Dick Cheney's file:
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Dick Cheney served as Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in the administration of George W. Bush.

Recent statements involving Dick Cheney

President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."

President Obama "doesn't ... want to admit we're at war."

The Obama administration notified Poland and the Czech Republic about cancellation of major missile-defense facilities "at the last minute in midnight phone calls."

"President Obama's own director of national intelligence, Admiral Blair, put it this way: 'High-value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al-Qaida organization that was attacking this country.'"

"You've heard endlessly about waterboarding. It happened to three terrorists."

Recent stories featuring Dick Cheney

The Sunday Veepstakes:

Current and former vice presidents faced off on the Sunday news shows, and we check the facts.

Cheney claim on Obama earns Pants on Fire:

The former vice president says President Obama won't admit the United States is at war with terrorists. But a check of Obama's speeches indicates the president has said that many times.

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