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News Release
June 2, 2008
STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR
REGARDING VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY’S
DEROGATORY REFERENCE TO WEST VIRGINIA
Contact: Lara Ramsburg, 304-558-2000
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today released the following statement about Vice President Dick Cheney’s reference toward West Virginia when Cheney spoke earlier today during a journalism awards presentation luncheon at the National Press Club.
“I truly cannot believe that any vice president of the United States, regardless of their political affiliation, would make such a derogatory statement about my state or any state for that matter.
“West Virginia is home to some of the most patriotic people in the nation and our sons and daughters have answered the call to duty every time a president has needed their service. They deserve better from the vice president, and so I would simply ask for his apology.”
-- Gov. Joe Manchin
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