WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's memoir "In My Time" begins with a scene in the White House Presidential Emergency Operations Center.
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Vice President Dick Cheney delivers a speech to troops at Fairchild Air Force base on April 17, 2006 in Spokane, Washington. © AP
WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's memoir "In My Time" begins with a scene in the White House Presidential Emergency Operations Center.