
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney was an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is widely considered to be the most powerful vice president in United States history. A member of the Republican Party, Cheney previously served as White House chief of staff for President Gerald Ford, the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 1979 to 1989, and as the 17th United States secretary of defense in the administration of President George H. W. Bush. He was also considered by many to be the architect of the Iraq War.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Lincoln
- Educated at
- Yale UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of WyomingBerkeley CollegeNatrona County High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Francis Boyer Award🏆 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
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Trending topics shown first"The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part."
"Well, I think we have by most Iraqis. I think the majority of Iraqis are thankful for the fact that the United States is there, that we came and we took down the Saddam Hussein government. And I think…"
"If we’re successful in Iraq, if we can stand up a good representative government in Iraq, that secures the region so that it never again becomes a threat to its neighbors or to the United States, so i…"
"The threat levels are going up, the dangers are increasing and our capability to deal with them has gone down because of the way the Obama administration has operated for the last eight years."
"If we hadn’t taken down Saddam, Gaddafi would not have surrendered his materials. Now Gaddafi’s gone, dead, ISIS plays a significant role today in Libya, they would have inherited that material,” Chen…"
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