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Exit Cheney

What questions should Lehrer ask the Veep?
January 13, 2009

President Bush’s final press conference yesterday got a lot of press coverage. Less attention has been given, however, to the various exit interviews of Dick Cheney–who, whatever you think of him, is generally acknowledged to have been the most powerful second-in-command in U.S. history.

On tomorrow’s NewsHour, Jim Lehrer will be conducting his exit interview with Cheney. So we ask you: What questions should Lehrer ask the outgoing Veep?

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