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Extraction Summary
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Events
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Document Information
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Book review / article excerpt / discovery document
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2.38 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a review or summary of Dick Cheney's memoir (likely 'In My Time'). It details Cheney's perspective on the 9/11 attacks, his relationship with President Bush, his offer to resign in 2004, the firing of Donald Rumsfeld, and his mixed views on Barack Obama's policies regarding the 2008 financial crisis and the war in Afghanistan. The document bears a House Oversight Bates stamp but contains no direct text related to Jeffrey Epstein.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Cheney | Former Vice President / Author |
The subject of the text, discussing his memoir and experiences in the Bush administration.
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| Mr. Bush / George W. Bush | Former President of the United States |
Described in relation to 9/11 response and his relationship with Cheney.
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| Donald H. Rumsfeld | Former Secretary of Defense |
Mentioned as being replaced after the 2006 midterm elections.
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| Barack Obama | Former President / Senator |
Praised for bank bailout support but criticized for Afghanistan troop withdrawal strategy.
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| Unidentified Woman | Unknown |
Mentioned in the opening quote as crying in Cheney's office and admitting he was right.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| White House |
Location of the bunker used by Cheney on 9/11.
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| Republican Party |
Referenced as the 'Republican ticket' regarding the 2004 election.
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Timeline (4 events)
2006
Midterm elections and replacement of Donald Rumsfeld.
Washington D.C.
Sept. 11, 2001
Terrorist attacks; Cheney commands response from White House bunker.
White House / Washington D.C.
Mr. Cheney
Mr. Bush
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
Relationships (3)
Cheney managed 9/11 response to support Bush; offered to resign in 2004; influence waned in second term.
Cheney noted he was not given a chance to object to Rumsfeld's replacement.
Cheney praised Obama on bailout but criticized him on Afghanistan troop withdrawal.
Key Quotes (3)
"“She came into my office, sat down in the chair next to my desk and tearfully admitted I had been right,” he wrote."Source
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"“My past government experience,” he wrote, “had prepared me to manage the crisis during those first few hours on 9/11, but I knew that if I went out and spoke to the press, it would undermine the president, and that would be bad for him and for the country."Source
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"“We were at war. Our commander in chief needed to be seen as in charge, strong, and resolute — as George W. Bush was.”"Source
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“She came into my office, sat down in the chair next to my desk and tearfully admitted I had been right,” he wrote.
The book opens with an account of Mr. Cheney’s experiences during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when he essentially commanded the government’s response from a bunker beneath the White House while Mr. Bush — who was away from Washington and hampered by communications breakdowns — played a peripheral role. But Mr. Cheney wrote that he did not want to make any formal statement to the nation that day.
“My past government experience,” he wrote, “had prepared me to manage the crisis during those first few hours on 9/11, but I knew that if I went out and spoke to the press, it would undermine the president, and that would be bad for him and for the country.
“We were at war. Our commander in chief needed to be seen as in charge, strong, and resolute — as George W. Bush was.”
Mr. Cheney appears to relish much of the criticism heaped on him by liberals, but reveals that he had offered to resign several times as President Bush prepared for his re-election in 2004 because he was afraid of becoming a burden on the Republican ticket. After a few days, however, Mr. Cheney said that Mr. Bush said he wanted him to stay.
But in the Bush administration’s second term, Mr. Cheney’s influence waned. When Mr. Bush decided to replace Donald H. Rumsfeld as secretary of defense after the 2006 midterm elections, Mr. Cheney said he was not given a chance to object.
Mr. Cheney praised Barack Obama’s support, as a senator from Illinois, for passing a bank bailout bill at the height of the financial crisis, shortly before the 2008 election. But he criticizes Mr. Obama’s decision to withdraw the 33,000 additional troops he sent to Afghanistan in 2009 by September 2012, and writes that he has been
The book opens with an account of Mr. Cheney’s experiences during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when he essentially commanded the government’s response from a bunker beneath the White House while Mr. Bush — who was away from Washington and hampered by communications breakdowns — played a peripheral role. But Mr. Cheney wrote that he did not want to make any formal statement to the nation that day.
“My past government experience,” he wrote, “had prepared me to manage the crisis during those first few hours on 9/11, but I knew that if I went out and spoke to the press, it would undermine the president, and that would be bad for him and for the country.
“We were at war. Our commander in chief needed to be seen as in charge, strong, and resolute — as George W. Bush was.”
Mr. Cheney appears to relish much of the criticism heaped on him by liberals, but reveals that he had offered to resign several times as President Bush prepared for his re-election in 2004 because he was afraid of becoming a burden on the Republican ticket. After a few days, however, Mr. Cheney said that Mr. Bush said he wanted him to stay.
But in the Bush administration’s second term, Mr. Cheney’s influence waned. When Mr. Bush decided to replace Donald H. Rumsfeld as secretary of defense after the 2006 midterm elections, Mr. Cheney said he was not given a chance to object.
Mr. Cheney praised Barack Obama’s support, as a senator from Illinois, for passing a bank bailout bill at the height of the financial crisis, shortly before the 2008 election. But he criticizes Mr. Obama’s decision to withdraw the 33,000 additional troops he sent to Afghanistan in 2009 by September 2012, and writes that he has been
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