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Washington Post:
Vice President Cheney Interviewed by Fox News — Eisenhower Executive Office Building 2:01 P.M. EST — Q Mr. Vice President, how is Mr. Whittington? — THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, the good news is he's doing very well today. I talked to him yesterday after they discovered the heart problem …
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Jane Roh / Fox News:
Cheney: 'I'm the Guy Who Pulled the Trigger' — NEW YORK — Vice President Dick Cheney said he and he alone was responsible for a weekend hunting accident in which he shot Austin attorney Harry Whittington. — "Ultimately I'm the guy who pulled the trigger, that fired the round that hit Harry …
Editor and Publisher:
Cheney on TV: Takes Blame for Shooting But 'Unapologetic' About Aftermath, Admits Drinking One Beer at Lunch — NEW YORK In an exclusive interview with Fox News' Brit Hume this afternoon, Vice President Dick Cheney took full responsibility for shooting his hunting companion, who has until now been pictured as the guilty party.
Brit Hume / Fox News:
Exclusive Interview With V.P. Dick Cheney — This is a partial transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume" from Feb. 15, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. — BRIT HUME, FOX NEWS HOST: Mr. Vice President, how's Mr. Whittington? — DICK CHENEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES …
CNN:
Cheney: 'It's a day I'll never forget' — Vice president talks publicly about hunting accident — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Four days after shooting and wounding a friend during a hunting trip, Vice President Dick Cheney publicly addressed the incident for the first time Wednesday in an interview with a cable network.
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Troubling Questions About Cheney's Boss — Why is the vice president getting nearly all the blame for keeping his shooting escapade secret last weekend? President Bush either kept it hidden just as long—or, equally disturbing, maybe he did not find out about Cheney's role as shooter until much later.
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Maria Newman / New York Times:
Cheney Takes Full Responsibility for Shooting Hunter — Vice President Dick Cheney said this afternoon that "one of the worst days of my life" occurred on Saturday, when he accidentally shot and injured a friend of his while the two were hunting. — In his first public remarks on the accident …
ReddHedd / firedoglake:Cheney Speaks — Fox has played a first clip from the Brit Hume interview.
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RJ Eskow / The Huffington Post:Cheney's Chappaquiddick II: The Real Story Emerges
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ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Tapes — Inside Saddam's Palace — ABC News Obtains 12 Hours of Recordings of Saddam Hussein Meeting With Top Aides — Feb. 15, 2006 — ABC News has obtained 12 hours of tape recordings of Saddam Hussein meeting with top aides during the 1990s, tapes apparently recorded in Baghdad's version of the Oval Office.
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The American Thinker:
A second Iraqi former commander confirms WMDs — Slowly, very slowly, we are beginning to discover what happened to the WMDs of Saddam. The left and the antique media have made it an article of faith that there never were any WMDs, and that "Bush lied." So deep is their investment …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:Iraq's WMD: What Would You Have Done?
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Washington Post:
Australian TV Network Airs More Abu Ghraib Photos — An Australian television channel today broadcast more photographs of abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad. The graphic images, which included naked, blood-soaked prisoners, were quickly picked …
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Richard Williamson / brandweek.com:
Report: Bush Spent $1.4 Billion on 'Spin' — DALLAS — The Bush administration spent $1.4 billion in taxpayer dollars on 137 contracts with advertising agencies over the past two-and-a-half years, according to a Government Accountability Office report released by House Democrats Monday.
Radio Blogger:
MSNBC pundit and West Wing producer/writer Lawrence O'Donnell and Hugh on whether Vice President was drunk. — HH: Hi, Lawrence. Welcome back. — LO: Thank you. — HH: Good to have you on. Lawrence O'Donnell, yesterday you posted at the Huffington Post about Dick Cheney, Was Cheney Drunk?
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crisisgroup.org:
In Their Own Words: Reading the Iraqi Insurgency — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS — In Iraq, the U.S. fights an enemy it hardly knows. Its descriptions have relied on gross approximations and crude categories (Saddamists, Islamo-fascists and the like) that bear only passing resemblance to reality.
Associated Press:
Chertoff Admits Katrina Response Fumbled — WASHINGTON (AP) — Acknowledging delayed aid and fumbled coordination, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday the federal response to Hurricane Katrina fell far short of providing immediate help to the Gulf Coast that could have saved lives.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
No Checks, Many Imbalances — The next time a president asks Congress to pass something akin to what Congress passed on Sept. 14, 2001 — the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) — the resulting legislation might be longer than Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past."
