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The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I'm not at all sure that that's what the Obama administration believes.
Dick Cheney
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Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
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Oil remains fundamentally a government business. While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two-thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies, even though companies are anxious for greater access there, progress continues to be slow.
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I had other priorities in the sixties than military service.
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We haven't really had the time yet to pore through all those records in Baghdad. We'll find ample evidence confirming the link, that is the connection if you will between al Qaida and the Iraqi intelligence services. They have worked together on a number of occasions.
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You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what I think was a terrible mistake, in that case a Republican administration, where moved in and tried to control the wages, prices and profits of every enterprise in America. It was a huge mistake.
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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've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.
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I think you can not be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.
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I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions.
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The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.
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I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf.
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