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{{Officeholder|name=Richard "Dick " Cheney serves as the Vice President of |image=408px-Richard Cheney 2005 official portrait.jpg|party=[[Republican]]|spouse=[[Lynne Cheney]]|religion=[[Methodist]]|offices= {{Officeholder/vice president |country=the United States |number=46th |terms=January 20, first elected in 2000 along with President 2001 – January 20, 2009 |president=[[George W. Bush]]. Cheney was re |preceded=[[Al Gore]] |former=y |succeeded=[[Joe Biden]] }} {{Officeholder/representative |state=Wyoming |district=At-elected along with President Bush in 2004large |terms=January 3, 1979 – March 20, 1989 |preceded=Teno Roncalio |former=y |succeeded=Craig L. Thomas }} {{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet) |of=Defense |number=17th |deputy=n |president=[[George H. W. Bush]] |terms=March 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |preceded=Frank Carlucci |former=y |succeeded=Les Aspin }}}}

Richard 'Dick' Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.[http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/1] He has both After dropping out of Yale College, he took a BA and an MA in Political Science from the University of Wyoming [http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/2]He was twice arrested for DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) in his early 20's. He married his wife did graduate work in political science at the University of Wisconsin, where in 1964 he met [[Lynne Cheney]] , who was finishing her Ph.D. in 1964literature. They have two daughters; Elizabeth and Mary. Mary is a controversial figure, as she is a lesbian, who has a daughter with her same-sex partner. This is direct contrast with the views of a large number of the Bush Administration's supporters, who are opposed to homosexuality on religious and moral grounds. Mr. Cheney believes same-sex marriage and other laws relating to homosexuality should be decided at State Level. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/24/cheney.samesex/2]

==Gay Marriage==During the 2004 Presidential Race it entered the public sphere that his daughter Mary and her lesbian partner were having a child. After leaving office as vice president he announced that he was in favor of gay marriage though he believes it should be decided on a state-by-state basis. He summed up his point of view by saying, "With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everybody."<ref>http://articles.cnn.com/2004-08-24/politics/cheney.samesex_1_basic-fundamental-decision-ban-such-unions-gay-daughter?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS Cheney describes same-sex marriage as state issue</ref> == Political Career career ==Richard Cheney assumed his first political post as an assistant to [[Wisconsin ]] Governor Warren P. Knowles in the early 1960s. , at the age of 28 when he became an intern near the beginning of the [[Richard Nixon]] administrationAdministration. He quickly came to the attention of [[Donald Rumsfeld]], then directing the Office of Economic Opportunity, and was promoted to a paid position in 1971. When [[Watergate]] forced Nixon's resignation in 1973, Cheney became vice president of an investment firm for a year, but Rumsfeld convinced [[Gerald Ford]] upon the latter's accession to the presidency that Cheney was indispensibleindispensable, and he was recalled to public service. Eventually Cheney replaced Rumsfeld as [[Chief of staff|Chief of Staff]] to Ford as Rumsfeld was promoted to [[Secretary of Defense]].In 1978-88, Cheney served in Congress from Wyoming, becoming the Republican Whip (the #2 job). Cheney served as Secretary of Defense for President [[George H. W. Bush]] in the late 1980s. In the 1990s Cheney worked for the big oil-supply company Halliburton, becoming CEO in 1995. After he left the company with a retirement package of $33 million (which went into a blind trust which Cheney does not control), leftist critics alleged that he twisted American foreign policy for the benefit of Halliburton. There is little or no evidence to backup such claims, however.

Upon hearing that [[Image:Cheney3.jpg‎|left|thumb|200px|Vice President Dick Cheney had been chosen by Bush as and his running matewife Mrs. Lynne Cheney welcomed their fifth grandchild, [[Paula Jones2006]] who was notable  ==Hunter==On February 11, 2006, Mr. Cheney accidentally<ref>Bash, Dana. [https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney/ Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter]. February 12, 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), ''CNN''</ref> shot a hunting partner, Mr. Harry Whittington, in some of the early face with [[Bill ClintonShotgun|Clintonbirdshot]] scandals ssued to disqualify them from receiving while the electoral votes of pair were hunting Quail in [[TexasCorpus Christi]]. Her theory was that under the , [[12th AmendmentTexas]] . Mr. Whittington suffered a minor heart attack due to the incident,<ref>Lavandera, Ed. [https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/17/cheney/ Man shot by Cheney: 'Accidents do and will happen'] February 20, 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), ''CNN''</ref> and Cheney accepted full responsibility for the incident.<ref>Dana Bash, Suzanne Malveaux, Tim McCaughan. [Uhttps://www. Scnn. Constitution]com/2006/POLITICS/02/15/cheney/ Cheney: 'One of the worst days of my life']. February 16, no state may give its electoral vote 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), ''CNN''</ref> The incident was, according to a Presidential ticket both of whose members are from that stateall involved, an accident. <ref>[[Republicanhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11409731/ Harry Whittington's hospital statement]] lawyers argued that . February 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), ''MSNBC''</ref> == Health Issues ==A survivor of several heart attacks, Cheney's ties health was too precarious to run for president. In March 2007 he had surgery to remove a blood clot in his leg, the result of extended periods of sitting while airborne. == Political positions ==On June 1, 2009, Cheney spoke out in favor of [[Wyominggay marriage]] at the National Press Club.<ref>https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/cheney-reasserts-stance-on-gay-marriages/?scp=1&sq=cheney%20gay%20marriage&st=cse</ref> == Memoirs ==In August 2011 Cheney released a book entitled ''In My Time'' about his experiences as vice president of the United States. In it he discusses a range of sensitive topics such as keeping a drafted letter of resignation in a safe in case he were more significant than those to Texasever suffer debilitating health complications. ==Quotes==* "It is easy to take liberty for granted, which when you have never had effectively been dissolved as soon as Lynne carried out Richard's instructions it taken from you." <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MRalq4bgd60C&pg=PA15&dq=It+is+easy+to sell their house there. Whatever its implications +take+liberty+for a literal reading +granted,+when+you+have+never+had+it+taken+from+you&ei=XBMWSu7AKJaQyAS2i-z9CQ He Kept the Colors: The True Story of the Amendment, this argument prevailed in Federal district courtGeneral, the Old Man and Jones did not appealthe Flag‎ - Page 15] L. Had Jones wonE. Johnson</ref>==Further reading==* Hayes, Stephen F. ''Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President'' (2007) by a conservative journalist. [[Albert Gore]https://www.amazon.com/Cheney-Americas-Powerful-Controversial-President/dp/B001AQVTJE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253687382&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] would have won the 2000 election, as the margin in the ==Books==*''In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir'' (2011) ==See also==[[Electoral CollegePrevious Breaking News/Dick Cheney|Articles about '''Dick Cheney''' from previous "Breaking News"]] was a scant five votes.

== Health Issues: References==In March 2007 Mr. Cheney had surgery to remove a blood clot in his leg, the result of extended periods of sitting while airborne during the international PR mission that brought him out of his normally undisclosed location. {{reflist}}

== Military Service: External links==Mr* [https://www. Cheney has never served in the military, having acquired no less than 5 deferrals during the VietNam Warfacebook. com/dickcheney Facebook account]

== Accidents{{DEFAULTSORT: ==On February 11, 2006, Mr. Cheney shot his hunting partner in the face after mistaking him for a quail., Dick}}[[Category:Republican Party]]

'''Cheney sprayed Whittington with birdshot on his face and upper torso''' in Saturday's hunting accident. Whittington suffered a mild heart attack Tuesday, doctors said, after a piece of birdshot in his body migrated to a heart muscle. ...{{USVicePresidents}}"My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week," Whittington said.[[Category:Reagan Era]][[Category:Neoconservatives]][[Category:Establishment]][[Category:The 100 Americans The Left Hates Most]][[Category:Homosexual Agenda]][[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]http[[Category://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/17/cheney/Pro Second Amendment]]