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Obama Can Learn From Cheney's Management Style

Its substance gave many fits, but VP's broad template got results

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Nov 12, 2008 4:51 PM CST

(Newser) – Barack Obama's “template” for exercising executive authority should draw from Dick Cheney, the most influential figure in the Bush administration, Steve Clemons writes in the Huffington Post. Cheney finessed followers “beholden to him” into positions throughout the vast intelligence and national-security bureaucracies, spreading... Read full story »

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