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Gellman gives a deep look inside how cheney pulls strings to influence the actions of the united states government and particularly how he influences the decisions of president bush. This special report examines cheney s largely hidden and littleunderstood role in crafting policies on national security, the economy and the environment. Sep 20, 2008 angler the cheney vice presidency by barton gellman 483 pages. Barton gellman s engrossing investigation explains how he succeeded in distorting both the us constitution and international law to his own ends, with stunning revelations of how cheney steered the country from behind the scenes to bring war to iraq and. On cheneys role in authorizing the military to shoot down commercial airliners after the sept. Barton gellman, a staff writer for the washington post, participated in a.
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Cheney, richard bruce, father of liz cheney, a representative from wyoming and a vice president of the united states. Barton gellman talked about vice president dick cheney s influence on national security, economic and environmental policy, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. During 21 years at the washington post he served tours as legal, military, diplomatic, and foreign correspondent. So cheney agrees that if the president decides to do something to protect the country in wartime, it is legal. As bushs deputy limps off the stage, a reviled and ridiculed figure in failing health, barton gellmans book on the shadow presidency of dick. The cheney vice presidency, cheney s book differs from publicly available records on details surrounding the nsa surveillance program. It is generally agreed that richard cheney has been historys most powerful american vice president.
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