Bush hopes Cheney's Mideast visit will rein in oil prices - International Herald Tribune

Bush hopes Cheney's Mideast visit will rein in oil prices - International Herald Tribune: "WASHINGTON: With oil soaring to a record $108 a barrel amid mounting signs of U.S. economic turbulence, President George W. Bush said Monday that he was sending Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East to raise concerns about oil prices and to press Israeli and Palestinian leaders to move toward peace."