#vice president

It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team. ↗

— Christine Todd Whitman

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#hard #national #national team #part #president-elect

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader. ↗

— Marty Meehan

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#cheney #given #ground #high #high ground

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.' ↗

— Conan O'Brien

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#army #asked #bidding #cheney #competitive