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Today in The Nation: Cheney's Legacy of Deception
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www.thenation.com — Robert Scheer In the end, the shame of Dick Cheney was total: unmitigated by any notion of a graceful departure, let alone the slightest obligation of honest accounting. The Push for More Midnight Regulations Bush's Battle for Executive Power

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