Vice President Cheney

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Is the President Really in Charge?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Courage, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Timothy Geithner, Afghanistan, Vice President Cheney, Lawrence Summers, Politics News

Why else would Obama be thinking of sending thousands of troops to Afghanistan? Why would he have nearly abandoned a health care public option? What happened to getting rid of lobbyists?

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Cheney: A Tortured Soul

Lance Simmens | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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Mr. Vice-President, you and your President had eight full years to chart a direction for this nation. That direction was soundly rejected by the voters in the most recent national election.

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The Company You Keep

Tom Andrews | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Yesterday's announcement by acclaimed musicians that they were signing onto our National Campaign to Close Guantanamo Bay generated a harsh response from Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol.

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The "Truthiness" Dilemma

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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What Nancy Pelosi knew and when she knew it hardly stems the flood of foreclosures, and whether she knew and failed to complain doesn't quite equate with directly ordering torture.

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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Decanting the Truth

Jim Lichtman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Andrew Card, Jack Goldsmith, James Comey, President Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Vice President Cheney, Jay S. Bybee, Torture, Politics News

In a press interview regarding the Iraq war, Vice-President Dick Cheney was asked "Over 70 percent of Americans disagree with this war, what is your r...

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Former Senior Interrogator in Iraq Dissects Cheney's Lies and Distortions

Matthew Alexander | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

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Our greatest success in this conflict was achieved without torture or abuse. My interrogation team found Abu Musab Al Zarqawi using relationship-building approaches and non-coercive law enforcement techniques.

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"Daily Show" Duel: Dick Cheney Vs. Barack Obama (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.22.2009 | Comedy

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Jon Stewart looked at Dick Cheney and Barack Obama's back-to-back national security speeches last night and the media's boner over the easily juxtapos...

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Holder: Cheney "Dead Wrong," We'd Never Authorize Torture

The Blog of Legal Times | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gwen Ifill, Eric Holder Attorney General, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Eric Holder, Vice President Cheney, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News

It might have been a casual luncheon, but that didn't make the questions any less probing. In a wide-ranging dialogue hosted by the NAACP Legal Defens...

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Karl Rove: Powell's "Vision For The Republican Party's Future Is For Rush Limbaugh To Shut Up" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

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Karl Rove has joined the conservative chorus assailing Colin Powell. Last week, Rush Limbaugh called for Powell to leave the Republican party after t...

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The Cheney Torture Tour: What's the Deal?

Harry Shearer | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Torture, Dick Cheney, War Crimes, Cheney War Crimes, Obama Torture Prosecutions, Cheney Torture, Torture Memos, Vice President Cheney, Politics News

If Cheney's re-fighting an internal argument he lost four years ago, what's the point? Three words: "don't prosecute me."

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Even For Cheney, The Al Qaeda-Iraq Torture Story Is A New Low

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

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Coercive and illegal techniques were used widely at Gitmo in an attempt to secure information linking al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein.

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Abomination

Norman Horowitz | Posted 05.28.2009 | Home

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An abomination is defined as anything greatly disliked or abhorred: a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc. For the purpose of ...

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Cheney Kept File Marked 'Detainees'

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Detainees File, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Waterboarding, Vice President Cheney, Torture, Detainees, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Dick Cheney wants a few reports released. The former Vice President, a man so secretive that while serving as Vice President he had his home remove...

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Cheney Is Ranking Republican Speaking Out Against Obama

New York Times | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- On the mornings he is in town, Dick Cheney wakes up at 6, climbs into his black sport utility vehicle and drives himself to a Starbucks ...

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Cheney's Toys

Leslie Griffith | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

We all remember conniving against a democratically-elected president ended in 1963. And we hear comparisons between the young, vibrant JFK and Obama. May the parallels end there.

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"Flying While Arab" Continues to Soar

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

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"Miss!" A large man with a crew cut pointed at me and exclaimed, "You have a bomb in your shoe!" This dude was talking to me. I was shocked.

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Cheney's Drink Of Choice: Skim Latte

Washington Post | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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We've found one of Dick Cheney's new undisclosed locations: the Starbucks on Chain Bridge Road in McLean, Va. And while he may be dwelling on the "to...

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Cheney Unplugged

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics of Fear, Politico, Cheney, Tom Daschle, Cheney Interview, Waterboarding, Vice President Cheney, Dick Cheney, Politics News

The $60 million question, though, is where is our outrage that any elected official can break the law, and be arrogant enough to publicly admit it, confident that he will inevitably escape prosecution for his acts.

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RNC Silent On Cheney's Obama Terror Attack Claims

The Plum Line | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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Do Michael Steele and the Republican National Committee -- the center of the party's political operation -- agree or disagree with Dick Cheney's claim...

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Exit Stage Right: Cheney Wheels Off to Thunderous Applause

Randall Amster | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy

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Yes folks, that was Dick Cheney, born-again ADA activist and differently-abled former dictator, heading off to an (un)disclosed location for the final time.

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Post-Cheney: Vice Presidential House No Longer Blurred On Google Earth

Los Angeles Times | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Reporting from Washington -- Dick Cheney may not have lived in an undisclosed location while he was vice president, but it was all but impossible to s...

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First Ladies: Character to Caricature, Part One

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Scanning Michelle Obama's post-election coverage makes it seem that the importance of being First Lady is about sleeveless dresses and puppy breeds. It isn't.

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Cheney: "I Disagree With President Bush's Decision" On Libby

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with his biographer Stephen Hayes, published by the Weekly Standard, former Vice President Cheney laments Bush's decision not to pardo...

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Cheney Dozes Off At Bush Farewell Speech

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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Vice President Cheney may have dozed off during Bush's apparently somniferous farewell speech last night. Courtesy of Examiner.com: As Bush said, "B...

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