Published: July 10, 2009
By Jim Lichtman

It was announced that former Vice-President Dick Cheney has sold the rights to his memoir. “Mr. Cheney’s memoir,” the New York Times reported, “will focus on the past 40 years of his life, mostly in Washington.”
By way of unnamed sources, I was able to get a draft copy of the introduction to “Past Perfect: The Truth, as I Lived It.”

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