Dereliction of Duty: Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security

Dereliction of Duty: Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security

by Robert Patterson
Dereliction of Duty: Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security

Dereliction of Duty: Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security

by Robert Patterson

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Overview

Lt. Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson exposes the terrifying, behind-the-scenes story of the years when the most irresponsible President in our history had his finger on the nuclear trigger. Dereliction of Duty is the inside story of the damage Bill Clinton did to the U.S. military and how he compromised our national security. From his laughable salutes, to his arrogant, anti-military staffers, the message came through loud and clear: the Clinton Administration had nothing but contempt for America’s men and women in uniform.

For two years, Patterson was the White House military aide who carried the “nuclear football,” which provides the President with remote nuclear strike capabilities. What he witnessed is shocking. In Dereliction of Duty, Patterson reveals:

How Clinton missed a golden opportunity to take out Osama bin Laden long before September 11, 2001
Why a minor “family matter” caused the Clintons to scramble a military jet
How a young Clinton staffer tried to divert a full Navy carrier battle group just so the President could have a photo-op
Why female stewards on Air Force One had to keep their distance from the President

But that’s not all. Colonel Patterson reveals that Clinton treated our nation’s most sensitive secrets and powerful weapons with cavalier disregard, while his aides regarded the military as just another tool for domestic politics.

Dereliction of Duty is the book every American concerned about our national security has been waiting for—written by a military man who was an eyewitness inside the Clinton White House, and who can no longer in good conscience keep silent.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780895260604
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 06/14/2004
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 216
Sales rank: 214,715
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Buzz" Patterson, United States Air Force (Retired), served 20 years as a pilot on active duty in the United States Air Force and saw tours of duty world-wide including combat operations in Grenada, Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, and Bosnia. From 1996 to 1998, Colonel Patterson was the Senior Military Aide to President Bill Clinton. He and his family currently reside in California.

Table of Contents

Foreword1
Preface: A Matter of Honor19
Prologue: Mission Aborted23
Chapter 1An Officer's Oath31
Chapter 2The Finger on the Nuclear Trigger47
Chapter 3Hillary's "Football"59
Chapter 4Fear and Loathing85
Chapter 5National Defense or Social Petri Dish?97
Chapter 6CNN Diplomacy111
Chapter 7The War on Terrorism129
Chapter 8A Time to Move On143
Appendix AThe Dangers We Still Face151
Appendix BPresident Clinton Foreign Policy Chronology, 1993-2001165
Appendix CReports and Scores187
Notes193
Acknowledgments199
Index201
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