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August 2008
- Laid-Back Bush Enrages Neocon Base
  
  Washington Post | Aug 18, 08 9:26 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The administration’s slow response to the Russia-Georgia conflict has conservatives fuming, with onetime true believers openly questioning President Bush's commitment to the foreign policy of the first 7 years of his term. And they're not keeping their dissatisfaction quiet, reports the Washington Post . The latest blast from a once-unexpected source came from the Wall Street Journal. More »
- Cheney Gets GOP Convention Slot After All
  
  Politico | Aug 8, 08 12:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney will speak on the opening day of the Republican National Convention, Politico reports. Cheney, at odds in the past with presumptive nominee John McCain and unpopular with the public, will speak Sept. 1, prior to President Bush. “John McCain will always treat the Vice President with respect,” a rep said after rumors Cheney wouldn’t be invited. More »
- Cheney Likely to Skip GOP Convention
  
  CNN | Aug 5, 08 5:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s desire to keep his distance from the Bush Administration is expected to keep Dick Cheney away from the Republican Convention, say GOP officials. There is a “mutual understanding” between Cheney and McCain’s staffs that the unpopular VP is “unlikely” to attend, one official noted, though another said the two teams are “trying to work it out.” More »
July 2008
- 'Creative' Bush Order Shields Cheney from Plame Probe
  
  Newsweek | Jul 17, 08 3:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush has invoked an unprecedented executive privilege claim to bar FBI interviews with Dick Cheney from a congressional committee probing the leak that exposed Valerie Plame as a CIA agent, Newsweek reports. The Bush order argues that turning over the records of Cheney's grilling concerning the scandal would violate the president's right to confidential communication with his advisers. More »
- Cheney's Staff Cut Testimony on Climate: EPA Official
  
  Associated Press | Jul 8, 08 3:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Aides to Vice President Dick Cheney censored congressional testimony on climate change by a top government official, a former official at the Environmental Protection Agency charges. Jason Burnett claims Cheney’s office, fearing testimony would lead to greater regulation of greenhouse gases, excised six pages of text regarding the health risks of global warming by the director of the Centers for Disease Control last fall, the AP reports. More »
June 2008
- Specter of Cheney Hangs Over VP Picks
  
  Washington Post | Jun 7, 08 5:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Dick Cheney's shadow looms large as Barack Obama and John McCain consider possible VP candidates, Jules Witcover writes in Washington Post . Once hailed as a sober, responsible running mate, Cheney overstepped his bounds and impinged on the president’s authority. The next VP must be more restrained, Witcover writes, but not irrelevant. More »
- Cheney May Have Told Libby to Out Plame
  
  Washington Post | Jun 3, 08 4:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "Scooter” Libby told the FBI it was “possible” that Dick Cheney ordered him to out CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press, the Washington Post reports. The revelation appears in a redacted FBI report under examination by a House panel led by Henry Waxman. The panel now wants the FBI to turn over more files, including interviews with Cheney and President Bush. More »
May 2008
- On the Ropes, GOP Fights Hard in Miss. Congress Race
  
  The Hill | May 13, 08 2:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - On a losing streak in special elections, the GOP is pouring money and star power into the 1st District of Mississippi, which votes today, The Hill reports. Greg Davis has drawn support from the cash-strapped NRCC and visits from Dick Cheney and Mike Huckabee in his effort to beat out Travis Childers for the seat Roger Wicker vacated when he replaced Trent Lott in the Senate. More »
April 2008
- 'A Bitter Man Who Clings to His Guns?'
  
  Boston Globe | Apr 17, 08 11:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - While the Democratic candidates were grinding away at each other last night, some other normally stiff shirts were loosening up at the Radio and Television Correspondents annual dinner in DC. The high points: Dressed in hunting hat and shades (no naked lady), Dick Cheney spoofed Barack Obama’s blue-collar gaffe (“Obviously you’re not the kind to look down on a bitter man who clings to his guns”) and Hillary Clinton’s whiskey shot (“Looked like she replaced Mark Penn with Johnnie Walker.’) More »
- Cheney Makes Way More Than His Boss
  
  ABC News | Apr 12, 08 12:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Dick Cheney may report to George Bush, but he out-earned the president threefold last year, according to tax returns released yesterday. The first couple paid $221,635 in taxes on the $923,807 they made in 2007, ABC reports, while the Cheneys paid $602,651 on their $3,042,767—up $900,000 over last year's income. More »
- Naked Truth in Cheney Shades?
  
  McClatchy Newspapers | Apr 11, 08 1:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The man who famously shot his hunting partner may have another leisure-sport scandal on his hands—this time involving the image of a naked woman. Bloggers are obsessively analyzing a close-up photo released by the White House of Dick Cheney fly fishing, because of racy image that appears to be reflected in his sunglasses, McClatchy reports. More »
- Top Bushies Personally OK'd Tough Interrogation Tactics
  
  ABC News | Apr 10, 08 3:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Senior White House officials explicitly approved interrogation technique details in several meetings beginning in 2002, sources tell ABC. It was previously known that the CIA drafted a “Golden Shield” memo approving highly specific tactics for use on al-Qaeda detainees, but that top officials—including Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld—personally condoned the policy, on multiple occasions, is a new revelation. More »
March 2008
- Bush: 4,000 US Lives 'Were Not Lost in Vain'
  
  CNN | Mar 24, 08 7:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush sympathizes with the families of 4,000 Americans slain in Iraq, he said today. They "were not lost in vain. One day, people will look back at this moment in history and say, 'Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve,'" CNN reports. In an ABC interview, Dick Cheney said Bush's "burden" in the war is even greater than that of grieving American families. More »
- Cheney, Peres Warn of Iran's Reach
  
  Associated Press | Mar 23, 08 10:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Following an early Easter prayer service in Jerusalem, Dick Cheney continued his 10-day trip focused on the Mideast peace process by meeting with Israel President Shimon Peres this morning. Both men warned of Iran’s rising influence in the region, reports the AP. "We have this problem of the Iranians who want to build two satellites, the Hezbollah (in Lebanon), and the Hamas in Gaza,” Peres says. More »
- Iraqi Suicide Bomber Kills 36
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 17, 08 3:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed 36 and wounded at least 50 in the Shiite city of Karbala today, even as John McCain and Dick Cheney visited Iraq to tout American successes in increasing security, reports the Los Angeles Times . A roadside bomb also killed two American soldiers on a road north of Baghdad. More »
- Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad
  
  AFP | Mar 17, 08 6:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Leading Iraq war architect Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad today, beginning a nine-day Middle East tour by promising Iraq the "unwavering commitment of the United States in finishing the difficult work that lies ahead." John McCain, traveling as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, simultaneously met with other Iraqi leaders in the capital, AFP reports. More »
- Vt. Towns Vote to Indict Bush, Cheney
  
  Associated Press | Mar 5, 08 10:04 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Two Vermont towns have voted to arrest President Bush and Vice President Cheney if they ever set foot within their boundaries, the AP reports. The measures, which also call for the pair to be extradited to face trial for unspecified "crimes against the Constitution," passed after a public vote in Brattleboro and an emotional town meeting in Marlboro. More »
- Gitmo Lawyers Probe Cheney Link to Leak
  
  National Post (Canada) | Mar 4, 08 11:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Lawyers for a Canadian held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 are investigating allegations that Dick Cheney's office defied a court order and leaked a damning video about their client to "60 Minutes," the National Post reports. The footage, which appears to show Omar Khadr building a roadside bomb, aired in November. "It's not true," a Cheney spokeswoman said. More »
February 2008
- Cheney Bucks Bush, Wants DC Gun Ban Overturned
  
  Washington Post | Feb 9, 08 8:01 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Dick Cheney yesterday went against his own administration, signing a Congressional brief which urges the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that found Washington DC's handgun ban to be unconstitutional. In so doing Cheney took a stronger Second Amendment stance than his boss, the Washington Post reports, adding that it's probably unprecedented for a Veep to go this far off the reservation. More »
- Cheney Touts Harsh Interrogations
  
  New York Times | Feb 8, 08 5:20 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Dick Cheney yesterday defended the use of controversial interrogation techniques, crediting them with possibly “foiling an attack against the US," just as the director of the CIA was conceding to a congressional committee that waterboarding may be illegal. The VP defended the use of “a tougher program for tougher customers,” including “high-value targets” like Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of 9/11, in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, reports the New York Times. More »