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When the new Democratic Congress tries to rein in the expanded powers claimed by President Bush, it faces one formidable obstacle: Vice President Dick Cheney.
In 1987, as a U.S. representative from Wyoming, he was vice- chairman of a joint committee that investigated whether the Reagan administration had illegally ignored a law barring the CIA from supporting the rebel Nicaraguan Contras. Instead, the Reagan administration secretly sold arms to Iran and funneled the proceeds to the Contras.See the full content of this document
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Cheney On Guard
Mr. Cheney refused to sign the blistering committee report. He wrote a minority report insisting that the White House had made "mist...
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