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| Cheney Road Trip: Pack the Green Duffel |
| 2008-03-30 |
| He travels with a green duffel bag stuffed with nonfiction books about military campaigns and political affairs. He has an iPod and noise-canceling earphones to listen to oldies and some country-western. Oh, and he has two planes, including a C-17 military transport with a 40-foot silver trailer in its belly for his privacy and comfort, and round-the-clock bodyguards and medical staff. Vice President Dick Cheney is not your regular road warrior. He doesn't wait in airport security lines or take off his shoes to walk through metal detectors. But then, most people do not go to war zones, hobnob with Saudi royalty or dine with prime ministers. Cheney returned Wednesday from a 10-day trip to Iraq, Oman, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian territory and Turkey. The rigors of travel and ever-present security concerns make sightseeing difficult. Still, he squeezed in a little on his final stop in Istanbul. The vice president, his wife, Lynne, and daughter Liz saw Topkapi Palace, seat of the Ottoman sultans for almost 400 years. For all his globe-trotting, Cheney had never been to Istanbul, home of the Bosphorus Bridge that links Europe and Asia. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #4 ION TOPIX > BUSH BEGINS HIS LAST/FINAL WORLD TOUR [as POTUS]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-30 23:16 |
| #3 causing Libtard heads to explode, and shooting a lawyer, you deserve some perks.. yes.. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-03-30 16:37 |
| #2 when you have a track record of running Halliburton, causing Libtard heads to explode, and shooting a lawyer, you deserve some perks |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-30 15:59 |
| #1 Geez, no modular torture chamber for him to play in in case he get's bored? I must say I'm a little disappointed... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-30 15:41 |