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...growing visibility of figures like Welch is one more sign of Dick Cheney's diminished role in the Bush war cabinet. During Bush's first term, the views of the U.S.'s diplomatic corps were largely dismissed by neoconservatives allied with Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. But as the Iraq war drags on and its chief advocates fade, the diplomats are stealing some late-game limelight. That's due in large part to Rice, who has consolidated her authority over the Administration's foreign policy and made course corrections that have resulted in a denuclearization pact with North Korea...
...these negotiations three, four, five days at a time." That paid off last month when Hill helped secure North Korea's agreement to eliminate, in principle, its nuclear-weapons program--a deal that infuriated the Hellhole Gang's hard-line rivals. And yet even with Cheney's decline, the hawks could gain the upper hand again if countries like Iran and North Korea rebuff U.S.-backed diplomatic proffers. "I can't remember a time when there were so many challenges around the world confronting our country simultaneously," says Burns. "We think we can handle them. We've got the diplomatic...
...more precise, the Cheney verdict...
...Bush stumped just about everyone seven years ago when he tapped the safe and solid Dick Cheney to be his running mate. But Bush didn't want any trouble. He didn't want a Vice President who preened before the cameras. He didn't want a policy sparring partner. And he didn't want someone who would check out after five years and run for President himself. (See the top 10 Bush figures...
...because Bush got exactly the kind of partner he wanted, he now faces the very problem he tried to avoid. Cheney has become the Administration's enemy within, the man whose single-minded pursuit of ideological goals, creaking political instincts and love of secrecy produced an independent operation inside the White House that has done more harm than good...