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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.
Dick Cheney
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Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
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Former Vice President Of The United States
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Richard Bruce Cheney
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