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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It's absolutely essential that we do it in a way that protects and preserves our capabilities to deal with security in classified information,
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I too want to avoid any personal attacks and I promise, Joe, not to bring up your singing,
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I told the prime minister that I would be ready to meet with Chairman Arafat in the period ahead at a site in the region to be determined,
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It is time to set the alternatives squarely before the American people,
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It's not surprising that we would ask him to come down and spend some time with us talking about the transition, talking about how you might put together your national security team for the prospective Bush administration,
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The biggest threat we face now as a nation is the possibility of terrorists ending up in the middle of one of our cities with deadlier weapons than have ever before been used against us -- biological agents or a nuclear weapon or a chemical weapon of some kind to be able to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans,
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The attacks of September 11 were devastating, but the destruction would have been far worse if the terrorists had used weapons of mass destruction,
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that hasn't been something that we felt would definitely move the process forward.
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supporting the status quo, because we thought the status quo would bring us security and would bring us stability. Sept. 11 just changed that in a way that's irreversible for us.
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They will have a fair trial, but it will be under the procedures of a military tribunal, under rules and regulations to be established in connection with that, ... We think it's the appropriate way to go.
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They've got a whole complex of problems that are caused by relying only on conservation and not doing anything about the supply side of the equation,
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Not one of them mentioned any of it, ... They're all very thankful where they find themselves right now.
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All of us recognize that the vast majority of men and women in the business community are honest and above-board. They run solid companies providing goods and services that enhance our quality of life, ... At the same time, they provide jobs for their workers and real value for investors.
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absolutely convinced we did the right thing in Iraq.