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Dick Cheney Teaming Up With GOP Hopeful

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.21.2012

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney is hosting a fundraiser for Mitt Romney this summer, reports the Wall Street Journal. The July 12 event will be h...

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Selective Amnesia and the Rogue Elephant

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.02.2012

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Jeff Schweitzer

Surely, since according to the far right Obama was to blame for the declining economy prior to taking office, he must also then be credited with the growing economy. No amount of twisted logic and ideological contortion can get around that conundrum.

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Cheney Making Public Speech

AP | Posted 04.14.2012

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney has received last-minute medical clearance to return to his home state and speak at the Wyomi...

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Cheney Not The Typical Patient For Heart Transplant

Posted 03.26.2012

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By Julie Steenhuysen and Debra Sherman CHICAGO, March 25 (Reuters) - At 71, former Vice President Dick Cheney was older than average for a hear...

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Mike Sacks

Cheney Case Gets Day In Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to line up, more or less, against a man arguing that Secret Service agents violated his First Am...

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We Take Care of Our Own: Eric Holder and the End of Rights

Peter Van Buren | Posted 05.06.2012

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Peter Van Buren

No more clever wordplay (enhanced interrogations, "patriot" act, targeted killing, kinetic operations) but a simple declaration that the U.S. government will kill its own citizens when it wishes to.

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With Zero Foreign Policy Experience Himself, Romney Can't Choose Republican Governor VP Wannabes

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.07.2012

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Paul Abrams

John Huntsman is probably his best choice, but Romney would have to risk (unjustified, but likely real) negatives from having two Mormons on the ticket.

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2012's Worst Rose Parade Floats (Doug's Dozen VIDEO)

Doug Molitor | Posted 03.04.2012

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Cheney Worried About Critical Issue

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Iraqi leaders have progressed toward a stable society, but he's worried about the failure of Wash...

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The President Can't (Shouldn't) Gloat. But, I Can: Leading From Behind Is a Great Strategy

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.21.2011

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Paul Abrams

They cannot build the 2012 convention ceiling high enough to contain President Obama for his brilliant foreign policy that toppled a 42-year dictatorship, cost 1/500th of the cost of Iraq, and did not lose a single American soldier.

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Perry's N-gate Reminiscent of Cheney's Racism-Charged Hunting

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 12.12.2011

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Martha Rosenberg

The flap over the racist name of the hunting lodge that Texas Governor Rick Perry's family leased is not the first time hunting and racism have conspi...

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12 Republican Superheroes! (Doug's Dozen VIDEO)

Doug Molitor | Posted 11.08.2011

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Doug Molitor

It came at the end of a summer with too many superhero movies and too many Republicans debating each other.

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Dick Cheney: U.S. Would Be Different If Hillary Were President

AP | Posted 11.04.2011

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WASHINGTON, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't president, but Dick Cheney says that if she were in the White House rather than Barack Ob...

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Shame On You, Dick Cheney

Rev. Richard Cizik | Posted 10.31.2011

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Rev. Richard Cizik

There is no wiggle room for torture here. There shouldn't be. And yet you and President Bush both acknowledge authorizing torture. And you show no shame in doing so.

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Governing Like a Frog

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.26.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

Students of introductory biology learn a basic lesson about sensory perception in a quirky behavior found in certain amphibians that has become common lore.

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Cheney Undecided On Heart Transplant Operation

AP | Posted 07.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he hasn't decided whether to seek a heart transplant. Cheney tells "Fox News Sunday" that his he...

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Gaddafi, Bush and the Iraq Big Lie

Russ Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the world delighting in the abdication of the dictator Mubarak in Egypt and now the Libyan Gaddafi's potential demise, the least we can do is examine some of the possible the threads back to our own country.

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Egypt, Meet Kurdistan: American University of Iraq

Russ Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Baker

Anyone who still wonders why the Bush administration invaded Iraq would do well to become familiar with an institution whose existence few Americans are aware of: the American University of Iraq-Sulaimaniya.

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Cheney: Mubarak 'A Good Friend'

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday called Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak a good friend and U.S. ally, and he ur...

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Dick Cheney: 'Maybe It's Appropriate' To Limit Clip Size (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a stalwart Second Amendment rights activist and notorious hunter, appeared to open the door to some form of future ...

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Dick Cheney: I May Get Heart Transplant

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he believes he'll have to make a decision on whether to have a heart transplant given his me...

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Tucson: In the Blame Game, We All Lose

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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A mentally unbalanced person took a gun and opened fire on a "town hall" gathering in Tucson, AZ one sunny January weekend at the beginning of 2011. H...

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He's Back--With A New Heart Pump

nytimes.com | HELENE COOPER, LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN and MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A few days before Christmas, former Vice President Dick Cheney ended a self-imposed sabbatical from partisan politics to headline a fund...

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Liz Cheney: 'It's Time' To Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz Cheney, a former State Department official and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, declared last week that "it's time" to end the m...

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Nigeria Charges Cheney Over Bribery Case

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's anti-corruption agency on Tuesday charged former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney over a bribery scheme involving oil ...

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