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...well. "The reason that the 20th century ended with the forces of communism and fascism defeated and with capitalism and democracy increasing as the political and economic models people aspire to is due in no small part to U.S. leadership, backed by U.S. military force," Cheney recently told Mary Matalin, a top aide. "Our leadership and our might shaped the events of the last century...
...year by his task force on energy policy. Members of Congress directed the General Accounting Office (GAO) to sue. Some outside interest groups also filed suit. But Cheney, with Bush's support, refused to yield, citing the need to protect private advice to the President and Vice President. When Matalin told him calls were coming in even from allies begging Cheney to compromise, he told her, "Suck it up, Mary. If a principle is worth having, it's worth fighting for." A federal court ruled Dec. 9 in Cheney's favor against the gao, which is likely to appeal...
Racicot, who stopped lobbying after taking over the G.O.P. last month, said he didn't raise funds for the Bush bash. Barbour did not return calls for comment. Cheney spokeswoman Mary Matalin denied any link between task-force access and fund raising, saying the Veep had no idea who was financing the gala...
...Racicot, who stopped lobbying after taking over the G.O.P.last month, said he didn't raise funds for the Bush bash. Barbour did not return calls for comment. Cheney spokeswoman Mary Matalin denied any link between task-force access and fund raising, saying the Veep had no idea who was financing the gala...
...question won't go away, thanks to Saturday Night Live parodies and columnists like the New York Times's Thomas Friedman, who last week scolded the Veep for his "continued cave dwelling." Is he really in hiding? For much of last week, according to Mary Matalin, Cheney's political counselor, he was in plain sight in Washington, living at the Vice President's mansion with his wife, even working out of his office in the West Wing of the White House. "It's just silly," she says of the calls for her boss to emerge. "I guess he'll have...