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March 9, 2005

Cheney: Re-election was mandate for reform:

World News: MILWAUKEE, March 9 : Vice President Dick Cheney said the 2004 U.S. election results provided a mandate for President Bush's Social Security reform plan.

Cheney warned Democrats who oppose personal retirement accounts would find their opposition politically costly, especially among younger voters, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday."The American people will reward public officials who address serious issues," like Social Security, Cheney said, rejecting the idea that private accounts would be dead politically if they're not approved soon. Without reform, he said, the system is headed for "a train wreck."

"We want to do everything we can to move it as soon as we can. But we're going to be here for four years. And this president's very tenacious," Cheney said. "He's not a man who takes no for an answer."

The vice president has assumed a major role in the debate and is part of a team of senior Bush administration officials, including the president, who plan to cross the nation over the next two months, making the case for reform and personal accounts directly to the American people.

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