July 23, 2007

This issue featured advance excerpts from Stephen F. Hayes's forthcoming biography of Vice President Dick Cheney, with the cover story presenting Cheney's reflections on Bill Clinton's presidential pardons, his experience in the White House bunker during 9/11, and his assessment of mistakes made in Iraq. The issue also included Gertrude Himmelfarb's essay on Michael Barone, reflecting the magazine's ongoing engagement with conservative political biography and analysis during the later years of the Bush administration.