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Fire Controlled at White House Compound (Cheney's Office)
AP ^ | 12/19/2007

Posted on 12/19/2007 11:02:54 AM PST by lowbridge

Thick black smoke billowed from a fire Wednesday in Vice President Dick Cheney's suite of offices in the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House.

Cheney's office was damaged by smoke and water from fire hoses, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. The vice president was not in the building at the time; he was in the West Wing of the White House with President Bush.

More than 1,000 people who work in the building were evacuated. The fire broke out on the second floor of the building around about 9:15 a.m. and was under control within a half hour, District of Columbia fire department spokesman Alan Etter said.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: cheney; dc; eisenhower; fire; whitehouse
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To: atomic conspiracy
Well, Cheney did take out Dennis Kucinich's brother Perry today, so maybe something is up.
21 posted on 12/19/2007 11:28:09 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%

That socks!


22 posted on 12/19/2007 11:35:32 AM PST by colonialhk (Harry and Nancy are our best moron allies)
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To: lowbridge

Best response from the DUmmies (that was actually quite funny)
Something about Cheney forgetting to close the Gates of Hell after his morning commute...


23 posted on 12/19/2007 11:38:26 AM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)
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To: lowbridge

White House Compound? first time I ever heard that phrase used. How about White House fortress? or WH secret hideout?


24 posted on 12/19/2007 11:39:17 AM PST by upsdriver (Duncan Hunter: For those who demand the very best!!)
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To: lowbridge
It was only a few days ago that Senator Barbara Boxer, on the senate floor, was pleading with members to go over to the old executive office building and look through the documents there that the administration was using as a flimsy excuse for renewal of the FISA legislation.

Causes one to wonder if those documents are still there.

25 posted on 12/19/2007 11:39:31 AM PST by TiaS
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To: atomic conspiracy

Comment on huff:”CNN reported they saw staffers carrying boxes into the building all morning before the fire. And now they aren’t saying a thing about it. “


26 posted on 12/19/2007 11:39:48 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: All

Like a game of Clue.. here come the moonbats..

It was Halliburton, in the office, with a paper shredder and a blowtorch.


27 posted on 12/19/2007 11:41:44 AM PST by newnhdad
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To: lowbridge
Must add "Fire" to the list...


28 posted on 12/19/2007 12:00:40 PM PST by quark
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To: quark

Fellow Freepers: check out how quickly the Bush/Cheney hating moonbats jumped off the cliff to chime in their hate.

http://wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1313089&comments=true

I/we tried:

Trite and Sick
by Nick T. @ 8:59am - Wed Dec 19th, 2007
Predictable comments from people who just hate: trite and sick.
ReplySad but true
by Jennifer B. @ 9:06am - Wed Dec 19th, 2007
I agree. The administration is in, the administration is there, suck it up and get over it. How does any negative commentary actually make change?

If you want change get off your butts and do something instead of mouthing off. Or, would you rather play the role of Monday morning quarterback, pretending that your plan is better rather than proving it?


29 posted on 12/19/2007 12:43:15 PM PST by Nick Thimmesch
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To: lowbridge
VP Cheney’s pacemaker comes with some extra features the doctors forgot to tell him about - like laser beams! LOL

Leftists loonies, be afraid, very afraid of the new and improved Darth Cheney. ;)

30 posted on 12/19/2007 1:04:57 PM PST by anymouse
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To: lowbridge

“There’s a fire at the travel agency.”

-THE LONGEST DAY.


31 posted on 12/19/2007 1:10:50 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (Dems will impeach Bush in 2008; mark my words.)
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To: lowbridge

Cheney was in the West Wing with the President — this is PROOF that he arranged for it to be done so he could destroy secret files and make it look like an “accident”! /sarc


32 posted on 12/19/2007 1:56:22 PM PST by Purrcival (Democrats: The party of FAILURE. Can't hush Rush, can't impeach Bush, can't end the war, can't...)
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To: viper592
"So any bets on how long before the Dem’s accuse Dick Cheney of starting the fire to hide documents?"

Cheney should send them a picture of him lighting a cigar with a big match. Autographed.

33 posted on 12/19/2007 4:04:41 PM PST by BobS (I><P>)
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