I hope everybody within 5 miles of there is wearing a bullet-proof vest!
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Cheney heading to Texas for quail hunt
Published: Feb. 8, 2008 at 1:24 PM
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney
is heading to Texas this weekend for his annual quail hunting trip on
the ranch where he shot a lawyer in 2006.
Anne Armstrong, Cheney's hostess for the outing, told the Corpus
Christi Caller-Times that Harry Whittington, the vice president's bird
shot victim, will not be at her ranch. Whittington was a guest last
year so the reason appears to be his schedule, not his distrust of
Cheney's marksman****p, the newspaper said.
Armstrong said that she had kept Cheney's visit quiet.
"We have a wonderful quail crop, and he is a fabulous shot," she said.
"We have mainly family here this weekend."
Whittington, whose face was peppered with bird shot, has completely
recovered. Cheney was criticized for what appeared to be an attempt to
keep the incident quiet.
Armstrong is a longtime Republican leader. She was the first woman to
serve as ambassador to Britain and as a White House counselor. She was
co-chair of the Republican National Committee from 1971 to 1974.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/02/08/cheney_heading_to_texas_for_quail\
_hunt/5199/
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