Richard Cheney
Richard Cheney was elected to the vice presidency in November 2000. George W. Bush asked Cheney to join him on the Republican ticket after Cheney spent months heading up Bush's vice presidential search.
Cheney came to the White House with extensive executive and legislative experience. He worked as White House chief of staff in the Ford administration. Cheney also represented Wyoming as its sole congressman from 1978 to 1989, serving as Republican whip for his last two years in the House.
Cheney served as secretary of defense for the elder President Bush from 1989 to 1993. After leaving the Pentagon, Cheney worked as chairman and CEO of one of the world's leading engineering and construction companies in the oil industry, from 1995 to 2000.
The vice president was born January 30, 1941, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He earned his bachelor's in 1965 and his master's degree in political science in 1966 from the University of Wyoming. Cheney lives with his wife, Lynne, at the vice president's official residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. They have two adult daughters, Elizabeth and Mary.
- Vice President's Office
Read Cheney's official biography and keep up with his policy-making activities.
- Issues 2003
Take a look at Cheney's stance on numerous issues, including foreign policy and the environment.
- 1st Headlines
Read the latest news stories about the vice president.
- Washington Post
A newspaper columnists comments on Cheney's heart problems and notes his media-savvy decision to return to work only 21 hours after leaving the hospital following his second angioplasty in four months.
- Cheney's Multimillion Dollar Revolving Door
Mother Jones magazine scrutinizes how Cheney got rich after accepting a high-paying job at a company whose subsidiary won many military contracts when he was secretary of defense.
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