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Cheney on hunting trip in Florida

 Theresa Moore     3 years ago
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TALLAHASSEE -- Vice President Dick Cheney flew into Tallahassee Monday afternoon. Though there are no details of his destination, Cheney is on a hunting trip.

Exchanges on Interstate 10 were blocked earlier this afternoon and a spokesperson for the Tallahassee Police Department said it was done as security for the vice president passing through.

He's expected to be in the area through Wednesday.

Megan McGinn, spokesperson for the vice president's office in Washington, D.C., said Cheney flew into Tallahassee Regional Airport this afternoon.

Gov. Jeb Bush's office said the vice president did not meet with anyone in the governor's office.

"He's hunting north of here," said Anthony DeLuise, a spokesman for Bush's office.

During a hunting trip nine months ago in Texas, Cheney accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Austin attorney, while hunting quail. Whittington eventually recovered.

Florida Capital Bureau, Reporters Paige St. John and Larry Wheeler contributed to this report
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