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Yesterday's "STShowcase" looked at Donald Rumsfeld comments on the prisoner abuse scandal that broke last April. Today we encore Vice President Cheney's defense of Defense.
Here, from our New York World News Headquarters in New York, is Connie Chung.
CC: Good afternoon and welcome to One on One. Im Connie Chung.
Last week our guest was Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld who defended his decisions in Iraq and spoke out for the first time publicly about the prisoner abuse there. On Friday Secretary Rumsfeld spoke under oath to both the House and the Senate about the abuse case in an atmosphere where many have begin to suggest he should be removed from office. Yesterday the President and Vice President, along with Colin Powell and others in the administration stood by Rumsfeld in a show of support at the Pentagon.
Today our guest is Vice President Dick Cheney who has been one of the most vocal supporters of the embattled Secretary of Defense.
Good afternoon Mister Vice President.
DC: Lets cut the pleasantries. Uhh Connie. Leave the man alone and let him do his job.
CC: Mister Vice President--
DC: Look, Ive taken the gloves off. You smell blood, like a coyote, and you want the blood and flesh of a good man. You want to devour this good man. You want to eat Donald Rumsfeld and I wont have it.
CC: Mister Vice President--
DC: Hes doing a superb job as Secretary of Defense. I think hes the best Secretary of Defense we have ever had. Ever. Period.
CC: Mister Vice President--
DC: Yes, I know. We are not looking in the rear view mirror in this administration. We are looking forward. We are forward thinking. I think hes the best man for the job. For the future and the present. He has vision. Something you coyotes in the media wouldnt understand.
CC: Are you saying--
DC: And the past, if you must look in the rear view mirror. Which is an ugly picture. A coyote driving a car and looking in the mirror. It scares me. What really scares me is this hunt for blood that you pack of dogs are undertaking to kill and eat a great man who is doing a superb job.
CC: Mister Vice President--
DC: Why didnt you circle the wagons like this when the Iraqis strung up brave Americans on a bridge in some backwater town in the middle of nowhere and cut them open. Where were you then? Ive taken the gloves off.
CC: Vice President Cheney--
DC: And I will till my dying day, which wont happen in your lifetime or mine. I was Secretary of Defense under the first President Bush so I know of which I speak. This is a witch hunt. Plain and simple. I wont have it on my watch.
CC: You--
DC: During the days of Sadaam Hussien there were horrible atrocities. The man gassed his own people. I ought to know, I was there. And now a few of our brave, cherished, soldiers and incredible contractors want to eat these people for lunch and you hand wringing coyotes in the media want to make a big deal about it. Ill tell you something about our brave fighting men and women in this war: They are brave fighting men and women. And I wont have them or Secretary Rumsfeld driven into the mud by some reckless coyotes who are driving cars while looking in the mirror. It isnt going to happen. Not on my watch. Im taking off the gloves.
CC: I--
DC: Let the man perform his duties. How can he run the Pentagon at war while coyotes are circling the wagons and smell blood? Cant be done. You are doing a great disservice to the men and women in uniform and a greater disservice to a great American. It wont happen. Not while Im here. Not on my watch.
Sorry Coyote Chung. Not on this beautiful Spring day. Not here. Not now. Not ever. Not in my lifetime. And not in yours.
CC: Thank--
DC: It was a pleasure. I enjoyed it. Thank you.
ST. Your first stop for journali--
DC: Never mind. Its a witch hunt conducted by coyotes. Not on my watch.
ST1on1 with Connie Chung.
Here, from our New York World News Headquarters in New York, is Connie Chung.
CC: Good afternoon and welcome to One on One. Im Connie Chung.
Last week our guest was Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld who defended his decisions in Iraq and spoke out for the first time publicly about the prisoner abuse there. On Friday Secretary Rumsfeld spoke under oath to both the House and the Senate about the abuse case in an atmosphere where many have begin to suggest he should be removed from office. Yesterday the President and Vice President, along with Colin Powell and others in the administration stood by Rumsfeld in a show of support at the Pentagon.
Today our guest is Vice President Dick Cheney who has been one of the most vocal supporters of the embattled Secretary of Defense.
Good afternoon Mister Vice President.
DC: Lets cut the pleasantries. Uhh Connie. Leave the man alone and let him do his job.
CC: Mister Vice President--
DC: Look, Ive taken the gloves off. You smell blood, like a coyote, and you want the blood and flesh of a good man. You want to devour this good man. You want to eat Donald Rumsfeld and I wont have it.
CC: Mister Vice President--
DC: Hes doing a superb job as Secretary of Defense. I think hes the best Secretary of Defense we have ever had. Ever. Period.
CC: Mister Vice President--
DC: Yes, I know. We are not looking in the rear view mirror in this administration. We are looking forward. We are forward thinking. I think hes the best man for the job. For the future and the present. He has vision. Something you coyotes in the media wouldnt understand.
CC: Are you saying--
DC: And the past, if you must look in the rear view mirror. Which is an ugly picture. A coyote driving a car and looking in the mirror. It scares me. What really scares me is this hunt for blood that you pack of dogs are undertaking to kill and eat a great man who is doing a superb job.
CC: Mister Vice President--
DC: Why didnt you circle the wagons like this when the Iraqis strung up brave Americans on a bridge in some backwater town in the middle of nowhere and cut them open. Where were you then? Ive taken the gloves off.
CC: Vice President Cheney--
DC: And I will till my dying day, which wont happen in your lifetime or mine. I was Secretary of Defense under the first President Bush so I know of which I speak. This is a witch hunt. Plain and simple. I wont have it on my watch.
CC: You--
DC: During the days of Sadaam Hussien there were horrible atrocities. The man gassed his own people. I ought to know, I was there. And now a few of our brave, cherished, soldiers and incredible contractors want to eat these people for lunch and you hand wringing coyotes in the media want to make a big deal about it. Ill tell you something about our brave fighting men and women in this war: They are brave fighting men and women. And I wont have them or Secretary Rumsfeld driven into the mud by some reckless coyotes who are driving cars while looking in the mirror. It isnt going to happen. Not on my watch. Im taking off the gloves.
CC: I--
DC: Let the man perform his duties. How can he run the Pentagon at war while coyotes are circling the wagons and smell blood? Cant be done. You are doing a great disservice to the men and women in uniform and a greater disservice to a great American. It wont happen. Not while Im here. Not on my watch.
Sorry Coyote Chung. Not on this beautiful Spring day. Not here. Not now. Not ever. Not in my lifetime. And not in yours.
CC: Thank--
DC: It was a pleasure. I enjoyed it. Thank you.
ST. Your first stop for journali--
DC: Never mind. Its a witch hunt conducted by coyotes. Not on my watch.
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