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A Tale of Two Vice Presidents

They both served as VP. Faced hordes demanding their imprisonment. Shot people they knew. Colin Powell’s former chief of staff draws the eerie parallels between Dick Cheney and one of American history’s great rogues, Aaron Burr.

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Who are the two U.S. vice presidents who have marked themselves indelibly in the book of shame? Aaron Burr and Richard Cheney (Spiro Agnew's peccadilloes are miniscule in comparison), some two centuries apart.

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