Dick Cheney has Died at 84: The Passing of a Commander in the Shadows
Cheney was the quiet hand on the throttle who turned a superpower into a perpetual hunting party where the quarry was fear and the bag was the Constitution.
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Cheney was the quiet hand on the throttle who turned a superpower into a perpetual hunting party where the quarry was fear and the bag was the Constitution.
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