In My Time (97 page)
Authors: Dick Cheney
Cheney’s congressional campaigns and,
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Ford’s presidential campaign and,
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Afghanistan and,
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on al Qaeda in Iraq,
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Iraqi uranium acquisition and,
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9/11 and,
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Terrorist Surveillance Program and,
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terHorst, Jerald,
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terrorists, terrorism,
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Afghanistan and,
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Blair on,
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Bush Doctrine and,
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capture, imprisonment, interrogation, and killing of,
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Geneva Conventions and,
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Iran-Contra affair and,
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Iraq and,
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Israeli-Palestinian crisis and,
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North Korea and,
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prevention of,
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training of,
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war on,
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WMD and,
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al Qaeda; 9/11
Terrorist Surveillance Program,
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Texas,
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Bush’s governorship of,
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Bush’s presidential campaign and,
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Cheney’s hunting in,
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Cheney’s vice presidential candidacy and,
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Halliburton and,
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Cheney’s Capitol offices and,
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tax cuts and,
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Thomson, Bill and Toni,
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Thomson, Meldrim,
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Thorsness, Leo,
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Together Forward, Operations,
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Trading with the Enemy Act,
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Treasury Department, U.S.,
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financial crisis and,
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O’Neill’s appointment to,
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O’Neill’s departure from,
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Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP),
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Tuchman, Barbara,
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Tula, Cheney’s trip to,
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Turner, John and Mary Kay,
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Tydings, Joe,
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United Airlines Flight
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United Arab Emirates (UAE),
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United Nations,
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Desert Storm and,
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Iraqi inspections and,
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and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait,
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Iraqi resolutions of,
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Iraqi sanctions and,
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Iraqi WMD programs and,
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Syrian nuclear program and,
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U.S.-Iraqi cease-fire and,
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uranium:
Iranian nuclear program and,
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Iraqi acquisition of,
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North Korean nuclear program and,
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V-22s,
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Vander Jagt, Guy,
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Veterans of Foreign Wars,
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Vice President’s Residence,
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Fords honored at,
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Hu’s U.S. visit and,
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Vietnam, Vietnam War,
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casualties in,
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comparisons between Iraq and,
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opposition to,
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peace negotiations in,
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prisoners in,
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial,
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Vincent, Mark (brother-in-law),
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Vourlekis, Jason,
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Walker, John Anthony,
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Walsh, Lawrence,
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
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War Powers Act,
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Washington, D.C.:
British attack on,
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Cheney’s undisclosed locations and,
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Cheney’s vice presidential inauguration in,
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demonstrations and riots in,
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Greenspan’s July Fourth party in,
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handguns in,
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Obama’s inauguration in,
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Washington Post,
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Cheney’s Defense Department tenure and,
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North Korean nuclear program and,
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Watergate scandal,
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comparisons between Iran-Contra and,
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and elections of 1974,
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Waxman, Henry,
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weapons of mass destruction (WMD),
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and authorizing use of force against Iraq,
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Cheney’s task force on,
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intelligence failures on,
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Iraqi acquisition and use of,
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Iraqi inspections and,
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search in Iraq for,
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terrorists and,
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biological weapons; chemical weapons; nuclear weapons
Wednesday Group,
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Weicker, Lowell,
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Westerfield, H. Bradford,
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“What I Didn’t Find in Africa” (Wilson),
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Whip Inflation Now (WIN),
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White House:
botulinum attack on,
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Bushes’ tour of,
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Cheney’s undisclosed locations and,
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Grand Review of the Armies at,
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intruder on grounds of,
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Supreme Court honored at,
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Whittington, Harry,
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Wilkins, Edness Kimball,
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Willeford, Pam,
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Williams, Brenda,
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Williams, Pete,
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Cheney’s vice presidential candidacy and,
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Desert Storm and,
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Wilson, Joe,
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Wisconsin,
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Wisconsin, University of,
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