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(Part 4/4) Dick Cheney's Bush-Era National Security Speech at AEI (American Enterprise Institute) (video)
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(5/21/09) [Complete Speech] Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute about the policies implemented during the Bush years to deal ...
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Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths
Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths
mcclatchydc.com — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney's defense Thursday of the Bush administration's policies for interrogating suspected terrorists contained omissions, exaggerations and misstatements. (more) Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths
CNN And MSNBC To Carry Cheney’s Big National Security Speech Live
theplumline.whorunsgov.com — Looks like Dick Cheney's big national security speech at the American Enterprise Institute tomorrow is going to get wall-to-wall cable coverage -- giving a big assist to those who hope that his speech will be seen as "dueling" with the one that Obama ... (more) CNN And MSNBC To Carry Cheney’s Big National Security ...
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foxnews.com — Thank you all very much, and Arthur, thank you for that introduction. It's good to be back at AEI, where we have many friends. Lynne is one of your longtime scholars, and I'm looking forward to spending more time here myself as a returning trustee. ... (more) RAW DATA: Text of Dick Cheney's National Security Speech ...
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Video & Text Highlights of Cheney Speech
Flopping Aces — Previously, I posted the links to both the Obama and Cheney speeches delivered Thursday morning on the topic of national security, terrorism, the terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and the waterboarding of three of those terrorist leaders. Once again, it’s important to note that former Vice President Cheney’s speech had been scheduled weeks ago and Obama suddenly decided to give his adddress at the National Archives using a copy of the U.S. Constitution as a backdrop at the exact same hour Cheney’s speech was scheduled. For those short of time, a 3 minute review by Jim Angle of Fox News gives you the highlights (see ...

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The Impeccable Mr. Cheney
Behind Blue Lines — By almost any measure, Richard Cheney is Barack Obama’s superior. As far as I’m concerned, there are very few men in or out of the government who compare to Cheney in intellect, clarity, integrity and simple eloquence. I’ve been a fan since Cheney’s days as Defense Secretary under Bush XLI. Cheney is supposed be in retirement and he certainly doesn’t need the grief, but he’s decided to speak out against a government determined to undermine the national interest while promoting its own moral superiority to the Bush administration. And Cheney clearly worries Hope ‘n Change, whose thin skin is becoming the stuff of legend. Hope ‘n Change doesn’t like back talk. He’s not used to it and ...

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