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::Yes. "Cheney noted that the president is accompanied at all times by a military aide carrying a 'football' that contains launch codes for nuclear weapons. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/21/AR2008122100869.html] ''— [[User:Tbc|tbc]] ([[User talk:Tbc|talk]]) 14:26, 24 July 2013 (UTC)''
 
::Yes. "Cheney noted that the president is accompanied at all times by a military aide carrying a 'football' that contains launch codes for nuclear weapons. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/21/AR2008122100869.html] ''— [[User:Tbc|tbc]] ([[User talk:Tbc|talk]]) 14:26, 24 July 2013 (UTC)''
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Sorry, I did not realize that would overwrite the previous comment but I do not know how to restore it. [[Special:Contributions/74.125.183.194|74.125.183.194]] 14:23, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 
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:No worries, mate. I got this. [[User:RouterIncident|RouterIncident]] ([[User talk:RouterIncident|talk]]) 14:24, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 
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::I would like to propose that this whole meta-discussion be relegated to history now that the discussion is back on track. It's distracting to the actual discussion and only makes sense at this point: [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1242:_Scary_Names&oldid=44849]
 
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::If it gets deleted now, the entire history can still be accessed at any time. ''— [[User:Tbc|tbc]] ([[User talk:Tbc|talk]]) 14:36, 24 July 2013 (UTC)''
 

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What is "A Zero Halliburton briefcase"?212.232.24.57 13:24, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Zero Halliburton is a luggage brand name, with a line of aluminum attache cases. Not connected to the big company Halliburton, associated with former US Vice President Cheney and the war in Iraq. Wrybred (talk) 13:57, 24 July 2013 (UTC)wrybred
The history of Zero Halliburton luggage does intersect with the founder of Halliburton Company, Erle P. Halliburton. He needed rugged cases, so he started a company to produce them. He sold it to Zero Corporation. [1]. — tbc (talk) 14:26, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Isn't the nuclear football carried by a military aide, not a Secret Service agent? 167.165.238.254 14:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Probably. I don't really know what I'm talking about. If you think you can improve on what I wrote, go for it! RouterIncident (talk) 14:24, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
Yes. "Cheney noted that the president is accompanied at all times by a military aide carrying a 'football' that contains launch codes for nuclear weapons. [2] — tbc (talk) 14:26, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
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