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Did Cheney Ever Apologize in Shooting Accident?
The man who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney refuses to say if he ever got an apology. "I'm not going to go into that," the usually courtly Texas attorney Harry Whittington told The Washington Post in a lengthy interview published today. More than four years on, the 82-year-old conservative lawyer and Cheney hunting companion also provided new details that appear to contradict previous reports about the birdshot heard 'round the world. All concerned said it was an accident. But contrary to media reports that claimed Whittington and Cheney were lifelong pals, Whittington now says he barely knew the vice president. "The most you could say is that he was an acquaintance," Whittington told the Post. His injuries were more dire than originally reported. Whittington suffered a collapsed lung and underwent invasive exploratory surgery, as doctors probed his vital organs for signs of damage. READ MORE
