Dick Cheney

Richard Bruce Dick Cheney born January 30 1941 served as the 46th Vice President of the United States 20012009 under George W Bush Cheney was born in Lincoln Nebraska but was primarily raised in Sumner Nebraska and Casper Wyoming He began his political career as an intern for Congressman William A Steiger eventually working his way into the White House during the Nixon and Ford administrations where he served the latter as White House Chief of Staff In 1978 Cheney was elected to the US House of Representatives from Wyoming he was reelected five times eventually becoming House Minority Whip Cheney was selected to be the Secretary of Defense during the presidency of George H W Bush holding the position for the majority of Bushs term During this time Cheney oversaw the 1991 Operation Desert Storm among other actions Out of office during the Clinton presidency Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000 Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Cheney licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia