"I think so. I guess if I look back on it now, I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we've encountered."
— Dick Cheney

January 1, 1970

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Businesspeople from the United StatesMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesVice Presidents of the United StatesUnited States Secretaries of DefenseRepublican Party (United States) politicians
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[In response to the question "Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?"] Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize Luncheon, June 19, 2006