DICK CHENEY
Name: Richard Bruce Cheney
Born: 30 January 1941 Lincoln, Nebraska
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941), is the forty-sixth and
current Vice President of the United States. As Vice President, Cheney is also
the President of the United States Senate.
Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska but soon relocated to Casper, Wyoming where
he grew up. He began his political career as an intern for Congressman William A.
Steiger, eventually working his way into the White House during the Ford
administration where he served as White House Chief of Staff. In 1978, Cheney
was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming; he was reelected
five times, eventually becoming House Minority Whip. Cheney was selected to be
the Secretary of Defense during the presidency of George H.W. Bush, a position
he held for all but two months of Bush's term. During this time, Cheney oversaw
the 1991 Operation Desert Storm, among other actions.
Out of office during the Clinton presidency, Cheney was Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000.
Cheney joined the presidential campaign of George W. Bush in 2000, who selected
him as his running mate. As Vice President, Cheney remains a very public and
controversial figure. He continues to assert that the Iraq War and War on Terror
must be won by the United States, and many of his other policy recommendations
initially drew strong approval, but in his second-term disapproval of his
performance has outweighed approval, as measured by national polls. Cheney is
generally acknowledged to be one of the most powerful and influential Vice
Presidents in U.S. history.
Name: Richard Bruce Cheney
Born: 30 January 1941 Lincoln, Nebraska
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941), is the forty-sixth and
current Vice President of the United States. As Vice President, Cheney is also
the President of the United States Senate.
Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska but soon relocated to Casper, Wyoming where
he grew up. He began his political career as an intern for Congressman William A.
Steiger, eventually working his way into the White House during the Ford
administration where he served as White House Chief of Staff. In 1978, Cheney
was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming; he was reelected
five times, eventually becoming House Minority Whip. Cheney was selected to be
the Secretary of Defense during the presidency of George H.W. Bush, a position
he held for all but two months of Bush's term. During this time, Cheney oversaw
the 1991 Operation Desert Storm, among other actions.
Out of office during the Clinton presidency, Cheney was Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000.
Cheney joined the presidential campaign of George W. Bush in 2000, who selected
him as his running mate. As Vice President, Cheney remains a very public and
controversial figure. He continues to assert that the Iraq War and War on Terror
must be won by the United States, and many of his other policy recommendations
initially drew strong approval, but in his second-term disapproval of his
performance has outweighed approval, as measured by national polls. Cheney is
generally acknowledged to be one of the most powerful and influential Vice
Presidents in U.S. history.