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...running mates. They have to be in good health." Among those on the "short list" who may now be out of the running are Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, who has had quadruple heart bypass surgery; Michigan Governor John Engler, who has a weight problem; and former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, who suffered a mild heart attack in 1978 and underwent heart bypass surgery. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar
...reservists already trained and paid to do those jobs. It's all good for Brown & Root, which has pocketed around $250 million from the Pentagon for work in places like Somalia and Haiti. The firm is owned by the Dallas-based Halliburton Co. The man who runs Halliburton: Dick Cheney, who was Secretary of Defense when Brown & Root won the support-staff contract...
...harder to be a liberal bruiser. Republicans have so many more weapons available. They can appeal to the politics of hate, trumpeting white supremacy under the guise of states' rights. Reagan proclaimed this message in his 1980 campaign in the same Mississippi county where the famous civil rights workers Cheney, Schwerner and Goodman were murdered. Republicans can also scapegoat the poor. "Welfare queen" rhetoric now seems tame. Republican congressional representatives have started referring to welfare recipients as "wolves" and "crocodiles...
...ironic that Powell owes his fame to the arguably successful outcome of the Persian Gulf War. As The New York Times Magazine pointed out in a piece earlier this summer, Powell was reluctant to commit U.S. forces to the war. He only offered military options to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney after they were demanded...
After he was gone, Cheney brought up our earlier meeting with the President. "Colin," he said, "you're Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. You're not Secretary of State. You're not the National Security Adviser anymore. And you're not Secretary of Defense. So stick to military matters." He made clear that I had taken liberty for license. I was not sorry, however, that I had spoken out at the White House. What I had said about giving the military clear objectives had to be said...