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Dick Cheney serves as the Vice President of the United States, first elected in 2000 along with President [[George W. Bush]]. Cheney was re-elected along with President Bush in 2004.
== Life and Family ==
Richard 'Dick' Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.[http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/1] He has both a BA and an MA in Political Science from the University of Wyoming [http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/2]. He married his wife [[Lynne Cheney]] in 1964. 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]
== Political Career ==
Richard Cheney assumed his first political post at the age of 28 when he became an intern near the beginning of the [[Richard Nixon]] administration. 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. As the [[Watergate]] scandal and Nixon's resignation loomed 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 indispensible, and he was recalled to public service. Eventually Cheney replaced Rumsfeld as [[Chief of Staff]] to Ford as Rumsfeld was promoted to [[Secretary of Defense]].
Upon hearing that Cheney had been selected by Bush as his running mate, the ever-litigious [[Paula Jones]] sued to disqualify them from receiving the electoral votes of [[Texas]]. Her theory was that under the [[12th Amendment]] to the [[U. S. Constitution]], no state may give its electoral vote to a Presidential ticket both of whose members are from that state. [[Republican]] lawyers argued that Cheney's ties to [[Wyoming]] were more significant than those to Texas, which had effectively been dissolved as soon as Lynne carried out Richard's instructions to sell their house there. Whatever its implications for a literal reading of the Amendment, this argument prevailed in Federal district court, and Jones did not appeal. Had Jones won, [[Albert Gore]] would have won the 2000 election, as the margin in the [[Electoral College]] was a scant five votes.
== Health Issues: ==
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. Mr. Cheney possesses what liberals often refer to as a "husky" body type.
== Military Service: ==
Mr. Cheney has never served in the military, having acquired no less than 5 deferrals during the VietNam War.
== Accidents: ==
On February 11, 2006, Mr. Cheney shot his hunting partner in the face after mistaking him for a quail.
'''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. ...
"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.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/17/cheney/
== Life and Family ==
Richard 'Dick' Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.[http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/1] He has both a BA and an MA in Political Science from the University of Wyoming [http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/2]. He married his wife [[Lynne Cheney]] in 1964. 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]
== Political Career ==
Richard Cheney assumed his first political post at the age of 28 when he became an intern near the beginning of the [[Richard Nixon]] administration. 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. As the [[Watergate]] scandal and Nixon's resignation loomed 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 indispensible, and he was recalled to public service. Eventually Cheney replaced Rumsfeld as [[Chief of Staff]] to Ford as Rumsfeld was promoted to [[Secretary of Defense]].
Upon hearing that Cheney had been selected by Bush as his running mate, the ever-litigious [[Paula Jones]] sued to disqualify them from receiving the electoral votes of [[Texas]]. Her theory was that under the [[12th Amendment]] to the [[U. S. Constitution]], no state may give its electoral vote to a Presidential ticket both of whose members are from that state. [[Republican]] lawyers argued that Cheney's ties to [[Wyoming]] were more significant than those to Texas, which had effectively been dissolved as soon as Lynne carried out Richard's instructions to sell their house there. Whatever its implications for a literal reading of the Amendment, this argument prevailed in Federal district court, and Jones did not appeal. Had Jones won, [[Albert Gore]] would have won the 2000 election, as the margin in the [[Electoral College]] was a scant five votes.
== Health Issues: ==
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. Mr. Cheney possesses what liberals often refer to as a "husky" body type.
== Military Service: ==
Mr. Cheney has never served in the military, having acquired no less than 5 deferrals during the VietNam War.
== Accidents: ==
On February 11, 2006, Mr. Cheney shot his hunting partner in the face after mistaking him for a quail.
'''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. ...
"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.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/17/cheney/