d lives. He rejects portrayals of such techniques as “torture.” In discussing the much-disputed “16 words” about Iraq’s supposed hunt for uranium in Niger that were included in President Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address to help justify the eventual invasion, Mr. Cheney said that unlike other aides

d States. Recent reports that Paul Wolfowitz, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, advised President Bush to include the bogus reference to uranium from Niger in the State of the Union address demonstrates a much bigger problem. Lobbying groups like the Mega Group and government insiders like Wolfowitz an

oke,' Stanbrook said. 'We need to come together and say that we will not accept it anymore.'" -- Suspected Islamist militants killed 25 soldiers in Niger. Danielle Paquette reports: "The clash unfolded in the western village of Chinegodar near the border with Mali, according to Nigerien defense offic