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Don Rumsfeld is the finest secretary of defense the nation has ever had.
Dick Cheney
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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
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Richard Bruce Cheney
Richard Cheney
Richard Bruce Dick Cheney
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