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Dick Cheney stories: 239 news summaries

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VALERIE PLAME LEAK

 Cheney: Wilson 
 Mission Was CIA 
 'Amateur Hour' 



New docs show former veep thought ill of Plame husband's Nigeria trip

Oct 31, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney's memory may have been a little iffy about the Valerie Plame leak, but Politico reports that the former veep left no room for doubt about his opinion of her husband's trip to Niger to investigate an Iraqi purchase of plutonium. "It was amateur hour out at the... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • CIA • Department of Justice • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Joseph Wilson • CIA leak investigation • Central Intelligence Agency

Cheney on Plame Leak:
I Can't Recall

VP comes up blank on specifics in newly released interview

Oct 30, 09 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of effort by the Bush and Obama administrations to keep documents related to the CIA leak case secret, redacted portions of the special prosecutor’s 2004 interview with Dick Cheney released today show plenty of nothing. The then-VP apparently suffered acute memory loss: Cheney told Patrick Fitzgerald he... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • CIA • Department of Justice • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Joseph Wilson • CIA leak investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby • Obama administration • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics • Central Intelligence Agency

Marc Ambinder

Is Biden Really Less Popular Than Cheney?

Nope! Recent Gallup numbers don't give whole picture

Oct 28, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest Gallup numbers look bad for Joe Biden. His approval rating has sunk to 42%, which seems to put him way below the 55% Al Gore averaged in his first year, and way, way below the 65% Cheney averaged in his. Say it ain’t so! “OK, it... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • Al Gore • vice president • approval ratings • poll numbers • Marc Ambinder

Even Dems Say Grayson's Nuts

'One fry short of a Happy Meal' after he calls Fed adviser 'a
K Street whore'

Oct 26, 09 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Alan Grayson has irked Republicans over the past month or so with his sharp tongue—saying the GOP health plan was for Americans to “die quickly,” then, last week, comparing Dick Cheney to a vampire—but even fellow Dems are up in arms after an interview surfaced... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Federal Reserve • health care reform • congressional Democrats • vampire • K Street • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McCain: 
 Afghan Call 
 Can't Wait 


Troops decision dominates, but everybody backs away from 'dithering' Cheney

Oct 25, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pace of President Obama's decision on troop levels in Afghanistan again dominated the Sunday dial. John McCain told Face the Nation that Obama should move regardless of the Nov. 7 runoff's outcome: "Every day we delay will be a delay in this strategy succeeding.” Orrin Hatch... More »

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John McCain • Dick Cheney • Charles Schumer • Olympia Snowe • Orrin Hatch • Carl Levin • health care reform • troop levels • Sherrod Brown • Sunday morning talk shows

Biden on Cheney's Afghan Bluster: 'Who Cares?'

In Europe, VP calls predecessor's review of conflict 'irrelevant'

Oct 23, 09 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden’s in Europe, but his latest opinion of Dick Cheney’s continued attacks on President Obama isn’t getting lost in translation. Asked about Cheney’s criticism that Obama is “dithering” on Afghanistan, Biden replied: “Who cares?” Biden added that a review of the conflict late... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • George W. Bush • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

 White House: 
 Cheney's the 
 Irresponsible One 

He helped get us into mess, Pelosi adds

Oct 23, 09 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - What  Dick Cheney calls dithering, "President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and to the American public," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said yesterday, rejecting Cheney's charge that the Obama adminstration is taking too long to decide its Afghanistan strategy. "... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • US military • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs

Kristen Breitweiser

 Cheney Is 
 a 'Maniacal' 
 Hypocrite 

He accuses Obama of endangering troops?

Oct 22, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney is accusing President Obama of "dithering" on Afghanistan and endangering troops. How rich, writes Kristen Breitweiser. What actually endangers troops "is bad judgment—particularly when exercised by an overzealous, power-hungry, maniacal Vice President like you." Cheney seems to have forgotten that the Iraq war—a... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • US military • vice president • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • President Obama

Stop Afghan 'Dithering' as Troops Face Danger: Cheney

'Do what it takes to win,' former VP urges Obama

Oct 21, 09 9:52 PM CDT
(AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney tonight accused the White House of dithering over the strategy for the war in Afghanistan and urged President Barack Obama to "do what it takes to win." Cheney, accepting an award from a conservative national security group, added, "Make no mistake. Signals... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • Rahm Emanuel • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • politics as usual

 Rahm Leads 
 List of DC 
 Power Hitters 
 

Gates No. 2 in poll of the capital's most powerful people, from pols to stylists

Oct 16, 09 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scratch the names Obama and Biden from the list and it's Rahm Emanuel who carries the most clout in a city packed with power-brokers, according to a GQ poll of Washington insiders. The "ruthlessly pragmatic" White House chief of staff is a lot more than just a gatekeeper to... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Ben Bernanke • Dick Cheney • Washington DC • Rahm Emanuel • David Axelrod • Peter Orszag

Flood of Bush Memoirs
May Trip Up GOP

Six administration figures to release books before midterm elections

Oct 14, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2010 elections offer Republicans the first chance in a long time to run without the handicap of the unpopular Bush administration. Or not. Bush may be out of office, but the period between now and next November could see the release of five Bush-era memoirs—from Hank Paulson, Laura... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • memoir • George W. Bush • Obama administration • Republicans

maureen dowd

Cheney Dynasty Is
a Chilling Prospect

Cheney-Palin 2012, anybody?

Oct 14, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new political dynasty appears to be rising from the ashes of the Bush administration and it's creeping out Maureen Dowd. The Cheney clan has been leading the way in attacking bipartisanship and painting Obama as soft on foreign policy, Dowd writes in the New York Times. And now... More »

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Dick Cheney • Liz Cheney • William Kristol • Mary Cheney

Coming Soon: 
Cheney, Cheney & Cheney?

Dick and Liz likely to join Mary's political consulting biz

Oct 8, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Need advice on the ins and outs of waterboarding or invading a rogue nation? Look no further than Mary Cheney's new political consulting firm. Cheney, the former veep's lesbian daughter, is leaving her job to start her own company, and insiders say she plans to bring both dad Dick and... More »

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Dick Cheney • consulting • Liz Cheney • Mary Cheney

  Cheney Daughter, Partner 
  Expecting Baby No. 2

Dick Cheney to get a new grandchild from lesbian daughter Mary Cheney

Oct 7, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney’s daughter Mary is braving another conservative firestorm after confirming she and long-time partner Heather Poe are expecting their second child in November. Cheney plans to take maternity leave, then start a consulting firm with sister—and rising GOP star—Liz. Cheney told friends about her pregnancy four... More »

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Dick Cheney • lesbians • homosexuality • gay parent • Liz Cheney • Mary Cheney

Judge: Cheney Interview in Plame Case Can't Be Sealed

But government can redact certain portions

Oct 1, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge has ordered the FBI to release most of the interview it conducted with Dick Cheney over the Valerie Plame case, in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Both the Bush and Obama administrations have tried to keep the record of the 2004 sit-down sealed, arguing... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • FBI • Freedom of Information Act • Lewis Scooter Libby • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics

 Daughter Liz 
 Revives the 
 Cheney Brand  

She carries on dad's national security message, and her fan base is growing

Sep 28, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Sarah Palin and Megan McCain—the GOP’s newest rising star is Liz Cheney, “our favorite vice president’s daughter,” as she was touted at a recent conservative gathering. Cheney—an outspoken proponent of “enhanced interrogation” who has said “waterboarding isn’t torture”—... More »

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national security • Dick Cheney • torture • GOP • conservative • waterboarding • right wingers • red state • Liz Cheney • conservative movement

OPINION

Foolishness, Not Evil Genius, Drove 'Rove-o-Lution'

Top adviser's near absolute power corrupted absolutely

Sep 20, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liberals like to think of Karl Rove as a malevolent demigod, using his powers to obstruct the greater good. But, former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer writes in the Washington Post, the legacy of “Bush’s Brain” is far more mundane: “It is a story not of grand strategy... More »

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Dick Cheney • Karl Rove • Donald Rumsfeld • conservative • George W. Bush

Obama Courts Risk With Sunday's 'Full Ginsburg'

President may risk overexposure by appearing in 5 talk shows

Sep 19, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - They call it "the full Ginsburg" because Monica Lewinsky's lawyer, William Ginsburg, was the first to do the five-fecta of Sunday talk shows back in 1999. What Obama's doing tomorrow is a slightly (if significantly) modified version, Politico notes, with the president swapping out Fox for Univision in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Dick Cheney • William Ginsburg • Sunday morning talk shows

 Petraeus 2012? 
 GOP Mulls New 
 Candidates 

Republicans take hope in Obama's lowered poll numbers

Sep 4, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - With President Obama’s poll numbers sinking, Republicans are feeling more confident about 2012—and eying a new crop of potential candidates, Politico reports. Among them: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman who’s slammed Obama but is also ready to criticize his own party, and Gen. David... More »

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Dick Cheney • politics • David Petraeus • Republican Party • Republican candidate • Joe Scarborough • Election 2012 • President Obama • Mitch Daniels

OPINION

'Monstrous Liar' Cheney Manipulates the Media

Former VP's defense of torture full of half-truths, falsehoods: Froomkin

Aug 31, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since leaving government, Dick Cheney has realized that TV and newspapers will report anything he says, writes Dan Froomkin for the Huffington Post, even though "he is a monstrous liar”—remember Saddam's WMDs? "After years of speaking in whispers, operating by proxy, and leaving as few fingerprints... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • torture • waterboarding • harsh interrogation • torture memo • enhanced interrogation techniques

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