invasion of, 181
  • Made in China 2025 initiative of, xvi, 156, 198, 199, 201, 221
  • movies and, 180, 182, 204
  • New Cold War with, xvi, 10, 74, 117, 156–57, 185, 199, 201, 204, 210, 214, 330–34
  • nuclear energy capability of, 147
  • People’s Republic of, 181
  • Republic of, 181
  • space program of, 200, 220–21
  • surveillance in, 200–201
  • Taiwan and, 180–82, 201, 202
  • technology and, xvi, 156, 197–207
  • Tibet and, 201, 202
  • Trump and, 207
  • United States Mexico Canada Agreement and, 178
  • U.S. economy intertwined with, 156–57, 207
  • Uyghurs in, 201
  • venture capital and, 197–98, 199
  • in World Trade Organization, 163
  • Xi in, 91, 178, 189, 202
• CIA, 19, 160, 171, 200, 211
  • Counterterrorism Center of, 170, 184
  • Guatemala and, 136
  • Hurd in, xi–xii, xiv, 3–5, 10, 15, 17, 19, 32, 45–46, 48, 49, 54, 59, 60, 62, 111, 117–18, 128, 151–52, 155, 162, 170, 174, 187, 202–3, 208, 216
• Cipollone, Pat, 58
• civil rights movement, 228–29
• Civil Rights Act, 27, 79
• Civil War, 184
• Clean Air Act, 79
• climate change, 85, 89, 141–48, 159
  • economy and, 144–45
  • greenhouse gas emissions and, 143–46
  • nuclear power and, 147
  • Paris Accords and, 89, 146
• Clinton, Bill, 177
• Clinton, Hillary, 7, 33, 35, 62
• Cold War, 135, 234
  • New Cold War, xvi, 10, 74, 117, 156–57, 185, 199, 201, 204, 210, 214, 220–34
• Cole, USS, 155
• Colonial Pipeline, 190
• Communism, 87, 136, 165, 171
  • Chinese Communist Party, 188–89, 199, 200, 202, 221, 231
  • in Vietnam, 176
• Community Health Centers (CHCs), 95–97
• computers, xiii–xiv, 37–38, 107–8, 114–15, 193, 232–33
  • coding, 119–21
  • digital hygiene and, 214, 215
  • internet, 108, 115, 116, 218, 230
  • IT (information technology), 37–38, 209, 216–17
  • quantum, 200, 222, 232–33
  • women and, 119
  • workforce and, 119
  • Y2K and, 233
  • see also cybersecurity, cyber warfare; technology
• Congress, Hurd’s campaigns for and career in, xiv, 3–10, 12, 13–22, 35–38, 45, 48, 49, 52, 54–55, 58–60, 71–73, 81, 89, 183, 209, 214, 215, 224, 235–38
• Congressional baseball shooting, 19
• Congressional Black Caucus, 39
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 131
• Congress of Vienna, 158
• Connolly, Gerry, 38, 215
• conspiracy theories, 8–9, 33, 188
• Constitution, xiv
  • First Amendment to, 25
  • preamble of, 67
  • Second Amendment to, 9
• Consumer Electronics Show (CES), 224
• Consumer Technology Association, 224
• Contras, 136
• Cooper, Eric, 32
• corruption, 136, 155
• Covey, Stephen, 216
• COVID-19 pandemic, 5, 20, 32–33, 65–69, 71, 89, 96, 105, 113, 117, 144, 147, 184, 185, 188, 191, 192, 198, 205, 214
  • childcare and, 110
  • China and, 173, 186, 188–89, 200
  • civil liberties and, 193
  • cyberattacks during, 213
  • Dreamers and, 131
  • food benefits during, 32–33
  • 5G technology and, 230
  • nursing homes and, 105, 106
  • in Texas, 32–33, 65–66, 69–72
  • Trump and, 68–69
  • WHO and, 173
• Craig, James, 228
• credibility, 66, 73
• criminal justice reform, 79
• Crocker, Ryan, 151–52, 160
• Crumpton, Hank, 183–84, 185
• Crumpton Group, 197, 209
• Cruz, Ted, 81
• Cuellar, Henry, 139
• Curbelo, Carlos, 138–39
• CyberPatriots, 121
• cybersecurity, cyber warfare, 121, 123, 155, 158, 185, 186, 189–91
  • antivirus software and firewalls and, 215
  • costs of cybercrimes, 213
  • COVID-19 pandemic and, 213
  • data theft, 199–200, 208–11, 217
  • deaths from cyberattacks, 213
  • digital hygiene and, 214, 215
  • Estonia and, 205–7, 211
  • Florida water supply attack, 213
  • GameStop stock frenzy and, 214
  • North Korea and, 211
  • Russia and, 165, 189, 205–7, 208, 211
  • security assessments and, 212–13
  • SolarWinds operation, 189, 211
  • technical fitness and, 208–19
  • zero-day vulnerability and, 210
• cyberspace, 160, 191
• Cyberspace Solarium Commission, 191
• Czechoslovakia, 166
• DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), 60–61, 125, 129, 130, 133, 138, 139
• Dalai Lama, 202
• Defense Intelligence Agency, 221
• Demers, John, 200
• democracy, xv, 153, 160, 165, 199
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 187
• Democratic National Committee, 62
• Democratic Party, xiii
• Democratic Socialism, 86–87
• Denham, Jeff, 138
• Devost, Matt, 209, 212–13
• DIME, 160
• diplomacy, 160
  • public, 179–80
• diseases, 184, 185, 192–93
  • pandemics, 184, 191–93; see also COVID-19 pandemic
• disinformation, 157–59, 165, 180, 189, 193
  • foreign influence, 186–87
  • in infodemic, 157–58, 185–86
  • issue-based, 186–88
  • lucrative, 186, 188
  • political, 186, 187
  • Russia and, 186–87
• Dorn, David, 39
• DREAM Act, Dreamers, 60, 61, 124–26, 130–31
• drones, 225–27
• drug trafficking, 131, 167–69
• Eagle Pass, Tex., 3–6, 8
• Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), 112
• Ebola, 66, 184
• economy, global, 86, 157, 159, 160, 178, 234
• economy, U.S., 21, 82, 86, 89, 140, 144, 155, 157, 161, 177, 179, 185, 204, 234
  • childcare and, 110
  • China’s economy intertwined with, 156–57, 207
  • climate change and, 144–45
  • education and, 116–17
  • free markets, 21, 85, 87
  • and gender gap in computing, 119
  • immigration and, 126, 140
  • workforce and, 123
• education, 10, 21, 89, 118
  • Afghanistan costs and, 174
  • childcare as, 111
  • computer coding in, 119–21
  • economy and, 116–17
  • Every Student Succeeds Act and, 79, 89, 122
  • inequality in, 116
  • national security and, 117
  • parents’ role in, 121
  • schools, 118–19, 121
  • STEM disciplines in, 119, 121
  • workforce and, 114–23
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 193–94
• electricity, 145–47
• El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (Northern Triangle), 61, 135–38, 169, 179
• empathy, 53, 54
• empires, 204–5
• energy, 145–47
  • independence, 145, 159
• environmentalists, 143, 187–88
• Environmental Protection Agency, U.S., 145
• Equality Act, 27–28
• Ericsson, 200
• Esper, Mark, 221
• Estonia, 205–7, 211
• Estrada, John, 99
• EU DisinfoLab, 186, 187
• Europe, 158, 160, 177, 188
  • Eastern, 165, 186, 188, 206
• European Union (EU), 146, 206, 231
• Evanina, Bill, 200
• Every Student Succeeds Act, 79, 89, 122
• extinction events, 142, 143
• extremism, 36, 37, 67
• Fabrizio, Tony, 34
• Facebook, 186–87
• facial-recognition technology, 200–201, 227–28
• falsehoods, see disinformation
• family income, 85
• family values, 9
• FBI, 27, 40, 62, 184
• FCW, 218
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 226
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 107, 116
• Federal Computer Week, 218
• Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, 113
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 106–7
• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), 71, 72
• First Amendment, 25
• First Step Act, 79
• Fishman, Edward, 158
• FITARA (Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act), 215–17
• 5G tech, 198, 200, 222, 229–32
• Florida water supply attack, 213
• Floyd, George, murder of, 23, 24, 39, 40
  • marches following, 23–24, 25
• food stamps, 79
• Foreign Fighters Task Force, 73
• foreign policy, xvi, 154, 155, 160–61, 194, 234
  • adversaries in, 154, 159, 162–69, 182
  • alliances in, 154, 159, 163–64, 170–82, 193
  • of Obama, 164, 173
  • public opinion and, 179
  • of Trump, 164, 172, 173
  • see also national security
• Formosa, 180–81
• Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, 65, 71–72
• Fortune 500 companies, 126
• 4 Disciplines of Execution, The (McChesney, Covey, and Huling), 216
• Francklin, Thomas, 157
• François, Camille, 186
• Franklin Covey Co., 216
• Freedom House, 153
• Freedom in the World Report, 153
• free markets, 21, 85, 87
• FusionX, 155, 209, 211–12
• Gagarin, Yuri, 201
• GameStop stock frenzy, 214
• Geiger, Harley, 226
• gender discrimination, 27, 86
• George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, 40
• Georgia, 163, 165
• getting off the X, xi–xvi, 45
• Girls Who Code, 119
• Gladwell, Malcolm, 49
• Global Fund, 192–93
• Gohmert, Louie, 78
• Goldwater, Barry, 25
• Goss, Porter, 48
• government, 85–86, 153
  • unified, 79
• Government Accountability Office (GAO), 176, 216–17
• Grant, Ulysses S., 184
• Gravity, 180
• Great Britain, 205
• Green New Deal, 89, 147
• Gretzky, Wayne, 182
• Griner, Crystal, 19
• Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras (Northern Triangle), 61, 135–38, 169, 179
• Halberstam, David, 175
• Hall, Frank, 121
• Hammond, Barry, 15–16
• hate crimes, 27
• Hayes, Jeffrey, 218
• health, global, 192–93
  • see also diseases
• Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of, 72, 105
• healthcare, xv, 10, 21, 36, 80, 82, 89, 90–97
  • Afghanistan costs and, 174
  • American Health Care Act and, 90–92
  • Community Health Centers, 95–97
  • costs of, 92, 93
  • dialysis, 95
  • emergency rooms in, 95
  • health insurance versus, 92
  • lack of access to, 95
  • life expectancy and, 92
  • Medicaid, 90–95, 105
  • Medicare, 93–95, 104, 105
  • in nursing homes, 105, 106
  • Obamacare, 77, 80, 89, 90–92, 94
  • price transparency and, 93, 97
  • for seniors, 104–6
  • stem cell treatments, 94, 104
  • in Texas, 90–92, 95
  • Trump administration and, 90, 91, 93
  • 21st Century Cures Act and, 104
• Heasley, Brad, 16
• Hitler, Adolf, 166
• HIV/AIDS, 192–93
• Hollis, Justin, 13, 48
• Homeland Security, Department of, 29, 134
• homosexuality, 34
• Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador (Northern Triangle), 61, 135–38, 169, 179
• Hong Kong, 201, 202
• House Appropriations Committee, 214
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 228
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), 47, 56, 62, 63, 156, 198
• Huawei, 200, 231
• Hudson Institute, 156
• Huling, Jim, 216
• human smuggling, 167–69
• human trafficking, 131, 133, 167–69
• Hundred-Year Marathon, The (Pillsbury), 156
• Hurd, Bob (father), 10, 20, 25–27, 29, 31, 45, 50–51, 98–104, 106–8, 109, 110, 238
• Hurd, Chuck (brother), 51, 88, 101–4, 112
• Hurd, Liz (sister), 23, 51, 85, 88, 101–4, 109–10
• Hurd, Mary Alice (mother), 10, 26, 29, 31, 48, 51, 70–71, 85, 88, 98–104, 107, 108, 109, 110, 123, 238
• Hurd, Will
  • birth of, 101
  • CIA career of, xi–xii, xiv, 3–5, 10, 15, 17, 19, 32, 45–46, 48, 49, 54, 59, 60, 62, 111, 117–18, 128, 151–52, 155, 162, 170, 174, 187, 202–3, 208, 216
  • congressional campaigns and career of, xiv, 3–10, 12, 13–22, 35–38, 45, 48, 49, 52, 54–55, 58–60, 71–73, 81, 89, 183, 209, 214, 215, 224, 235–38
  • early life of, xiv, 10–11, 14, 20, 26–27, 50–53, 88, 101, 103, 237
  • at Texas A&M, 15, 26–27, 45, 48, 120
  • Texas A&M Bonfire tragedy and, 53–55
  • uncles of, 28, 70–71, 99, 115
• ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 135
• idealism, 60, 237
  • pragmatic, xv, xvi, 22, 52, 96, 126, 140, 169, 234
• ideas, marketplace and competition of, 77, 78, 82
• immigration, xvi, 17–18, 34, 36, 58, 60–62, 81–82, 85, 89, 124–40
  • American Dream and Promise Act, 61
  • American Families United Act, 80
  • Biden and, 131–32, 135
  • Border Patrol and, 73, 131, 133
  • border security and, 128–33, 140
  • court system, 133, 135
  • DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), 60–61, 125, 129, 130, 133, 138, 139
  • deportation, 60, 85, 125, 130, 138
  • DREAM Act, Dreamers, 60, 61, 124–26, 130–31
  • economy and, 126, 140
  • family separation policy, 133–35, 194
  • ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), 135
  • illegal, 60, 61, 124, 129, 131, 132, 135
  • illegal, causes of, 61, 130, 135–38
  • merit-based, 128
  • Northern Triangle and, 61, 135–38
  • Obama and, 125
  • Secure Miles with All Resources and Technology Act (SMART), 132
  • Trump and, 125–26, 129–30, 133, 135, 137, 138
  • Trump’s wall proposal and, 129–31
  • USA Act, 61–62, 130–33, 135, 138–40
  • workforce and, 126, 127
• income inequality, 86, 116
• India, 146, 151, 157, 205
• Industrial Revolution, 143
  • Fourth, 157, 198, 233
• Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, 174
• intelligence community, 47–48, 160, 167, 171
  • see also CIA
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 162
• international order, 158–59, 185
• internet, 108, 115, 116, 218, 230
  • see also computers
• Interview, The, 211
• Iran, 162–67, 172, 186, 188
  • hostage crisis in, 164
  • nuclear weapons of, 162, 164, 165
  • terrorism and, 164, 165, 167
  • Trump and, 166, 167
• Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), 47
• Iraq, 163, 165, 167, 173, 175, 225
• ISIS, 14, 73, 167, 173, 186
• Islam, 47
• Israel, 164, 186
• Issa, Darrell, 215
• IT (information technology), 37–38, 209, 215–17
• Japan, 164, 176, 181
• Japanese Americans, 193
• Jeffreys, Brian, 13, 14
• Jesus, 88–89
• Joint Economic Committee, 111
• Jones, Gina Ortiz, 81
• Josephson Institute, 49
• Justice Department, 133, 168, 200
• Kabul, 155, 171
• Kafer, Scott, 19–20
• Kansas-Nebraska Act, 24
• Katko, John, 73
• Kelly, Robin, 38, 122, 217, 222, 228, 229
• Kennedy, John F., 50, 221
• Kerry, John, 162
• Kim Jong-Un, 159, 211
• King, Steven, 30
• Kramer, Roger, 59–60
• Krzyzewski, Mike, 171–72
• Kurds, 172
• Labor, Department of, 38
• Latinos, 3, 6–8, 18, 30
• Laughlin Air Force Base, 37
• leadership, xv, 45, 49, 53, 55, 74, 82, 234
  • in international organizations, 172, 173
• Lebanon, 165
• Lee, Robert E., 184
• Lee, Sheila Jackson, 78
• Leonov, Alexei, 201
• Leutze, Emanuel, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 235–37
• LGBTQ community, 27, 28, 30
• life expectancy, 92
• Li Keqiang, 199
• Lilley, Adam, 80
• Lincoln, Abraham, 8, 24–25
• Love, Mia, 127
• Love Your Enemies (Brooks), 38
• Lowe, Tyler, 134
• Luckey, Palmer, 132–33
• malaria, 192
• Mao Zedong, 181
• marriage, 9
• Marshall, Jill, 120
• Marshall Plan, 137, 179
• Marx, Karl, 87
• mass shootings, 27, 55
  • at Capitol Hill baseball practice, 19
  • at El Paso Walmart, 30, 55
  • at Sutherland Springs church, 55
• Mattis, Jim, 155
• Mayorkas, Alejandro, 132
• McCain, John, 138, 175
• McCarthy, Kevin, 30, 39–40, 56, 139, 235
• McCaul, Mike, 73, 206
• McChesney, Chris, 216
• Medicaid, 90–95, 105
• Medicare, 93–95, 104, 105
• Mexico, 129, 164, 169
  • trade agreements with, 177–78
• Mexico City, 141–42, 143
• Mexico-U.S. border, 128–33, 168
  • Border Patrol at, 73, 131, 133, 208
  • border security, 128–33, 140
  • Trump’s proposed wall at, 129–31
  • see also immigration
• Microsoft, 227
• Mika, Matt, 19
• military, 37, 160, 167, 214
• Mill, John Stuart, 78
• Millennium Challenge Corporation, 138
• Miller, Dennis, 34
• Misener, Paul, 226
• misinformation, see disinformation
• MIT, 157, 227
• Mizani, Reza, 95, 127–28
• moderates, 36–37
• Modernizing Government Technology Act, 38
• Moldova, 165, 180
• Moniz, Ernie, 162
• moon landing, 201
• movies
  • China and, 180, 182, 204
  • North Korea and, 211
• Mueller, Robert, 63
• Mughal Empire, 205
• Munich Agreement, 166
• Musk, Elon, 220
• Muslims, 13, 14, 203
  • Uyghurs, 201
• NAFTA, 177–78
• National Counterintelligence and Security Center, 200
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), 225
• National Republican Congressional Committee, 187
• National Science Foundation, 120
• national security, 154, 155, 161, 183
  • adversaries and, 154, 159, 162–69, 182
  • alliances and, 154, 159, 163–64, 170–82, 193
  • disinformation and, see disinformation
  • education and, 117
  • National Security Strategy Reports, 154
  • nuclear energy and, 147
  • objectives of, 159
  • pandemics and, 184
  • tools for, 159–60
  • and wars of tomorrow, 183–94
  • see also cybersecurity, cyber warfare; foreign policy
• National Security Commission on AI, 223
• NATO, 170–72, 177, 188, 206, 207
• natural gas, 19, 145, 147, 187–88
• Nazi Germany, 166, 184, 206
• New Cold War, xvi, 10, 74, 117, 156–57, 185, 199, 201, 204, 210, 214, 220–34
• Newhouse, Dan, 139
• Nicaragua, 136
• 9/11 attacks, 46, 167, 170–71, 174, 176, 180, 184, 193
• Nixon, Richard, 25, 156, 181
• No Child Left Behind, 122
• Nokia, 200
• North American Free Trade Agreement, 177–78
• Northern Triangle, 61, 135–38, 169, 179
• North Korea, 159, 164, 186, 211
• nuclear energy, 147
• nuclear fission, 222, 233
• nuclear weapons, 46, 147, 158, 159, 192
  • of Iran, 162, 164, 165
  • of Russia, 165
• Nunes, Devin, 62
• nursing homes, 105, 106
• NVIDIA, 224
• Nye, Joseph, 179
• Obama, Barack, 7, 58, 60, 61, 73
  • Afghanistan and, 173
  • foreign policy of, 164, 173
  • immigration and, 125
  • impeachment efforts against, 58
  • Iran and, 162–64
  • Iraq and, 173
  • NAFTA and, 178
  • Russia and, 165, 166
  • Syria and, 166, 172
• Obamacare, 77, 80, 89, 90–92, 94
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 200, 208–10, 217
• Olson, Jim, 45–46
• Omar, Ilhan, 30
• O’Rourke, Beto, 75–81
• Oswald, Lee Harvey, 50
• Outliers (Gladwell), 49
• Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee, 209, 229–30
• Pack, Nancy, 106
• Page, Carter, 40, 62
• Pakistan, 151–52, 175, 179–80, 203
• pandering, xv, 16, 66, 73
• Pashtuns, 203
• Pax Americana, 160–61
• Pax Romana, 158
• Pearl Harbor, 174
• Pelosi, Nancy, 58, 61
• Pence, Mike, 90–91
• Pew Research Center, 86
• Pillsbury, Michael, 156, 198
• police, 25, 39, 194
  • American Law Enforcement Heroes Act and, 80–81
  • defunding, 24, 33, 39
  • facial-recognition technology and, 227–28
  • failed attempt at reforming, 38–41
  • “The Talk” and, 27
  • unions of, 40
• Portugal, 204–5
• positive mental attitude, 26
• Potsdam Agreement, 184
• Powner, Dave, 216–17
• pragmatic idealism, xv, xvi, 22, 52, 96, 126, 140, 169, 234
• pragmatism, 82, 130
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 113
• presidential elections
  • of 2012, 7
  • of 2016, 34, 35, 40, 62–64, 186–87
  • of 2020, 8, 11, 12, 20–21, 35, 49–50, 64, 68–69
• Publishers Clearing House, 107
• Putin, Vladimir, 63, 165, 187, 224
• QAnon, 9, 33, 188
• racism, 24–30, 86
• Rand Corporation, 68, 157
• Reagan, Ronald, 158, 181, 213
• rebooting, xiii–xiv
  • American Reboot, xiv, xvi, 234, 238
• Reed, Ralph, 34
• religion, freedom of, 28
• Republican Party, xiii–xv
  • “autopsy” report of, 7–8
  • Blacks in, 7, 25
  • creation of, 24
  • National Republican Congressional Committee, 187
  • segments in, 34–35
• Revolutionary War, 210, 236
• Robertson, Pat, 34
• Robinson, Jackie, 11, 12
• Robinson, Josh, 48
• robocall scams, 106–7
• robotics, 120, 122
  • see also artificial intelligence
• Rodriguez, Ciro, 5, 71
• Rodriguez, Michael, 88
• rogue nations, 158, 159, 169, 233
• Roman Empire, 158, 204, 205
• Romney, Mitt, 7
• Ruby, Jack, 45, 50
• Ross, Dennis, 139
• Roule, Norman, 162–63
• Russia, 146, 156, 157, 163, 164, 165, 172, 176, 177, 186, 188, 213, 221
  • artificial intelligence and, 224
  • culture used as political weapon by, 180
  • cyber warfare and, 165, 189, 205–7, 208, 211
  • disinformation and, 186–87
  • nuclear energy capability of, 147
  • nuclear weapons of, 165
  • Obama and, 165, 166
  • and presidential election of 2016, 62–64, 186–87
  • spies from, 17, 46
  • Trump and, 62–64, 67, 164, 165, 187
• Ryan, Paul, 61, 138, 139
• San Antonio Housing Authority, 114
• Sandinistas, 136
• Saucedo, David, 65, 71–72
• Sauls, Cathy, 120
• Scalise, Steve, 19
• scams, 106–7
• schools, see education
• Schiff, Adam, 57, 63, 64
• Schimpf, Brian, 132–33
• Schmidt, Eric, 223
• Scripps Health, 190
• Second Amendment, 9
• Secure Miles with All Resources and Technology Act (SMART), 132
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 186
• seniors, 98–108
  • healthcare for, 104–6
  • nursing homes and, 105, 106
  • scams targeting, 106–7
  • technology and, 107–8
• September 11 attacks, 46, 167, 170–71, 174, 176, 180, 184, 193
• Serna, Marcelino, 17–18, 134
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The (Covey), 216
• sexual orientation, 27
• shootings, see mass shootings
• Sifuentes, Luis, 71
• Silicon Valley Bank, 197–98
• Siv, Sichan, 128
• slavery, 24–25, 169, 203–4
• socialism, 21, 85–87
• social justice, 24
• social media, 68, 78, 127, 186
• Social Security, 79, 125
• soft power, 179
• Sokoler, Sheryl, 120
• SolarWinds, 189, 211
• Soleimani, Qasem, 166–67
• Sony Pictures Entertainment, 211
• Southern strategy, 25
• South Korea, 164, 176
• South Texas Renal Care, 127–28
• Southwest Research Institute, 120
• Soviet Union, 157, 165, 170, 184, 187, 188
  • Afghanistan invaded by, 203
  • Estonia and, 205–7, 211
  • space program of, 201, 233
• space programs, 200, 201, 218, 220–21, 233
• SpaceX, 220–21
• Spain, 204–5
• Spanberger, Abigail, 169
• Stanford University, 227
• State Department, 137–38, 158, 174
• Stauber, Pete, 40
• Steele, Christopher, 62
• Steele Dossier, 62–63
• STEM disciplines, 119, 121
• Stock, Troy, 215
• surveillance, 200–201, 225–27
• SVR, 17
• Switzerland, 153
• Syria, 159, 165–66, 172
• Taiwan, 180–82, 201, 202
• Taliban, 47, 169, 170, 171, 175, 176, 186
• Taylor, Breonna, 39
• technology, xvi, 10, 74, 117, 157, 182, 194, 198, 220–34
  • artificial intelligence, 117, 122, 145, 158, 198, 199, 222–29, 232, 233
  • China and, xvi, 156, 197–207
  • drones, 225–27
  • facial recognition, 200–201, 227–28
  • 5G, 198, 200, 222, 229–32
  • Fourth Industrial Revolution in, 157, 198, 233
  • gender gap in, 119
  • and New Cold War, xvi, 10, 74, 117, 156–57, 199, 201, 204, 210, 214, 220–34
  • quantum computing, 200, 222, 232–33
  • robotics, 120
  • seniors and, 107–8
  • surveillance, 200–201
  • workforce and, 114–23
  • see also computers
• Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED), 107
• terrorism, 46, 49, 151, 157, 158, 167–69, 172, 183–85, 188
  • civil liberties and, 193
  • Iran and, 164, 165, 167
  • ISIS, 14, 73, 167, 173, 186
  • September 11 attacks, 46, 167, 170–71, 174, 176, 180, 184, 193
  • USS Cole attack, 155
  • white supremacy as, 29
• Texas
  • COVID-19 pandemic in, 32–33, 65–66, 69–72
  • Eagle Pass, 3–6, 8
  • Ebola in, 66
  • healthcare in, 90–92, 95
  • winter storm in, 205
• Texas A&M University, 15, 26–27, 45, 48, 120
  • Bonfire tragedy at, 53–55
• Texas Department of State Health Services, 72
• Texas Division of Emergency Management, 70–72
• Tibet, 201, 202
• Tracking Foreign Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act, 73
• trade pacts, 177–78
• Trafficking and Smuggling Intelligence Act, 169
• transgender people, 31
• Trans-Pacific Partnership, 172
• transportation sector, 145–46
• Trump, Donald, 8, 9, 15, 25, 38, 60, 62, 156, 169
  • Access Hollywood remarks of, 30
  • Afghanistan and, 173
  • Capitol insurrection and, 8–9
  • China and, 207
  • COVID-19 pandemic and, 68–69
  • in election of 2016, 34, 35, 40, 62–64
  • in election of 2020, 8, 20–21, 49–50, 64, 68–69
  • foreign policy of, 164, 172, 173
  • healthcare and, 90, 91, 93
  • Huawei and, 200
  • Hurd’s phone conversation with, 90, 91
  • immigration and, 125–26, 129–30, 133, 135, 137, 138
  • impeachment of, 56–58, 62
  • Iran and, 166, 167
  • NATO and, 172
  • Paris Climate Accords and, 89, 146
  • Russia and, 62–64, 67, 164, 165, 187
  • Syria and, 172
  • wall on U.S.-Mexico border proposed by, 129–31
  • white supremacists and, 29
  • WHO and, 173
  • Xi and, 91
• trust, xv, 65–74, 188
• trust but verify, 213
• Truth Decay, 157–58
• tuberculosis, 192
• 21st Century Cures Act, 104
• Twitter, 157, 227
• Ukraine, 56–57, 67, 163, 165, 180, 187
• United Fruit Company, 136
• United Kingdom, 205
• United Nations (UN), 142, 163, 168, 171, 181, 189
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 144
  • International Atomic Energy Agency and, 162
  • Security Council, 171
• United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), 178
• Uniting and Securing America (USA) Act, 61–62, 130–33, 135, 138–40
• University of Texas, 119, 121
• USAID, 138, 160
• U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, 137–38
• Uyghurs, 201
• vaccines, 192
• values, 3–12, 151–61, 237
• venture capital, 197–98, 199
• veterans, 36
• Veterans’ Affairs Committee, 75
• Vietnam War, 175–76
• viruses, 192
  • see also pandemics
• Voyager, 218
• Wallace, Lynlie, 14, 23, 56, 57
• Walsh, Blair, 70
• war(s)
  • concept of, 189
  • digital act of, 189–91; see also cybersecurity, cyber warfare
  • surrenders in, 184–85
  • of tomorrow, 183–94
• Washington, George, 176–77, 236, 237
• Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze), 235–37
• wealth gap, 86
• weapons of mass destruction, 159
• Wehner, Peter, 77
• Whigs, 24
• white supremacy, 25, 28–30
• Williams, Robert Julian-Borchak, 227–28
• Work, Bob, 223
• workforce, xv
  • artificial intelligence and, 122
  • childcare and, 110–11, 113
  • computing positions, 119
  • cybersecurity positions, 123
  • economy and, 123
  • education and, 114–23
  • immigrants and, 126, 127
  • internet access and, 116
  • maternity leave and, 112–13
  • technology and, 114–23
  • women in, 31, 110, 112–13
  • working from home, 113
• World Health Organization (WHO), 172, 173, 191, 213
• World Trade Organization, 160, 163, 172
• World War I, 17–18, 158
• World War II, 137, 155, 160, 174, 176–77, 181, 184, 193, 198, 201, 210
• Worth Financial Service, 107
• Xi Jinping, 91, 178, 189, 202
• Yemen, 165
• Young Engineers and Scientists (YES), 120
• Zelensky, Volodymyr, 56–57
• zero-day vulnerability, 210