Dick Cheney

Overview
Dick Cheney (Richard Bruce Cheney) was "the 46th Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush".

Prior to and during his vice-presidency, Cheney was one of the most vigorous exponents of the unitary executive theory of US presidential power.

"In the private sector, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton Energy Services; he is still a major stockholder."

Notable Accomplishments

 * 2001-05-08: President George W. Bush announced that Cheney will "oversee the development of a coordinated national effort so that we may do the very best possible job of protecting our people from catastrophic harm." Cheney's task force never met once in the 4 months between that announcement and 9-11.
 * 1989-03 to 1993-01: served as Secretary of Defense under President George H.W. Bush, during which time he directed the US invasion of Panama and Operation Desert Storm.

Reference

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 * 2007-07-12 Kucinich: Impeaching Cheney first step to restoring the rule of law: "Speaking at the NAACP-sponsored candidates forum in Detroit today, presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) called for the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney."
 * 2007-05-30 video Jack Cafferty reports on Vice President Cheney's letter: Cheney wants the NSA to destroy records of who visits his house; Jack Cafferty comments.
 * 2006-11-05 Cheney Would "Probably Not" Appear If Subpoenaed: it's not just the presidency being placed above the law, it's the vice-presidency as well
 * 2006-10-26 Cheney confirms waterboarding: "Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al-Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called waterboarding, which creates a sensation of drowning. .. Cheney indicated the Bush administration doesn't regard waterboarding as torture and allows the CIA to use it. "It's a no-brainer for me," Cheney said."
 * 2005-10 Cheney's Halliburton Stock Rose Over 3000 Percent (in 2004) by John Byrne (reprinted from Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 #24

Commentary

 * 2007-09-01 WH departures - Cheney consolidates power?

Projects

 * Impeach Bush/Cheney: "Do-It-Yourself Impeachment..."
 * 2007-08-02 video Rep. Kucinich: V.P. Dick Cheney "Fabricated" the Intel shows Dennis Kucinich accepting the stack of DIY impeachment requests

Quotes about
"It was Cheney who directed Halliburton toward aggressive business dealings with Iran – in violation of U.S. law – in the mid-1990s, which continued through 2005 and is the reason Iran has the capability to enrich weapons-grade uranium. It was Halliburton's secret sale of centrifuges to Iran that helped get the uranium enrichment program off the ground, according to a three-year investigation that includes interviews conducted with more than a dozen current and former Halliburton employees. If the U.S. ends up engaged in a war with Iran in the future, Cheney and Halliburton will bear the brunt of the blame." (item #2, "update by Jason Leopold" section)

Quotes by
Source: The Cheney Doctrine by John Kerry

2005
We will succeed in Iraq, just like we did in Afghanistan. We will stand up a new government under an Iraqi-drafted constitution. We will defeat that insurgency, and, in fact, it will be an enormous success story.

I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time," Cheney said. "The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

2004
There's overwhelming evidence there was a connection between al Qaeda and the Iraqi government. I am very confident that there was an established relationship there.

2003
When you think about what we've accomplished in terms of taking Afghanistan – we had a total of 30 killed in action in Afghanistan – taking down the Taliban and destroying the capacity of al-Qaeda to use Afghanistan as a base to attack the United States, launching an attack into Iraq, destroying the Iraqi armed forces, taking down the government of Iraq, getting rid of Saddam Hussein, capturing 42 out of the 55 top leaders, and beginning what I think has been fairly significant success in terms of putting Iraq back together again, the price that we've had to pay is not out of line, and certainly wouldn't lead me to suggest or think that the strategy is flawed or needs to be changed.

My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

We believe Saddam has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

2002
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.

Saddam is actively pursuing nuclear weapons at this time.