Editing Debt of Honor (section)

==Characters==
===The United States government===
* '''[[Jack Ryan (character)|Jack Ryan]]''': [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] to President Durling. Previously worked at the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. Later appointed as [[Vice President of the United States]] for successfully handling the crisis between the United States and Japan, Ryan was to serve out the end of disgraced former Vice President Kealty's term with the assurance that, upon completion of that final duty, he could permanently retire from government service and be relieved of any future obligation to serve.  However, he becomes President after his superior was killed in the attack on the [[United States Capitol]].
* '''Roger Durling''': [[President of the United States]]. Succeeded J. Robert Fowler after his resignation in the previous novel. Dies in the Capitol attack.
* '''Edward Jonathan Kealty''': Vice President of the United States who later resigns from his post after it was publicly revealed that he was under [[FBI]] investigation for sexual misconduct.
* '''Brett Hanson''': [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]. Dies in the Capitol attack.
* '''Bosley "Buzz" Fiedler''': [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]. Dies in the Capitol attack.
* '''Scott Adler''': [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|Deputy Secretary of State]] who later handles the negotiations with the Japanese over trying to recover the [[Mariana Islands]] by diplomatic means.
* '''Christopher Cook''': Deputy assistant secretary of state who unwittingly passes secret information to Japan in an effort to influence the diplomatic negotiations between the two countries.
* '''Dan Murray''': Deputy assistant director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and lead investigator in the criminal case against Kealty
* '''Alan Trent''': Chairman of the [[House Select Committee on Intelligence]]. A vocal critic of the Japanese, he becomes instrumental in the swift passage of the Trade Reform Act, which would later cause war between the United States and Japan.

====The [[Central Intelligence Agency]]====
* '''[[John Clark (Tom Clancy character)|John Clark]]''': Operations officer
* '''Domingo "Ding" Chavez''': Operations officer
* '''Mary Pat Foley''': [[Deputy Director of Operations|Deputy Director (Operations)]]
* '''Chet Nomuri''': Field officer of Japanese descent working in Japan

====The United States military====
* '''Bart Mancuso''': Rear admiral and commander of submarine forces in the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] ([[COMSUBPAC]])
* '''Robby Jackson''': Rear admiral (lower half) working as Deputy J-3 in the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], later Commander of [[Task Force 77 (United States Navy)|Task Force 77]] (CTF-77) during the retaking of the Marianas
* '''Rear Admiral Mike Dubro''': Commander of the {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69|6}} and {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}} carrier battle groups in the [[Indian Ocean]]
* '''Rafael "Bud" Sanchez''': Commander of the [[carrier air wing|Carrier Air Group]] (CAG) on {{USS|John C. Stennis|CVN-74|6}}
* '''Lieutenant Commander Wally Martin "Dutch" Claggett''': Commander of {{USS|Tennessee|SSBN-734|6}}, an {{Sclass|Ohio|submarine|2}}
* '''Sandy Richter''': [[Chief Warrant Officer]] 4 and one of the test pilots for the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche|Comanche helicopter]] program that later becomes central to the plan to retake the Marianas
* '''Captain Diego Checa''': Leader of a squad of [[United States Army Rangers]] who establish a mountaintop helicopter base in Japan
* '''Julio Vega''': Senior [[non-commissioned officer]] in the squad of Rangers assigned to Japan
* '''Chief Obrecki''': A [[non-commissioned officer]] contacted by Master Chief Oreza with the news that the Japanese have invaded Saipan. Obrecki was the seaman who diagnosed the turbocharger problem on the ''Panache''.

===Japan===
* '''Raizo Yamata''': Chairman of a large conglomerate in Japan and leader of the zaibatsu. He is the sole architect behind the war between the U.S. and Japan, which is motivated by revenge for the suicide of his family on [[Banzai Cliff]] in [[Saipan]] in an effort to evade capture by American forces during [[World War II]]. He underestimates both U.S. resourcefulness and his own nation's willingness to engage in hostility and is ultimately captured after an attempt to flee to the People's Republic of China fails.
* '''Hiroshi Goto''': Japanese politician who is aggressive towards the U.S. Controlled by Yamata, he becomes prime minister of Japan for most of the war between his country and the U.S.
* '''Mogataru Koga''': Prime minister of Japan who resigns in disgrace due to his country's economic situation, which paves the way for Goto's ascension into power. He becomes a bargaining chip in the diplomatic negotiations, as he is a potential opposition leader to Goto, but he is kidnapped by Yamata in an effort to silence him. After being rescued by Clark and Chavez from Yamata's men, he resumes his position as Japan's leader at the conclusion of the hostilities.
* '''Rear Admiral Yusuo Sato''': [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|JMDSF]] fleet commander associated with Yamata. Later dies after ''Tennessee'' sinks his destroyer ''Mutsu'' with torpedoes.
* '''Seiji Nagumo''': [[Public Security Intelligence Agency|Japanese intelligence]] officer covered as an embassy official, who is Cook's de facto case officer.
* '''Torajiro Sato''': A captain flying 747s for Japan Air Lines. His brother Yusuo and his son Major Shiro, who is an [[Mitsubishi F-15J|F-15 Eagle]] pilot, are killed in the military conflict. Embittered by his ordeal, he exacts revenge by crashing his aircraft into a [[joint session of the United States Congress|joint session of Congress]] in the U.S. Capitol.

===Other characters===
* '''V. K. Chandraskatta''': Fleet commander in the [[Indian Navy]] who is allied with Yamata. He is in command of the Indian carrier battle group that tries to provoke Admiral Dubro in the [[Indian Ocean]], who are stationed there to prevent [[India]] from invading the neighboring country of [[Sri Lanka]] and annex it.
* '''Zhang Han San''': Chinese career diplomat allied with Yamata
* '''George Winston''': Founder of the Columbus Group, a [[mutual funds]] group. He initially sells his company to Yamata, but after the stock market crash, he retakes control of his company after an emergency board meeting, and finds out that the Japanese businessman had caused the incident.
* '''Mark Gant''': Senior executive of the Columbus Group and a trusted aide to Winston
* '''Sergey Golovko''': [[Director of SVR|Chairman]] of the [[Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)|Russian Foreign Intelligence Service]] (SVR)
* '''Major Boris Il'ych Scherenko''': Deputy ''[[Resident spy|rezident]]'' of Station Tokyo for the SVR
* '''Oleg Lyalin''': Former [[KGB]] "[[resident spy#Types of resident spies|illegal]]" who is now an instructor at the [[Defense Language Institute]], based in [[Presidio of Monterey, California]]. He tells Clark and Chavez about THISTLE, his well-placed network of agents in Japan, and how to reactivate it.
* '''Manuel "Portagee" Oreza''': Former Master Chief Quartermaster for the [[United States Coast Guard]] who lives with his wife in Saipan. He feeds information about the Japanese presence in the island to the [[National Military Command Center]] (NMCC) through Admiral Jackson, and later has a reunion with Clark, whom he knew as John Kelly about twenty years ago in previous novel ''[[Without Remorse]]''.
* '''Kimberly Norton''': American national who is Goto's mistress. Clark and Chavez are sent to Japan to contact Norton and offer her a free ticket home, but she is killed by Yamata's men after Goto becomes prime minister since she is deemed to be a security risk.
* '''Barbara Linders''': A former aide to Vice President Kealty who was raped by her boss three years prior
* '''Cathy Ryan''': Associate professor with [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]], Jack Ryan's wife