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Saturday, June 26, 2004

Lovely Vice President Cheney

Washington Post
Friday, June 25, 2004.


A brief argument between Vice President Cheney and a senior Democratic senator led Cheney to utter a big-time obscenity on the Senate floor this week.

On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in the chamber for a photo session. A chance meeting with Sen. Patrick J. Leahy became an argument about Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co., an international energy services corporation, and President Bush's judicial nominees. The exchange ended when Cheney
offered some crass advice.

"Fuck yourself," said Vice President Cheney.


Leahy's spokesman, David Carle, yesterday confirmed the brief but fierce exchange. "The vice president seemed to be taking personally the criticism that Senator Leahy and others have leveled against Halliburton's sole-source contracts in Iraq," Carle said.


Cheney's office did not deny that the phrase was uttered. His spokesman, Kevin S. Kellems said, "There was a frank exchange of views."

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