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Cheney Motivated by Iraq Oil
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7-8-2008 2:13 PM
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Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan appeared on CBC Radio One's [i]The Current{/i], where he told the host that Vice President Cheney wanted to invade Iraq for oil and personal gain.
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