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Former Vice President Dick Cheney once again reiterated his support for same-sex marriage, as long as it’s handled at the state level.
Cheney was asked about recent rulings and legislative action legalizing same-sex marriage, specifically in Iowa, at the National Press Club for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation journalism awards. His response was “I think that [...]

In a House hearing Thursday on interrogation policies, U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, suggested that a Democratic congressman should have to personally guard a White House aide after the Massachusetts lawmaker made a comment that King believes “incited” terrorists to violence against Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff.

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, is no stranger to speaking out against the powers that be. Ellsberg wasted no time calling out the Bush administration during a lecture sponsored by the University of Iowa Lecture Committee in Iowa City. “I suspect no king since King John the [...]

Print ads demanding health care reform will blanket Iowa newspapers on Monday Dec. 11.  The California Nurses Association (CNA) / National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) are running the ads as part of a national campaign pushing for guaranteed health care coverage for all Americans through a Medicare-based system.

The ad uses recent headlines about Vice-President Dick [...]

Presidential candidate Joe Biden said he’s concluded that changes in Vice President Dick Cheney’s opinion on invading Iraq since Cheney served as defense secretary in the Bush 41 administration are about oil revenue and permanent bases.

Answering questions from a crowd of 75 people at Iowa City’s Hamburg Inn Monday morning, the Delaware  senator emphasized that [...]

Iowa Independent has been covering the ongoing White House debate over Iran. Up until now, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who had argued for diplomacy, had won the president's ear. But now the Guardian reports that Vice President Dick Cheney, who supports military action against Iran, has won the day, at least for now:
The [...]

The debate over U.S. policy between toward Iran between hard-liners led by Vice President Dick Cheney and supporters of diplomacy like Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice continues apace, the New York Times reported today.
Iowa Independent previously examined this issue, noting that an unnamed Cheney aide was making the case for a hot war behind the [...]

Steve Clemons of The Washington Note has a devastating story up about the potentially criminal behind-the-scenes wrangling over U.S. policy toward Iran. According to Clemens, Vice President Dick Cheney is pushing hard for a hot war with Iran, while Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, backed by some unlikely allies at the Defense Department, is arguing [...]