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H.Res. 637 (109th)

Censuring Vice President Richard B. Cheney for failing to respond to requests for information concerning allegations that he and others in the Administration misled Congress and the American people regarding the decision to go to war in Iraq, misstated and manipulated intelligence information regarding the justification for the war, countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of persons in Iraq, and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of the Administration and for failing to adequately account for specific misstatements he made regarding the war.

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18 December 2005

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Censures Vice President Richard B. Cheney for: (1) failing to respond to information requests concerning allegations that he and others in the Administration of President George W. Bush misled Congress and the American people regarding the decision to go to war in Iraq, misstated and manipulated intelligence information regarding the justification for the war, countenanced torture and degrading treatment of persons in Iraq, and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of the Administration; and (2) failing to adequately account for specific misstatements the Vice President made regarding the war.

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