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Aug 30, 2011 · Dick Cheney served at the highest levels of government and the private sector for more than forty years. He was White House Chief of Staff under President Gerald Ford and Secretary of Defense under President George H.W. Bush, overseeing America’s military during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm.
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In his #1 New York Times bestseller, former Vice President Dick Cheney delivers a forty-year portrait of American politics and shares unyielding reflections on his role as one of the most steadfast and influential statesmen in the history of our country.In his enlightening and provocative memoir—a stately page-turner with flashes of surprising humor, remarkable candor, and powerful resonance ...
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Apr 25, 2024 · 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. Cheney was the son of Richard Herbert Cheney, a soil-conservation agent, and ...
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- Who is Dick Cheney?From 2001 to 2009 Dick Cheney was the 46th vice president of the United States under President George W. Bush. From 1989 to 1993 he was secretary o...
- Where is Dick Cheney from?Dick Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 30, 1941, to Richard Herbert Cheney and Marjorie Lauraine Dickey Cheney. He grew up in Casper...
- What did Dick Cheney do as vice president?As vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney played a central, controversial role in conveying intelligence reports that President Saddam Hu...
- What did Dick Cheney do after leaving office?After he left the office of vice president of the United States in 2009, Dick Cheney remained in the public eye, often speaking on political matter...
- Who did Dick Cheney shoot?Dick Cheney accidentally shot Texas attorney Harry Whittington while the two were on a hunting trip in 2006.
In his enlightening and provocative memoir—a stately page-turner with flashes of surprising humor, remarkable candor, and powerful resonance—former Vice President Dick Cheney takes readers through his experiences as family man, policymaker, businessman, and politician during years that shaped our collective history.
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Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney (Primary Contributor) 3.79. 2,885 ratings228 reviews. In this eagerly anticipated memoir, former Vice President Dick Cheney delivers an unyielding portrait of American politics over nearly forty years and shares personal reflections on his role as one of the most steadfast and influential statesmen in the history of our ...
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Mar 19, 2014 · Book review: Dick Cheney’s ‘In My Time’. In the 1990s military courtroom drama “A Few Good Men,” Marine Col. Nathan Jessup, as played by Jack Nicholson, faces down an inquisitor who ...
In Dick Cheney. His autobiography, In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir (cowritten with his daughter Liz Cheney), was published in 2011. Cheney also wrote, with his heart surgeon, Heart: An American Medical Odyssey (2013) and, with Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America (2015).
