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Pope Benedict XVI, Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney at a farewell ceremony for the Pope at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Cheney has been characterized as the most powerful and influential Vice President in history.
Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.) is the 46th vice president of the United States (2001–09) in the Republican administration of Pres. George W. Bush and secretary of defense (1989–93) in the administration of Pres. George H.W. Bush.
Dick Cheney (left), George W Bush's vice president, is seen as one of the most influential VPs in modern US politics [File: Doug Mills/AP Photo]
On November 26, Bush announced that Dick Cheney would be officially heading the transition. Cheney took on this work, despite having suffered a heart attack earlier that month.
Rumsfeld recruited a young one-time staffer of his, Dick Cheney, to succeed him when Ford nominated him to be secretary of defense in 1975. When Ford lost the 1976 election, Rumsfeld returned to private business and financial life, and was named president and CEO of the pharmaceutical corporation G. D. Searle & Company .
For instance, during the 2000 presidential election, then-Republican candidate and Texas Gov. George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney as his running mate. Since they were both residents from Texas, Cheney changed his state of residency to Wyoming just days before Bush chose him for the ticket. Cheney had previously served as a congressman for that state.
As he tells it, Cheney departed the Rock Springs lockup and drove home to Casper, where he spent the better part of a day atop Casper Mountain reflecting on the...
