“This time, I’ve returned to find my vice president getting busted in the Capitol,” he continued, amid audible groans.Ĭlockwise from top left: The bust of Cheney sits veiled before the ceremony Thursday in Emancipation Hall (John Shinkle/POLITICO) Cheney, his wife, Lynne, and their grandchildren applaud as his marble bust is unveiled in Emancipation Hall (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) guests photograph the bust after its unveiling (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) and Cheney checks out the work of art during the dedication ceremony Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images). “The last time I was in Washington, I was hanged in the White House,” Bush deadpanned. And friends note that the two men still talk on the phone, and Cheney attended the opening of Bush’s presidential library in May 2013.Ī trim, relaxed Bush - albeit with a dwindling head of hair - used the event to reel off a string of one-liners, as if he was taking part in a celebrity roast for Cheney rather than a solemn ceremony. Yet if there is bad blood between the two men - who served 2,922 days together in the White House, according to Cheney - it wasn’t on display today. Libby was fined $250,000 and disbarred following his felony conviction. Bush commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence, but would not pardon Libby, despite Cheney’s repeated pleas to do so. Libby - who was also at the ceremony - was convicted in 2007 over his role in the leak of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity.
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