Bush ‘Satisfied’ With Cheney’s Response to Shooting
The president says "I thought the vice president handled the issue just fine" but declines to discuss details of Cheney's late disclosure of the hunting accident.Washington Post:
President Bush pronounced himself “satisfied” today with Vice President Cheney’s explanation of a hunting accident in which a 78-year-old Texas lawyer was shot and wounded. He said Cheney “handled the issue just fine.”
In a brief question-and-answer session with reporters at the White House after a meeting with the visiting president of Colombia, Bush said Cheney was traumatized by his accidental shooting of Texas lawyer Harry Whittington during a quail hunt on a ranch near Corpus Christi late Saturday afternoon.
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