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Article: EDITORIAL: Cheney's dodge: Vice president is off-base in arguing his office is free of executive-branch rules.(Editorial)
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2007
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Jun. 26--Vice President Dick Cheney contends that because the vice president has legislative as well as executive duties, he is not subject to secrecy-oversight rules that apply to all other parts of the executive branch.
Cheney's executive-branch role is clearly the predominant one and the rules should apply fully to him. Since the earliest days of the administration in 2001, President Bush has relied on the more-experienced Cheney for advice and to lead discussions at cabinet meetings.
Cheney, who was defense secretary for the president's father, President George H.W. Bush, left his mark on post-9/11 homeland-security policies and on the decision to ...