Despite much badgering from Cheney, Bush refused a pardon for Libby, who was convicted in 2007 of perjury and the obstruction of an investigation into the outing of Valerie Plame, a CIA agent.

尽管切尼死缠烂打，但布什仍拒绝赦免利比。 2007年，利比被判做伪证和妨碍中情局特工Valerie Plame身份被泄露一案的调查两项罪名成立。

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That said, despite Mr Cheney's efforts, the administration still seems oddly reluctant to persuade even likely supporters to back military action.

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This currently seems not only conceivable but even likely, despite opposition from four Republican Secretaries of Defense--Caspar Weinberger, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld and Jim Schlesinger (whose especially trenchant testimony is extracted nearby).

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