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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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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.
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 …
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.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hit Refresh?  —  Why Bush may be thinking about replacing Cheney.
Discussion: Greg's Opinion
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Cheney Speaks  —  Fox has played a first clip from the Brit Hume interview.
Discussion: Wampum
New York Times:
Silence Broken as Cheney Points Only to Himself
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
Associated Press:
Text of Dick Cheney's Interview on Fox
Discussion: News Hounds and Althouse
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Brit Hume, Cheney's Choice For a Straight Shooter
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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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.
Discussion: Donklephant and AMERICAblog
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."
Discussion: The Anonymous Liberal and Amygdala
Ben Smith / New York Observer:
Will Mike Run For President As Sane Perot?  —  Back in the late 1990's, Mike Bloomberg was just another media mogul and Kevin Sheekey was a young aide floating a crazy idea: that his boss would run for Mayor of New York.  —  Now Mr. Bloomberg is Mayor, and Mr. Sheekey …
Discussion: Donklephant and TAPPED
popularmechanics.com:
Congressional Report On Katrina: First Look  —  At 2:00 this afternoon, the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina will release its final report after more than five months of investigation.  POPULAR MECHANICS obtained excerpts of a draft copy of the report last night.
Discussion: JunkYardBlog

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