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[In response to the question Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?] I think so. I guess if I look back on it now, I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we've encountered.
Dick Cheney
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Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
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Richard Bruce Cheney
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