The F.B.I. director has come under withering attack in recent days, but with Republicans backing him, the proceedings fell into a familiar partisan groove that appeared to play to his strengths.
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Dick Cheney on ‘one of the worst’ days of his life – when the vice president shot his friend
Former Vice President Dick Cheney had long-regretted the infamous shooting accident where he fired a shotgun at fellow hunter Harry Whittington — riddling his body with more than 100 pellets — describing it as “one of the worst days” of his life.