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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

George W. Bush, speaking at the funeral of Dick Cheney, not long ago.

I'm reminded of a renowned senator who once gave this advice to a junior colleague.

Perhaps he said you could occasionally allow yourself the luxury of an unexpressed thought.

Dick Cheney was like that, sparing and measured with words.

In a profession that attracts talkers, he was a thinker and a listener.

And when he did speak up, conveying thoughts in that even tone of voice,

that orderly, unexcitable manner,

you knew you were getting the best of a highly disciplined mind.

No colleague, no legislature, no foreign leader who ever met Dick Cheney ever doubted

that they were dealing with a serious man.

Yeah, I heard, um, uh, Yuval Levin, one of the heroes to conservative writers out there.

He was a young staffer and had to, uh, bring Dick Cheney up to speed on some policy stuff

way back in the day.

And he said it was terrifying.

Everybody was terrified of talking to Dick Cheney.

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