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Cheney Takes to the Airwaves (Again) to Criticize Obama

George Bush is maintaining the tradition of silence for presidents and vice-presidents recently out of office. Not so Dick Cheney . The former Vice President is waging what one reporter called a “one-man assault on President Obama,” with condemnations of policies and personal behavior.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

George Bush is maintaining the tradition of silence for presidents and vice-presidents recently out of office. Not so Dick Cheney. The former Vice President is waging what one reporter called a “one-man assault on President Obama,” with condemnations of policies and personal behavior. Bart Gellman, Pulitzer Prize-winning national correspondent for the Washington Post, is author of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency.

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    former KCRW broadcaster

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