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I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.

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Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
Autobiographer
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Former Vice President Of The United States
Politician
Lincoln
Nebraska
Richard Bruce Cheney
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The Middle East with two thirds of the world's oil and lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies.
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I'm often asked why I left politics and went to Halliburton and I explain that I reached the point where I was mean-spirited, short-tempered and intolerant of those who disagreed with me and they said 'Hell, you'd make a great CEO', so I went to Texas and joined the private sector.
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