17th Secretary of Defense of the United States, sworn in by George Herbert Walker Bush on March 21, 1989

born July 30, 1941
Lincoln, Nebraska

As of July 25, 2000, Cheney is also the running mate of republican presidential candidate George W. Bush.

Prior to serving as Secretary of Defense and Vice-Presidential candidate, he served as a Wyoming Congressman (and Minority Whip), Deputy Assitant to Gerald Ford, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, assistant director of the Cost of Living Council, special assistant to the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity.

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