Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney, generally known as Dick Cheneyis an American politician and businessman who was the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, under President George W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 January 1941
CityLincoln, NE
CountryUnited States of America
enemies
We're not enemies at this point, probably not friends either,
work
We still have work to do in Iraq, and we will see it through,
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We still have, I think, a society where we haven't done enough yet to live up to that standard that we'd all like to live up to, I think, in terms of equality of opportunity, that we judge people as individuals. As Martin Luther King said, we ought to judge people on the content of their character instead of the color of their skin. I would hope that we can continue to make progress in that regard in the years ahead.
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Was it in 1983, when terrorists hit our embassy that spring in Beirut and killed several Americans, including the CIA station chief?
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Tomorrow, I will be traveling to Crawford, Texas, with General Colin Powell and our wives to spend the day with Governor Bush and Laura Bush. This will give us an opportunity for an extended discussion on the transition between General Powell, myself and Governor Bush,
point time
We're at the point where we think time is not on our side,
simply stand
We are not going to simply stand by.
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We Democrats will expand the prosperity. They will squander it.
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American soldiers and Marines are out there every day in dangerous conditions and desert temperatures -- conducting raids, training Iraqi forces, countering attacks, seizing weapons, and capturing killers -- and back home a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie,
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They overlook a fundamental fact, ... We were not in Iraq on Sept. 11, 2001, and the terrorists hit us anyway.
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There's a temptation, I think, because there's not an active bombing campaign under way on any particular day for people who want to run out and say, 'Well, it's over with.' It's not,
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All of us recognize that the vast majority of men and women in the business community are honest and above-board. They run solid companies providing goods and services that enhance our quality of life, ... At the same time, they provide jobs for their workers and real value for investors.
absolutely convinced
absolutely convinced we did the right thing in Iraq.
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As long as we do things or pursue policies that don't increase the supply, then what we'll find on the other end is inadequate supply and spiking prices,