Cheney, Dick

Richard Cheney grew up in Casper , Wyoming . In 1959 he entered Yale University , but was expelled from the second year. Cheney and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Wyoming . His career as a civil servant began in 1969 , when he joined the administration of President Richard Nixon .

In 1974 he became deputy head of the presidential administration, Gerald Ford , from 1975 to 1977 he was head of the administration. He was promoted by Donald Rumsfeld ^[4] .

From 1981 to 1987 he was the head of the Republican Policy Committee. In 1987 he became chairman of the Republican Conference of the House of Representatives, in 1988 - the parliamentary organizer of the Republicans.

On March 20, 1989, he was appointed Minister of Defense, with him the “ Desert Storm ” ( Iraq ) and “ Just Cause ” ( Panama ) military operations were carried out. As Minister of Defense, Cheney stayed until January 20, 1993 .

After retiring from the post of Minister of Defense went into business.

In 1995–2000, he was the chief executive officer of the Halliburton oilfield service company, which received the first contract for the restoration and development of oil fields in occupied Iraq ^[5] . At the same time, he was on the boards of the companies Procter & Gamble , Union Pacific and Electronic Data Systems .

In 2002, when he was already the vice-president of the United States , Cheney became the defendant in the investigation of the rise of income by the leadership of Halliburton in 1998 ^[6] .

As the journalist Richard McGregor noted, critics of the George W. Bush administration "with might and main denounced the connection (in their opinion, a real deal) between Cheney and the fuel and energy industry" ^[7] .

According to his own testimony, during the second Bush term, the relationship between them went wrong ^[3] .

According to journalist Peter Baker, Bush was pleased that Vice President Cheney was "playing the role of an" evil investigator " ^[8] .

On September 1, 2011, he released his memoirs, which became scandalous, entitled “In my time: personal and political memoirs” ^[9] .

Shortly after the elimination by the US special services, Osama bin Laden called for the return of a water torture permit for persons suspected of terrorism (banned by US President Barack Obama in 2009) to the US, arguing that the use of torture during the administration of George W. Bush allowed attack the trail of bin Laden ^[11] .

Married, two daughters. The eldest daughter Elizabeth and spouse Lynn are currently working at the American Enterprise Institute . youngest daughter is a lesbian , her sexual orientation has been repeatedly discussed by ultra-conservative opponents of Cheney in the context of legislation on legalizing same-sex marriage. In 2006, she wrote an autobiography, “Now it's my turn,” and in May 2007 she gave birth to a son (she continues to live with her partner).

• In 2006, he was a contender for the World Stupidity Prize in the category "The most stupid man of the year."

• In 2008, the biopic of Oliver Stone's “ Bush ” was released, in which Richard Dreyfuss played the role of Dick Cheney.
• On December 12, 2018, the world premiere of Adam Mackay 's drama “Power” ( Eng. Vice ), dedicated to the story of Dick Cheney, played by Christian Bale, took place . The film was nominated for an Oscar in 8 categories, including “Best Film,” resulting in only one award for “Best Make-Up and Hair Style . ”

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• Cheney, Richard - Lentapedia article. year 2012.
• Memoirs of Dick Cheney: “In Washington, I alone supported the destruction of the Syrian reactor”, August 26, 2011