- Born
- Birth nameRichard Bruce Cheney
- Nicknames
- The Slim Cheney
- Big Time
- Darth Cheney
- Prince of Darkness
- Darth Vader
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Dick Cheney was born on January 30, 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. He has been married to Lynne Cheney since August 29, 1964. They have two children.
- SpouseLynne Cheney(August 29, 1964 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- When George W. Bush was looking for a Vice Presidential running mate, he gave Cheney--who was a power in the right-wing of the Republican party--a list of names of potential nominees and asked him to pick who he thought was the best man for the job. Several days later, Cheney came back and told Bush that, after going over the list, he decided that he, himself, and not any of the men on Bush's list, should be Vice President. Bush acquiesced.
- Is widely considered, by supporters and detractors alike, to have been the most powerful and influential vice president in the history of America.
- He has suffered four heart attacks, underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 1988 and had a pacemaker fitted in 2001.
- Recovering from heart transplant surgery, performed on March 24, 2012 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia.
- Served as Secretary of Defense (1989-1993) under President George Bush.
- Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.
- The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all considered, one would not normally choose to go. But we go where the business is.
- Simply stated, there is no doubt Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
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