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
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helping to frame the most important debate of the post-9/11 era.
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We can move fairly rapidly in a couple of areas, but he has to decide the timing, ... Today Show.
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We feel it is our obligation to move forward, ... We will proceed, drawing on other sources.
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Whatever nuances he might fault us for neglecting, it is not an impressive record for someone who aspires to become commander in chief in this time of testing for our country,
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Whatever action is required, whenever action is necessary, we will defend the freedom and the security of the American people.
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Rebate checks, a rate reduction on tax day and a stimulus package helped turn three quarters of decline into two quarters of growth,
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part of a pre-9/11 mindset we cannot go back to.
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Part of the problem here is that instead of having a substantive debate over important substantive policy issues, he had challenged my integrity, and I didn't like that. But most of all I didn't like the fact that after he'd done so, then he wanted to act like everything was peaches and cream.
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Peace and the stability in the western Pacific and that part of Asia depends very much upon a continued U.S. presence and upon everybody in the area being comfortable that none of the nations out there has hostile intent toward any others,
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Our mission in Iraq is a great undertaking and part of a larger mission that the United States accepted now more than two years ago. September 11, 2001 changed everything for this country.
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Some of the most irresponsible comments have, of course, come from politicians who actually voted in favor of authorizing force against Saddam Hussein ,
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Four years ago, some said the world had grown calm, and many assumed that the United States was invulnerable to danger. That thought might have been comforting; it was also false. Like other generations of Americans, we soon discovered that history had great and unexpected duties in store for us.
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I encourage you and your fellow citizens to work at home and in the world for the growth of international cooperation.
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From the time standpoint, this is a matter that needs to be resolved as soon as possible, ... There is a risk to the long-term relationship with China for each day that it goes unresolved. It is not in our interest, nor is it in the long-term interest of China, to have that happen.