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Direct threats require decisive action.

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Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Former Vice President Of The United States
Politician
Lincoln
Nebraska
Richard Bruce Cheney
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With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People...ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.
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It's awfully hard to convey a sense of credibility to allies when you [the Congress] voted for the war and then you declared: Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time.
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We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.
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We have to make America the best place in the world to do business.
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I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.
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I had other priorities in the sixties than military service.
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One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship with other governments, in terms of the willingness of other intelligence services to work with us, in terms of revealing sources and methods. And all of those elements enter into some of these leaks.
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I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.
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President Bush gave me a tremendous opportunity to serve as the vice president. I enjoyed very much having the opportunity to be a part of his team. He told me at the outset, he wanted me to sign on to be a part of his team - and he was true to his word, kept it. He was tough. He was decisive. He was also a pretty good politician.
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I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one.
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Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the larger war against terror. I believe the opposite is true.
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Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.
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If the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last two or three years... we would not have had the kind of job growth we've had.
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You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.
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I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq consistent is not one of them.
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I got sick, hospitalized, had no insurance. And the money I had saved for our honeymoon went to pay medical bills. So I had been in the position of not having insurance when I needed health care.
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Well, we've got a major effort under way to try to educate everybody, to let them know we have a zero tolerance policy where sexual assault is involved.
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You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.
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