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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Fifteen months ago, it was under the absolute control of a dictator, ... With the assumption of power by the Iraqi interim government ... Iraq is now a country where the government will answer to the people, instead of the other way around.
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We lost everything at once . . . communications, power grid, infrastructure.
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We clearly understand that in terms of what government can do addressing the waste question is key, ... If we can address the waste question and deal with that, I think that will give people -- potential investors and utilities who have to decide what form of power to use in the future -- confidence that nuclear power is a viable option.
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I am familiar with the arguments against taking action in the case of Saddam Hussein, ... Some concede that Saddam is evil, power hungry and a menace, but that until he crosses the threshold of actually possessing nuclear weapons, we should rule out any preemptive action. That logic seems to me to be deeply flawed.
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Every one of them would increase the power of Washington bureaucrats and increase the size of the government's claim on your paycheck. Americans have seen the mindset before -- in the days of malaise -- and we're not going back.
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Our concerns are broader than that, in a sense that we really need to sit down and look at our total energy situation nationwide -- maybe even look at it in a hemispheric basis, ... Look at Canada and Mexico. Look not only at electricity, but also natural gas and oil, coal and other forms of generating power as well.
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(President) Clinton has said that he will hold on to power until the last hour of the last day.
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This will give us an opportunity for an extended discussion of the transition between General Powell, myself and Governor Bush,
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The party's united. Our purpose is clear. Our cause is just,
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There clearly was a relationship. It's been testified to. The evidence is overwhelming, ... Capitol Report.
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We said two weeks, we mean two weeks,
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We believe it is absolutely essential, ... It would be irresponsible for us not to move forward.
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Yet there is no doubt of our nation's strength. This is a tribute above all to the American worker and entrepreneur ... productivity in the past four quarters has been very impressive. Higher productivity, of course, leads to wage increases and even greater investment and even more jobs down the line,
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We urge Congress to act swiftly to pass this package.